Farewell Dante! Pelicans Trade Cunningham to Brooklyn for Rashad Vaughn

[TxAggie713]

http://www.nola.com/pelicans/index.s...nningha_1.html

What an exciting trade deadline for us huh? At least Diallo will get more minutes now.

[PELICANSFAN]

The Mirotic trade was a positive trade. Just because it did not occur on the deadline does not discount it.

[MistaWhoDat]

Highlight for me is Asik and Cunningham gone


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[GuardianAngel25]

I'm happy we got a young wing in return that still has potential. No Vaughn is not likely to ever be a stud player but he could hold value as a solid bench player. He's only 21 years old and was just recently a top 20 pick and would have likely been a top 10 pick if he had not been coming off a meniscus tear. Kid has the potential to be a very good scoring guard with a knockdown jumper. Some guys need time to develop. He should see more minutes here which is exciting. Everybody always complains that we have no young players on good contract.. well this kid could have very well been one of our draft picks just a couple of years ago. You never know when a player will explode on the scene. Much more exciting to have this kid and possibly develop him as oppose to Dante who is only going to regress.

[Rel11]

I’m so happy. How can I ever say another bad thing about Dell now? Lol.

[PELICANSFAN]

I'm happy we got a young wing in return that still has potential. No Vaughn is not likely to ever be a stud player but he could hold value as a solid bench player. He's only 21 years old and was just recently a top 20 pick and would have likely been a top 10 pick if he had not been coming off a meniscus tear. Kid has the potential to be a very good scoring guard with a knockdown jumper. Some guys need time to develop. He should see more minutes here which is exciting. Everybody always complains that we have no young players on good contract.. well this kid could have very well been one of our draft picks just a couple of years ago. You never know when a player will explode on the scene. Much more exciting to have this kid and possibly develop him as oppose to Dante who is only going to regress.

It's not certain that he even stays. There is some talk that he could be waived.

[PelsFan2313]

It's not certain that he even stays. There is some talk that he could be waived.

Yeah, I doubt he ever sees the floor as a Pelican. The move was less about acquiring Vaughn, and more about moving Cunningham and creating a little more room for buyout candidates.

[GuardianAngel25]

It's not certain that he even stays. There is some talk that he could be waived.

As of now he's a Pelicans so I expect him to be here until he's not. I would like to keep him but I would also like a guard that can contribute now.

[SmontySwilliams]

Looking and feeling more like the stopgap teams of Pelicans injury plagued past. Getting Boogie was the only thing that kept me from utter despair, resigning him is the only thing that will give me hope now. Can we see Frank Jackson play yet????

[SmontySwilliams]

Also, does this mean Solo is coming back soonish?

[wnelson]

I've heard Mardi Gras return for solo is reasonable. I hope he contributes from his first game.

[msusousaphone]

This season was never THE season. And when Boogie went down it became even less of THE season. We got rid of an awful contract and added a guy in Mirotic that might help in the long run. Resign Boogie and we'll still be on track for what the plan was. Maybe get a little playoff exp, build continuity, and let the young guys play. That is the focus. The win was not giving up the future to try to better our odds this season. People complain a lot about Dell bit he didn't throw our franchise under the bus to try to keep his job.

[Liltiger]

I still think Dell has something in the works or a plan once the buy-outs happen. I can't see us going forward being this thin on the frontline.

[Topdawg26]

Highlight for me is Asik and Cunningham gone


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I know right! I’m more excited about Asik leaving and somehow getting Mirotic in the process!

[stormcenter]

That has to be one of the worse re-signings (Asik) in professional sports history when you consider the return on investment.
I still can't believe we even traded for the guy.

I know right! I’m more excited about Asik leaving and somehow getting Mirotic in the process!

[stormcenter]

You forgot to add new HC and GM to your plan because believe me we are not going anywhere and that includes even an
8th seed under this regime.

This season was never THE season. And when Boogie went down it became even less of THE season. We got rid of an awful contract and added a guy in Mirotic that might help in the long run. Resign Boogie and we'll still be on track for what the plan was. Maybe get a little playoff exp, build continuity, and let the young guys play. That is the focus. The win was not giving up the future to try to better our odds this season. People complain a lot about Dell bit he didn't throw our franchise under the bus to try to keep his job.

[AusPel]

That has to be one of the worse re-signings (Asik) in professional sports history when you consider the return on investment.
I still can't believe we even traded for the guy.

There's been plenty worse than the initial signing. Plus AD didn't want to play the 5 (still doesn't) and Asik was playing really well back 3 or 4 years ago.

People were legit saying AD, Ryno and Asik was in the best big men rotations in the league

[Mythrol]

That has to be one of the worse re-signings (Asik) in professional sports history when you consider the return on investment.
I still can't believe we even traded for the guy.

Nah, a few months back RealGM did a worst contracts in NBA as voted on and Asik didn't even hit the NBA top 10.

Contracts like Parsons blows it out of the water. Heck in 1 more year Asik's contract is considered gold because of its structure.

Given our circumstances at the time, including AD's very specific refusal to want to play center, Asik coming off arguably his best year ever, and no one realizing that the league was going to have a monumental shift away from traditional bigs to the point they don't even get played at all hardly (everyone though you still needed a big for Gasol Bros, DeAndre, Adam's, Dwight, etc)... While the contract was bad it's nowhere near one of the worst ever.

Heck Ryan Anderson's current contract in Houston is multiple times worse.

[luigi modelo]

Nah, a few months back RealGM did a worst contracts in NBA as voted on and Asik didn't even hit the NBA top 10.

Contracts like Parsons blows it out of the water. Heck in 1 more year Asik's contract is considered gold because of its structure.

Given our circumstances at the time, including AD's very specific refusal to want to play center, Asik coming off arguably his best year ever, and no one realizing that the league was going to have a monumental shift away from traditional bigs to the point they don't even get played at all hardly (everyone though you still needed a big for Gasol Bros, DeAndre, Adam's, Dwight, etc)... While the contract was bad it's nowhere near one of the worst ever.

Heck Ryan Anderson's current contract in Houston is multiple times worse.

This sums up the Asik situation perfectly!

[AusPel]

Nah, a few months back RealGM did a worst contracts in NBA as voted on and Asik didn't even hit the NBA top 10.

Contracts like Parsons blows it out of the water. Heck in 1 more year Asik's contract is considered gold because of its structure.

Given our circumstances at the time, including AD's very specific refusal to want to play center, Asik coming off arguably his best year ever, and no one realizing that the league was going to have a monumental shift away from traditional bigs to the point they don't even get played at all hardly (everyone though you still needed a big for Gasol Bros, DeAndre, Adam's, Dwight, etc)... While the contract was bad it's nowhere near one of the worst ever.

Heck Ryan Anderson's current contract in Houston is multiple times worse.

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