MLE, BAE, Hill and Kenny aren't longterm things. We also didnt give up our own pick this time, which is big. More than anything I think Adams was a bet that defensive culture matters. If Adams can help get this team to a top 10 defensive team every year like he did in OKC and gets the young guys to buy in there he will more than pay his cost even if he's just here 1 season. Plus I dont know if this needs to be said but he's a lot better than Asik.
However if Adams has an inconsistent season like Favors, declines and gets locked up to an expensive contract, yea it's bad.
We overpaid for sure though. I really don't know how we couldn't negotiate a better deal. That's kind of a big fail. The 10 million in salary difference between what the pelicans sent out and brought in is already almost worth the cost of Adams.