March 12th - New Orleans Pelicans VS Cleveland Cavaliers - 15-22

[AusPel]

I hope we can get something for him as I fear that Griffin will buy him out if one of his preferred destinations do not offer us something. Hoping the Knicks throw us a bone.

I think there's a 99% chance he's traded by the deadline

Keeping him just makes no sense. Buying him out makes no sense either

[Silverfoxx]

It's great that the next game is against a really good team to test things out

Test what out?

[Silverfoxx]

I think there's a 99% chance he's traded by the deadline

Keeping him just makes no sense. Buying him out makes no sense either

How does buying him out make no sense?


It's a possibility Griffin over values his assets which leads to no team taking JJ. A disgruntled JJ also stops playing time at the guard position with younger guys, which may lead to good practices of allowing JJ to go where he wants as a buyout option while giving more time to the younger guards. This can realistically happen

[Pelicanidae]

Well here it how it went down if you forgot

https://www.si.com/nba/2019/06/12/an...l-demps-public

I'm aware of how things went.

Rich Paul did not force AD to want out. He didn't force AD to play badly (in fact, AD didn't play badly). He didn't force AD to sit (in fact, the opposite; he and AD leveraged the NBA itself to force us to play him).

Rich Paul is a player agent. He's an exceptionally good one, but that's what he is. He tries to get what his players want. If Bledsoe was dead-set on trying to make it work in New Orleans, Rich Paul would not - and could not - force him not to.

A lot of NBA fans have it in their mind that Rich Paul is somehow this puppet-master who runs the entire NBA behind the scenes and it's just not true.

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I'm aware of how things went.

Rich Paul did not force AD to want out. He didn't force AD to play badly (in fact, AD didn't play badly). He didn't force AD to sit (in fact, the opposite; he and AD leveraged the NBA itself to force us to play him).

Rich Paul is a player agent. He's an exceptionally good one, but that's what he is. He tries to get what his players want. If Bledsoe was dead-set on trying to make it work in New Orleans, Rich Paul would not - and could not - force him not to.

A lot of NBA fans have it in their mind that Rich Paul is somehow this puppet-master who runs the entire NBA behind the scenes and it's just not true.

Lebron James laughs at you

[Fedupfan]

Listen, if I can tell anyone anything that will help them in life it’s this: Do not follow Louisiana sports and become a die hard. The majority of the time you will be left in the fetal position wondering why it keeps happening. LSU is the latest team to block their own shot to stop themselves from winning a big game. It’s a curse!

[Taker597]

Listen, if I can tell anyone anything that will help them in life it’s this: Do not follow Louisiana sports and become a die hard. The majority of the time you will be left in the fetal position wondering why it keeps happening. LSU is the latest team to block their own shot to stop themselves from winning a big game. It’s a curse!

Ehhhh... LSU gotten blown out twice by Bama. So, I was pretty happy they finally gave them a fight. Bama ability to spam 3s makes it really hard for teams to pull away from them.

[Fedupfan]

Ehhhh... LSU gotten blown out twice by Bama. So, I was pretty happy they finally gave them a fight. Bama ability to spam 3s makes it really hard for teams to pull away from them.

Yeah they did it all game. LSU up 4, then back to back 3s. They almost had them if Watford didn’t hit Days on the putback. It would have been so nice to beat them. Maybe they can catch them in the NCAA tournament.

[AusPel]

How does buying him out make no sense?


It's a possibility Griffin over values his assets which leads to no team taking JJ. A disgruntled JJ also stops playing time at the guard position with younger guys, which may lead to good practices of allowing JJ to go where he wants as a buyout option while giving more time to the younger guards. This can realistically happen

One does not simply buy out one of the best shooters ever and get nothing in return

He's gonna be traded. I bet you 1 zillion dollars

[HornetGuru]

One does not simply buy out one of the best shooters ever and get nothing in return

He's gonna be traded. I bet you 1 zillion dollars

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