Trade CJ McCollum to New Orleans

same MeJ different team

 

he's getting looks in the flow of the offense. id say only like 2 attempts were forced.

but they might take a while to develop some synergy between him and ingram

 

He thinks he's still tanking...

 

CJ doing us a solid and tanking for the pick.

 

if the Pels get about 60% MeJ and 40% CJ, the Blazers have a much better chance at that 1st

CJ coming in and immediately getting so many more shots that other Pels won't sit well with his new teammates if he's chucking and bricking

 

Good old MeJ. Never one to read the room.

 

brutal game. he'll get better

 

MeJ with 6 more shots than the 2nd highest Pelican, while bricking up a storm. Poor Valanciunas only got 8 shots but hit 6 of them.

All too familiar....and thank you CJ. Help us get the Lottery pick.

 

Sounds about right.

 

He is who we thought he is. /

 

I look at the Pelicans roster and I wonder who's going to take shots for them. Ingram's good, but he lacks assertiveness. Tonight, Jose Alvarado, who I think is a 10-day contract guy from Georgia Tech looked like their best perimeter offensive player.

They have one guy opponents really need to respect. In a lot of ways, they are the Blazers (before all the injuries this year).

They either need Zion to make a miraculous comeback or they need to run a lot of pick and roll with Ingram and Valeciunas.

 

A take from the Pelicans SBNation board... "Graham and McCollum can not start together. They will get abused defensively."
They're catching on already.

 

Or the fans when they see his salary.

 

CJ should be playing point guard. It’s the only way.

 

Alvarado was 7 of 12 and I was shocked when they took him out of the game.

 

Bobby Marks (on the Lowe post) said the Pels waived all physicals for CJ, and this allowed us to move NAW immediately. He said it's stunning for a team to do this for a 30 yr old coming off a serious injury with 60+ mil left.

He thinks Cronin could have made this a condition of the deal.

 

He could probably play well with a good defensive PG, a young Chris Paul, heck maybe even DSJ. But I agree him with another short poor defender isn't ideal.

 

Wow that is crazy.

I assume there could be major penalty if Cronin or the Blazers team had any injury history they withheld. Maybe CJ had an extensive recent physical and that was all shared.

But yes that is crazy.

 

I just think.... why not..... give the guy his chance. Put the ball in his hands and let him show what he can do.