Game Thread NBA PLAY-IN - PELICANS @ CLIPPERS - APRIL 15, 2022 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) TNT

Watch now our draft pick falls to like 10 or something. Lol

 

i suggested earlier that they can trigger a play-in if teams 8/9 are less than 3 games apart, something sorta like what they did in the bubble.

but with such a large difference between 8/10, there was no need for this this year. we knew very clearly who the superior and more deserving team was.

 

pelicans

and if by some twist of fate that pick lands in the top-4, then the Pelicans obligation to Portland is extinguished

 

You don't have to run it back or gamble. Those aren't your only two options.

 

AAAAAND lets come back to Earth about Covid and stop letting it destroy our lives. I was even in the ICU due to lack of fluids from Covid, so they tell me and I STILL don't think we should have stopped the planet and cost millions their jobs, crippled the economy and also we will see millions in the 3rd world starve assuming any of those "Even one life!" matters. The fact that PG13 was vaccinated got it and then got scratched last minute is incomprehensible to me in a Billion dollar business.

 

worst it can fall to is 8.

 

He's a top 30 paid player, with two more years on his max deal. Of the top 30 paid players in the NBA, only two have failed to be all-stars in their career. Even tonight, he wasn't near a $30m player. There is zero doubt in my mind that CJ is looked at as a nice player, but a net negative asset because of what he makes.

A lot of Blazer fans have got used to talking themselves into overvaluing our talent. CJ/Nurk being near all-stars, Powell, RoCo, Aminu, Harkless, and Hood being solid wings. Yet when these guys leave, you typically see how little value they get in return and how their productivity decreases.

 

Or get turned down by a mid-tier free agent? LOL!

 

what makes you think Cronin would not trade a 3rd pick for Grant?

I honestly don't know what he'd do. Might be best if the decision wasn't his

 

Clippers weren’t single elimination. They had TWO chances to make playoffs and didn’t get it done. Seems fair to me.

 

It can fall to 10.

 

Take your own advice and take a break.

 

lol.

solid negotiating

we gave up the best player and then have restrictions galore on any kind of silver lining

 

sorry i stand corrected. was looking at the wrong table.

 

But the Pels had a better record with CJ, right? Not to mention Nance.

 

Please share with us the trade that we could've made then that another team would've agreed to and our owner would've agreed to pay luxuary tax for.

I can say we could've got Giannis for CJ over and over, but that doesn't make it true.

 

irrelevant how they did in the last 20 games when we have an 82 game sample size

 

If I was Cronin I would’ve said unprotected pick or absolutely no deal.

But everyone in the world knew that we were eager to trade CJ.

So we ended up with Josh Hart who’s a nice role player.