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It's not that. I just don't think you have to offer both.

 

Yeah.. Way to totally misconstrue WTF I was talking about.. What a stupid post.

 

Mannn.. Do you really think a deal would hinge on him??? Thinking he would be a dealbreaker either way is silly.

 

"I wouldn't offer Simons"

"You get one of the two between Zach and Ant"

Ya, not sure how I screwed that up? LOL

 

If they were in a complete rebuild teams like the Knicks might make good partners. But according to Woj, they’re not, so they don’t.

 

Far more interesting to me than the finals.

 

it would be really fun to see a frontcourt of Mitchell and Zion. Probably playing more volleyball than basketball.

 

Not sure why they aren't in one. 3-5 years from now, they have a shot with Williamson, high draft picks and a couple of nice youngsters

 

I agree with this. Make the trade with NY. Trade Jrue to the highest bidder. You start your rebuild with Dennis Smith Jr, RJ Barrett, Zion, and Mitchell Robinson plus whatever you can get for Jrue. That's a pretty good start to "the process".

 

Agreed, but this is not what the Pels are going to do.

 

Haha yes, but game 5 yesterday was great

 

Right?

 

The problem is the Pelicans play in the smallest market in the league. At the end of the day, it’s still a business, and I think it’d be a tough sell to ownership.

 

Did you know that last year Batum had his best shooting % in five years and also lowest turnover rate since 2010-11?

 

You don't think marketing Zion cancels out just about all of those issues?

 

Depends on how he starts out. If he comes in dominating, then sure. But if he struggles for whatever reason, then media attention will fade quick.

 

Media attention, maybe, doubt it.

I'm talking about getting the city to support a rebuild. Since Cleveland got LeBron in 2003, I don't think there's been a single player more worthy of keeping people's interest in a rebuild than the Zion hype would. It doesn't really matter how he does on the court, at least initially.

 

Sure but rebuilds typically take 3-5 years. They might get behind it initially, but if he struggles, media attention die and in six months they are old news and the city feels it.

So they buy it for 6 months and then spend 4 years regretting it?


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There are risks no matter what option they take. Up to the GM / Owners to determine what risks their willing to go for. Every single situation we lay out for the Pelicans could have them become an afterthought in a year or so if things don't pan out.

 

I don't think you got my point.