No. 4 pick in 2019 -- Good pick Top-8 protected in 2021, becomes unprotected in ‘22 -- oof backwards protection or an unprotected in the first draft with HS players Unprotected swap in ‘23 -- this could be lethal Unprotected first in ‘24 -- lebron is gone, great pick Unprotected swap in ‘25 -- just gravy No other team would have matched this package. I take back my initial vitriol towards Griffin for sending AD to LAL. What other trade have we seen with what amounts to FOUR unprotected picks? This could really backfire for LA.
Or alternatively... 2022 Unprotected-Late 20's 2023 Swap-Pelicans have worse or similar record so it doesn't matter 2024 Unprotected-Late 20's 2025 Swap-Pelicans have worse or similar record so it doesn't matter Either scenario is just as likely.
Here is Zach Lowe's take on the trade. He really likes those draft picks and thinks Ball and Ingram may do better in New Orleans. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26991050/questions-wild-cards-bottom-lines-enormous-ad-trade
Ingram is a key to this trade. If healthy, he showed great signs of being a fringe all star at some point
Did anyone claim to know more than Zach Lowe? Even if they did does it matter? Is Zach Lowe like the bar for knowledge now? I mean I bet there are other "experts" that disagree with Zach Lowe...
I think Lowe is good at his job, and knowledgeable, which is rare at ESPN these days... I think there are a lot of good basketball minds and opinions and their are valid arguments on both sides. It's not about "knowing more" than Lowe, it's about that we have different opinions on things and if we all just had to take Zach's opinion and conformed to that, places like this would get real boring because there wouldn't be anything to discuss.
Or the forum could just be about who knows more about what. Maybe even every idea that doesn't match Zach Lowe?
Oh please. PR spin is not thoughtful analysis. This view of the deal is just as unrealistic as that of the worst gloom-and-doom poster.
He is the guy you foul when the game is on the line. Absolutely fucking pathetic. Given his inability to shoot and play even close to a complete season, I would trade him immediately and get some scoring. Andre Drummund is a better shooter for fux sake.
Huh? Why is Zach Lowe going to “PR spin” his analysis of a trade? And why spin it against the LA Lakers?
I'm sorry but your post is stupid. He's no different than any poster in here except that he gets paid for his opinions and writing and that gives him access to more information. I'm not claiming he's not good at what he does but c'mon man this is silly that his opinion makes other opinions wrong. The only thing that can prove either side is what actually happens. Let's see what he had to say about the Boston Celtics trading Pierce and Garnett to Brooklyn. Oh look at that, he put Boston in his loser category for off season moves and thought it was a big risk since the Brooklyn picks might not be very valuable because he expected Brooklyn to be good for awhile.
I didn’t say NOP did well ‘because” Zach Lowe said so. I stated it myself. Others did too. Then I saw Lowe’s take. And so a guy who is considered great at his job, who gets paid well to do it and knows a shit ton about the league thought NOP did well. That’s all. He’s no different than any poster in here? Um, yeah.