AD wants out in NOLA

[cajun_lannister]

I don't get caught up in numbers, 2nd Round picks amount to very little in return. This is simply a salary  , adding more cap space with Smith's and Morris's contracts. Demps needs to go period and before the summer! You don't allow this guy to make the AD trade.

As for Ball, he can't find the side of a barn with his jump shot. He is nowhere near the talent that Tatum is today or will be in the future. In addition, his father is a huge clown show and distraction for any franchise that he plays with.

If Ball is part of the AD package this summer, I hope there is another team involved. His a poor man's Jason Kidd without the HOF skills.

Demps is a clown but the fact he destroyed the Lakers season is a fantastic, parting gift

[CajunT]

Demps is a clown but the fact he destroyed the Lakers season is a fantastic, parting gift

Yep, he gets a pat on the back for not trading AD today.

[cjr3888]

These moves look to me as if Loomis is building pieces for the next GM to rebuild the team.

[CajunAmos]

I don't get caught up in numbers, 2nd Round picks amount to very little in return. This is simply a salary  , adding more cap space with Smith's and Morris's contracts. Demps needs to go period and before the summer! You don't allow this guy to make the AD trade.

As for Ball, he can't find the side of a barn with his jump shot. He is nowhere near the talent that Tatum is today or will be in the future. In addition, his father is a huge clown show and distraction for any franchise that he plays with.

If Ball is part of the AD package this summer, I hope there is another team involved. His a poor man's Jason Kidd without the HOF skills.

Smith is a free agent & Morris a restricted free agent after this year so they shouldn't impact the CAP after this year.

[CajunT]

Smith is a free agent & Morris a restricted free agent after this year so they shouldn't impact the CAP after this year.

Yes, salary  s. But the Pelicans gave up a 1st Round pick for Mirotic and getting no picks in the 1st Round and a young player that was a lottery pick that has yet shown to be part of a rotation is a bad deal. The Pelican ownership needs to show that they really would like win. They can start that by  ing Demps at the end of the season.

[Geaux]

Yes, salary  s. But the Pelicans gave up a 1st Round pick for Mirotic and getting no picks in the 1st Round and a young player that was a lottery pick that has yet shown to be part of a rotation is a bad deal. The Pelican ownership needs to show that they really would like win. They can start that by  ing Demps at the end of the season.

Amen brother!

[CajunAmos]

Yes, salary  s. But the Pelicans gave up a 1st Round pick for Mirotic and getting no picks in the 1st Round and a young player that was a lottery pick that has yet shown to be part of a rotation is a bad deal. The Pelican ownership needs to show that they really would like win. They can start that by  ing Demps at the end of the season.

Not disagreeing, but just thought getting CAP space in their current situation has some value.

[cajun_lannister]

https://deadspin.com/report-the-peli...mpression=true

[zephyr]

I don't get caught up in numbers, 2nd Round picks amount to very little in return. This is simply a salary  , adding more cap space with Smith's and Morris's contracts. Demps needs to go period and before the summer! You don't allow this guy to make the AD trade.

As for Ball, he can't find the side of a barn with his jump shot. He is nowhere near the talent that Tatum is today or will be in the future. In addition, his father is a huge clown show and distraction for any franchise that he plays with.

If Ball is part of the AD package this summer, I hope there is another team involved. His a poor man's Jason Kidd without the HOF skills.

I am equally concerned about Demps but the Mirotic deal is not a bad one. The Smith acquisition concerns me since we got rid of him about 6-7 years ago. It may just be a salary   for the Bucks. Stanley Johnson may not be a sexy name but he is an athletic wing that this team has desperately needed since Ariza left. He was also a first round pick that I have no problem trying to develop. The second round picks are not as inconsequential as you say. There are a ton of good to great players in the league right now who come through the second round and we are stockpiling them over the next 4 years or so. We depleted all of our draft picks in recent years and that's a big reason we've been unable to build around AD. If for anything else, they are assets we can leverage into other deals moving forward. We didn't have that luxury.

[CajunT]

https://deadspin.com/report-the-peli...mpression=true

Steve A Smith said today on his show that a number of front office people around the league warned Demps that if he made the trade with the Lakers, he would not have a career in a NBA front office when he leaves NO. The Pelican ownership seem to be fine with that decision.

[zephyr]

Steve A Smith said today on his show that a number of front office people around the league warned Demps that if he made the trade with the Lakers, he would not have a career in a NBA front office when he leaves NO. The Pelican ownership seem to be fine with that decision.

Its maddening. I can through so many decisions that made no sense. Keeping Omer Asik at that ridiculous salary, trading away assets for Boogie Cousins although he said from the beginning that he had no intention of resigning with the Pelicans, bringing in Solomon Hill at nearly $14 million when you could have had Rudy Gay for about $4 million. It goes on and on. I would love to see him get axed.

[CajunAmos]

Its maddening. I can through so many decisions that made no sense. Keeping Omer Asik at that ridiculous salary, trading away assets for Boogie Cousins although he said from the beginning that he had no intention of resigning with the Pelicans, bringing in Solomon Hill at nearly $14 million when you could have had Rudy Gay for about $4 million. It goes on and on. I would love to see him get axed.

I wouldn't be surprised if that was already a decision that had been made.