Looking around the West... the Pelicans really shot themselves in the foot by hanging on to Zion for so long and paying CJ McGollum for so long. Their roster looks so meh. They've even drafted a guy whose name when pronounced sounds like "he misses", aka Yves Missi, lol.
Trying to fix the Pels... while giving the Jazz a better shot at Cooper Flagg (the Jazz are the best franchise for him)... at the expense of the Nets (I see no good reason for the Nets to have a chance at Cooper Flagg).
Pels get: Markkanen, Kessler
Nets get: Zion
Jazz get: The corpse of Ben Simmons and a haul of Nets picks, maybe some Pels picks too.
Who says no?
Follow-up trade... Pels send a 1st round pick to the Orlando Magic for Tristan da Silva.
Fixed Pels: Dejounte/Alvarez, Herbert/Hawkins, Brandon/Murphy, Lauri/DaSilva, Walker/Missi
Trying to fix the Pels... while giving the Jazz a better shot at Cooper Flagg (the Jazz are the best franchise for him)... at the expense of the Nets (I see no good reason for the Nets to have a chance at Cooper Flagg).
Pels get: Markkanen, Kessler
Nets get: Zion
Jazz get: The corpse of Ben Simmons and a haul of Nets picks, maybe some Pels picks too.
Who says no?
Follow-up trade... Pels send a 1st round pick to the Orlando Magic for Tristan da Silva.
Fixed Pels: Dejounte/Alvarez, Herbert/Hawkins, Brandon/Murphy, Lauri/DaSilva, Walker/Missi