TRADES The Pelicans Can Make To Save Their Future!

[@_AVC_]

What moves do you think the Pelicans should make?

[@anycoveryoulike7510]

Dude your trade analysis is the best ive seen on KZbin! Great stuff! Also, "Keep Jose for the culture" feels like New Orleans' version of Trust the Process lol

[@_AVC_]

@@anycoveryoulike7510 Hey I really appreciate that haha, we try to look at things from all angles if we can. Gotta love Jose!

[@LiamEdelshtein]

Loved the idea of keeping some of the young core and trying to get a top 3 prospect a "soft landing"... sending on dis a version of the trades you did where the kings get Brooks and try to save their season...

[@_AVC_]

@@LiamEdelshtein Kings getting Brooks would be an interesting wrinkle!

[@Coffee-n-ball]

Now this is good content, super fun and insightful and kept it realistic. Got a fan here. Have you done the Kings yet? They seem interesting to construct. Anyways, good stuff bro!

[@_AVC_]

@@Coffee-n-ball I haven’t yet! Not sure I am/will as I think their situation is a little more x/o related. Maybe though. Seriously though, thank you for the kind words! Glad you liked it!

[@Tatsuspam]

This was a good vid bro

[@_AVC_]

@@Tatsuspam Aye I appreciate it! Glad it’s bringing some value!

[@johnnykeane9633]

Happy Christmas man, really enjoyed your videos and interactions with my comments on your videos all year, I am looking forward to watching your channel in 2025 and I am sure the trade deadline in February will be crazy 😅

[@_AVC_]

@@johnnykeane9633 You know I’ll be covering that trade deadline! Appreciate you being so involved this year!

[@PetarZorić-k3b]

Karlo Matković played great for Mega Basket (Joker ex team), glad to hear he's doing good in the G league, hope he can get some NBA minutes. Great content, as always, and Merry Christmas Brate.

[@javiernoris3496]

This makes the rockets worse. Leaves them with no one on the team that can shoot. Took their only two consistent shooters away 😂 - rockets biggest weakness is shooting please don’t be doing that to them. I don’t get the Jimmy fit in Houston. They are already a top defense. They should be looking for shooters if anything. Houston should hold out for a bigger fish like Booker or Fox in the offseason.

[@_AVC_]

@@javiernoris3496 Yeah I don’t think it’s a home run necessarily since Brooks has been so good. I think it’s a pure talent upgrade and I think they should do something to move some of the young talent. Doesn’t have to be this by any means.

[@javiernoris3496]

@@_AVC_ They should be patient and wait until the offseason to make a bigger consolidation move. Someone that complements their team, can shoot and fits with their timeline (Booker, Fox, Monk, Trae, Lamelo type of players). Jimmy is not that. When you go for just pure talent without thinking about fitting the pieces you end up like the Kings. Talented but not winning and a short window to make it work.

[@_AVC_]

@@javiernoris3496 Funny enough I really think the Kings is more so a strategy issue. That and shooters can’t shoot right now 😅. But yeah no I agree with that logic for sure. Part of my motivation to move some of the younger players now is based off of there being more time on contracts and wanting to clear the runway for other players. Definitely don’t do it just to do it, but I think Butler will make them better. Again though, not sold it’s worth trading Brooks. No clue the impact he has internally for this team and that matters a lot with a young group.

[@rileymcphee9429]

Give the Blazers a call 📞 We'll give Ayton for just about anything

[@_AVC_]

@@rileymcphee9429 Haha I dig you being their spokesperson!

[@rileymcphee9429]

@_AVC_ honestly, I'd trade any combination of Ayton, Grant, Banton, Henderson, RW3, and Reath for picks and young players.

[@coachdreadhead]

I would like to see the Pels trade Herb Jones and Messi to the Pistons for Thompson and Fonteccio plus and 2nd rd pick.

[@_AVC_]

@@coachdreadhead Interesting. I really really like both Thompson brothers. I also really like Herb. I think I would just hold on to him personally, but I totally see the appeal.

[@coachdreadhead]

How about D.Murray to the Lakers for Gabe Vincent and Rui. Richard Paul can make that happen.

[@_AVC_]

@@coachdreadhead How many picks do the Lakers give up?

[@kwekueghana3683]

do the kings too - should they rebuild or trade

[@_AVC_]

@@kwekueghana3683 Is rebuild or trade different? 😅 I don’t know if I’ll do the kings. In my opinion the only one they should try to move is Huerter. Otherwise I think they have a great roster that I would at least want to try to win some games with.

[@johnnykeane9633]

Huerter,Murray and Lyles for Finney Smith and Johnson, the money works and all would be in the Brooklyn rebuild timeline

[@_AVC_]

@@johnnykeane9633 I can totally see it. Man I would hate to trade Murray, but I just personally am really high on him.

[@kwekueghana3683]

@@_AVC_ what do you think the bulls could do too? do you think its over or is there just not enough interest in lavine and co?

[@_AVC_]

@@kwekueghana3683 I did a video on that haha. In reality though there are totally moves to be made, and I know for a fact they have offers. We’ll see how smart they are. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Frank-hv7xj]

One thing i hated about the Pelicans, which i think it's an underrated root cause for this team terrible season is... I think they have 4 starting level small forwards. Zion, Ingram, Herb, Trey. Basically, i think they're playing out of positions. On any team, these 4 guys will start, and they'll start as small forwards. Sure, they can play different positions, but it's not ideal because it goes against their strengths. Zion is no point guard and Herb isn't a center smh

[@barkley1237]

I agree. It's been a problem. Like cj as pg for a while. They're too stacked on wings. Not deep enough at other positions like center

[@_AVC_]

@@Frank-hv7xj In all honesty there isn’t much of a difference in responsibility for 2-4 in the NBA. It’s pretty interchangeable. What tends to matter is what they are asked to do.

[@_AVC_]

@@barkley1237 The center thing is definitely an issue. Not as bad as of late since Missi has been figuring it out.

[@barkley1237]

@_AVC_ agreed. Missi has been a very pleasant suprise. He's beeb getting more consistent. But when he's not on the floor the center situation does look worrying. Theis is inconsistent but not bad necessarily. Just not an ideal 2nd center option at all

[@Frank-hv7xj]

@_AVC_ Yeah, that's what I mean. Their size isn't a big issue, but what they do is a conundrum. Because 3 of them, Zion, Ingram, and even Trey, to an extent, are more so scorers than anything else. Herb is the only guy imo that does fit with any of those guys because he does the small nitty gritty and doesn't really need the ball. Trey is a good defender. Zion and Ingram are not. All 4 aren't great rebounders like that. What they're being asked is exactly the problem because what they're being asked to do is too similar, and tbh how Zion and Ingram score is too similar too and with a bad roster construction doesn't help with lack of spacing

[@andrewalexander272]

Do you think Brooklyn nets should trade for zion using the ben Simmons contract?

[@_AVC_]

@@andrewalexander272 Personally I don’t think so. I think this team has taken a lot of long shots and tried to skip a true rebuild. They should just take it slow.

[@joshuabacon4564]

I would not trade Zion why give a special talent away for nothing mid grad players not smart everyone saying get rid of Zion is crazy talk

[@_AVC_]

@@joshuabacon4564 I can totally respect that thought. It is a hard pill to swallow. I just know it’s hard to have a guy you put so much effort into and they don’t quite return the favor. Again though, totally respect that take.

[@NOLApelicansFan]

I don’t think the pelicans front office has done a good job

[@_AVC_]

@@NOLApelicansFan Really? Why is that? Not saying you’re wrong I’m just curious.

[@andrewalexander272]

How so like they have only the OKC thunder,Celtics ,Memphis, Mavs and the Spurs who have been better than this front office around the same time frame

[@NOLApelicansFan]

@@_AVC_The pelicans organization is run by a bunch of losers and that’s what this organization will always be that until things change. Got an owner that won’t spend any money (she is a billionaire). Got Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations (David griffin) being a control freak and won’t let the head coach choose their own assistant coaches. Already went through 3 head coaches since Zion got in the league and none of them are good. #Fire Willie. We are already 5-25 and yet the front office won’t fire him yet any other basketball team would have fired him way earlier in the season. We haven’t made the best draft picks that fit well with Zion. It’s clear that zion and bi don’t fit together yet we run it back every year when we should have traded him a few seasons ago. Now BI is on the last year of his deal and basically gets to pick what team he wants to be on. We keep messing up year after year and now it’s at the point where we gotta blow the team up and rebuild.

[@_AVC_]

@@andrewalexander272 Yeah I tend to agree. This team has done a great job of accumulating talent and assets.

[@erniejack9633]

Damn what could have they done better they can’t make someone lost weight