The Pels didnt accomplish anything during AD's run except beating Portland. You say the team is going to be in the dumps after that trade? They been garbage. Horrible team given its talent. NOTHING acquired for AD at this point is trash, I dont care who offers it. His days in N.O. are over and somebody needs to get that through their head and stop talking about waiting til the summer to get Jason Tatum.
N.O. has no leverage over LAL, Boston, Toronto, or anybody. We are not talking about a playoff team here. At a point they are going to start overvaluing AD's asset value. It comes down to if you want players or picks. I think Demps would rather have the former. However if the Pels want picks they may as well shut talks down and wait til July 1st.
I was one of those who thought the PG13 trade would be good for the Pacers, in Oladipo, I said you have a guy that will give you a guaranteed 18ppg and if Sabonis developed that would be a bonus. Look how that worked out after people were slamming Pritchard for that shyt. If you can get two good players and some picks that is the best you can hope for. N.O. trying to get Ingram and Kuz or Tatum and Brown, PLUS other assets is probably asking too much. Buddy Hield is the guy the Kings always wanted and it has worked out for them even thought people thought that trade was trash.....and then Vlade said that 2 days prior to that Boogie trade he had a better deal on the table.