BUSTING the biggest myth about the Pelicans’ Jordan Poole trade | Big Man Hunt INTENSIFIES

BUSTING the biggest myth about the Pelicans’ Jordan Poole trade | Big Man Hunt INTENSIFIES

The Jordan Pool trade’s most important part. It’s not Jordan Pool or any other player. I’ll tell you what national media is missing about that trade. Plus, the best remaining moves the Pelicans could make. It’s locked on Pelicans. Let’s go. You are Locked On Pelicans, your daily New Orleans Pelicans podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network. Your team every day. Welcome to another edition of Locked On Pelicans, the daily podcast covering your favorite team, the New Orleans Pelicans and NBA. Part of the Locked On Network, your team every day, available wherever you get your podcast and available on YouTube. I’m your host, Pelicans Insider, credential member of the media, JakeMadison at Nola Jake on Twitter here with y’all on this Tuesday and we’re going to dive into some transactional things here. I’m going to tell you what national media is missing about the Jordan Pool trade and it has nothing to do with Jordan Pool. Plus, we’re going to focus on the next move the Pelicans should make. It needs to be a big man. I’ll give you a couple of names, including some surprising ones. And then if they don’t want to do a big man, we’re going to look at another smaller move or two that the Pelicans could do. So, we’re going to cover it all in today’s episode of Locked On Pelicans. And of course, thank you for making Locked on Pelicans your first listen today and every day. We’re here Monday through Friday, the number one Pelicans podcast, covering everything you want to know about this Pelicans team. So, please subscribe wherever you get your podcast. And join over 11,000 Pelicans fans on YouTube as well. And become an Everyday. That means you listen Monday through Friday to the Locked On Pelicans podcast. And of course, you can now watch us on the Gulf Coast Sports and Entertainment Network every single weekday at 10:30 a.m. You can also watch Locked On Saints, locked on LSU, and locked on SEC. We got Ross Jackson, Matt Mosona, Chris Gordy, myself, three of those guys, the other three. It’s like an all-star team right there. And then I’m just kind of in the mix here. But let’s get into the Pelican stuff here because I I’ve been seeing a lot of, you know, the like offseason reviews and I’m seeing people miss maybe the most important thing about the Jordan Pool trade for CJ McCollum. And you you can debate whether Jordan Pool is better or not than C.J. McCollum. And honestly, like there’s arguments to be made for either way with it. And one of the complaints that I’ve seen repeatedly about this trade is, well, Jordan P has an extra year on his deal compared to CJ McCullum. And I’m here to tell you that’s the entire point of this trade. Maybe not the entire point, but it’s a really big part of this trade. Look, with the way the NBA salary cap works with kind of, you know, tiers, right? The soft cap, then the luxury tax, then the first apron, second apron, and so on. You know, if you have a $30 million expiring deal, but you’re over the salary cap, over the soft cap, I should say, it doesn’t it doesn’t then mean that you have $30 million to spend. And the Pelicans right now are like significantly over the salary cap, the soft cap, and project to be well over it next year, too. So, even if you let CJ McCollum expire on $30 million, you might get like 8 million of that to spend in free agency. At that point, it’s better to operate as an over-the cap team. And those of you who are everydayers know what that is, and I’ve done a number of shows about this. You know, it’s better to operate as an overthe cap team and then have access to the full mid-level exception. You know, the Pelicans aren’t quite at that level right now, projecting for next year, but they can easily get to that point where you can spend the $15 million on the mid-level exception if you need to. But losing CJ and then just only having $8 million in cap space plus the room mid-level exception. So you’re looking at about like $15 million to then spend combined there doesn’t do you any good, right? That’s not going to get you the type of replacement you need. And here so so adding someone who’s under contract next year to me is actually a smart thing to do. Now, if the Pelgens were going to go through a rebuild where you want to clear cap space, not to spend it on free agents, but to trade for bad contracts and have teams attach picks to that, like what the Thunder have done leading up to them winning the title this year, that’s an entirely different story. But the Pelicans aren’t going to do that, right? They’ve made that very clear that there is no rebuild. They’re only going to just continue going forward to try and compete and win. And if you’re going to do that, you’re going to be an over-the-cap team. So letting someone just expire and getting the money off the books doesn’t actually give you more financial flexibility to help you achieve those kind of competing type goals. So this move of trading CJ McCullum and he was always going to get moved up until the you know before the trade deadline and he wasn’t going to get moved for expiring salary. So, if they feel Jordan Pool gives you equivalent production to CJ McCullum, plus you get Sadi Bay here and you have Jordan Pool under contract for next year, that’s actually a smart deal in terms of just the money in my opinion when it comes down to it. Now, you can trade Jordan Pool next off season if you need to. You kind of just keep spinning it forward in a sense, right? Kicking the can down the road till eventually maybe you go through a rebuild. Look, for a team that’s trying to compete, and look, we’re not debating whether they should be trying to compete or not. That’s an entirely different discussion. This is a smart piece of business in my opinion, and I don’t think it was a wrong thing to try and do. You know, the other thing is, say you cleared the cap space. Say you had cap space to spend, right? Every day know this. Big names don’t change teams in free agency anymore. That’s not how it works. It hasn’t for a few years and won’t for a few years going forward. No team has money to spend in free agency. So players just extend with their teams and then get traded at a later date. That’s how this is working here. But then to tie it into what we talked about yesterday, every day you’re getting everything today. It’s all kind of coming together, isn’t it? You know, there isn’t a great perception on this team around the league. So if you’re a free agent, do you want to come to New Orleans? Look, money is the number one thing when it comes to a free agent, and they’ll take usually take the most money. So, you could get some people like that, but if all things are equal, they’re not going to choose New Orleans. This team has never been a player in free agency and likely never will when it comes to big, influential, like gamechanging players. So, if that’s the case, why have money to spend in free agency if you’re not going to be able to do what you want with it or get the people that you want? So adding a player who’s under contract next year, yes, is actually a smart thing to do. And national media is completely missing that point, I think, when it comes to it. Now, look, I think a lot of people just want to clown on the Pelicans right now, truthfully, based off of that draft night trade and be like, what are they thinking? And then this kind of just is a way to pile on a little bit more. I mean in in some sense I kind of get it but you’ve at least got to look at what they’re you know the ramifications further down the line and that is something that you know I can see one covering this team on a daily basis and as close as I do. This is why you come to the locked on network for this kind of stuff, right? It’s the local experts, you know, in a kind of national media platform. And that’s the important thing when it comes to it. Biggest stories, local experts. This is the type of like nuance and insight you don’t get anywhere else. So look, whether or not you like Jordan Pool, getting someone who’s under contract longer than CJ McCullum was actually an important thing that this team was going to do, regardless of whether it was Joe Dummars or David Griffin or whoever they would have hired here. A move like this was always going to be in the cards of trading CJ for someone with more years on his deal. And that is an important thing for this team to do with the goals that they have right now. Again, different debate of whether they should be trying to compete or not. And you’ll remember I argued early on in the offseason, even before Joe Dumar took over, you know, that this they should probably go through a rebuild, but they’re not going to do that. So, we’re going to look at it through the lens of what they are trying to do, right? Because we’re not living in kind of like a fantasy land madeup world here. So, if this is what they’re trying to do, which is be competitive, and again, you can debate that whether that’s smart or not, but it just is a fact. What they did with trading CJ for Jordan Pool is actually a smart move. I also think you can view P as an upgrade over CJ. You don’t want him to be a primary ball handler. He won’t be a primary ball handler here with Zion Williamson, with Jeremiah Fears and a couple of other people who can handle the Rock too, including Herb Jones. So, I think it’ll be fine. You want him being like an, you know, a secondary ball handler, like terti tertiary, triary, whatever three is ball handler. And I think he’s kind of in line for that sort of role. So, I I don’t hate the move. Look, if you don’t like Jordan Pool and you want to dislike this trade, that’s fine. No problem with that. But if you want to dislike it because, well, he’s got an extra year and that screws up their books, that money was going to be taken up by somebody no matter what. Somebody no matter what. It was like, well, they don’t have access to the mid-level exception a year from now or the full one. They could spend like 12 million of the 15. Like, what are we doing here? They’re going to have full access to it. And likely, they’re not going to spend it all on one person anyway given the way the roster is, right? They’ve used 8 million of the $14 million non-t taxpayer mid-level exception that they have right now, right? Like that’s kind of where it is. Now, they might use more and we’ll talk about that coming up in the next two segments here on lockdown pelgans, but I wanted to get kind of into, you know, that nuance of the Jordan pool trade that I do think is being lost on a lot of folks. You know, let me know in the comments down below. Do you think they should have gone through a rebuild or not? Do you like the Jordan pool move? do you at least understand it maybe a little bit better? You know, when you think about how the salary cap works, let me know what you think about just this segment, I guess, and everything with it in the comments down below. So, coming up next, let’s look at the big man situation because I think the Pelicans desperately need to add another name to that. And if a big trade isn’t coming, who are some names it could go after? And I got some surprising ones for you that oddly make a lot of sense. That’s coming up here next in today’s episode of Locked On Pelicans. 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Tyler Shook has signed his deal fully guaranteed. Is he going to be QB1? Ross Jackson of the Locked On Saints podcast is talking all things black and gold over there. Part of the Locked On podcast network, your team every day. So, the Pelicans need to add another big man. I think when you look at their big man rotation, you know, truthfully, kind of outside of Zion Williamson, it’s not particularly great, right? Like when you look at it, is it particularly good? You know, Macy’s fine. Cavon Looney is fine. Derek Queen is injured in TBD on what he looks like, right? Carlo Makovich had some nice moments last year, but clearly needs some more seasoning. Zion Williamson, Zion Williamson. Trey can play the four a little bit, too, but maybe a little bit better at the three. Same for Herb Jones, but we’re kind of like taking Trey and Herb because they’re more wings than big man out of, you know, this discussion. and Hunter Dickinson didn’t, you know, on a 2-way is just on a 2-way and it is what it is. You know, none of those guys looked, you know, other than Zion, are like world beaters here. And so, the Pelicans, I think, need to add some more depth. And when you look at this team, a team that a year ago was really not good on defensive rebounding. You need to add someone who can do that. And Looney for his size at 6’9 undersized, is a a pretty good defensive rebounder. But it feels like they’re going to need some more help just in the big man space. And look, none of them is, you know, outside of Carlo, would you call a floor spacer? And I wouldn’t even call Carlo a floor spacer just because he’s not proven enough at the NBA level. So what what do they do here? You know, they have about $4.2 million to spend until they hit the luxury tax. You can do that through the non- taxpayer mid-level exception. They have about, you know, enough money in that to be able to spend and get a guy in free agency. But they also have a couple of traded player exceptions. And the way traded player exceptions work is you can just absorb someone into a traded player exception as long as that exception is for equal to or more than what their contract is. And so that means you could trade a second round pick and just absorb a guy into one of those traded player exceptions even though the Pelicans are over the salary cap. Thus, they’re relying on exceptions, the mid-level exception, a traded player exception, the bannual exception, all of those things, you know, to be able to do that here. So, free agents or trade targets. There’s a few that they can do. And I want to look at free agents first because I think there’s two that make sense to me with this team. And the first one is Chris Bucher, who is most recently been with the Toronto Raptors. You know, last season he averaged 10 points, 4.5 rebounds per game, but he can also shoot the three a little bit. This is not someone who’s a rim protector or an elite defensive rebounder, but he’s an average defensive rebounder, maybe slightly above average, you know, at worst. They need someone like that. He’s not going to swat shots away or anything like that, but he’s got a good release on his shot. He’s got good size. If you want to put a court spacer out there next to Zion Williamson, Chris Bucher is probably the guy that you would be looking at to go and, you know, be the person to do that. He’s more of a four than a five in my opinion here, but you know, he’s 6’9, so slightly undersized there, but he can play the center spot at least a little bit here. And look, you know, it’s not like there’s tons of great options out there for the Pelicans to go and get. So, if that’s who you kind of end up with, Chris Bucher just adding a little bit of depth there, I think could be a smart thing. 63% from three last season on almost four attempts per game. You know, career, not an elite shooter. He’s gotten better over the past couple of years. You know, 34% from three, but you don’t you don’t really have anyone that you can trust to play significant minutes that’s at least a court spacing three. and he, you know, maybe could I wouldn’t call him a court spacer, but he’s capable of doing that, right? Another name, and some of y’all are going to love this. Bullbull Bull Bull at this point, you know, people have been screaming, take a chance on him for years, just, you know, with the family lineage here. Um, for Phoenix last year, 6.8 points per game, uh, three rebounds. He shot 34.4% 4% from three for his career. You know, in two seasons in Phoenix, 70, sorry, 37.2% from three on almost two attempts per game. You know, this is someone who’s capable of blocking some shots. When you look at rebounding, he’s about the same as Chris Boucher. He’s slightly better when it comes to blocking shots, though certainly not elite in any capacity when it comes to it. He’s also just given his kind of, you know, size. He’s tall, don’t get me wrong, you know, at 7 foot three, but he’s he’s a he’s a four. He’s not a five. He doesn’t have the bulk to kind of handle fives down low and in the paint. So, he’s a name that you could, I think, keep an eye on here that you could probably get on a vet minimum. We’re kind of in the spot right now where some players are just waiting, hoping they’re going to get more money. That money doesn’t seem like it’s going to be coming. So, we’re starting to kind of hit the veteran minimum market where just whoever’s left is going to have to take a a minimum deal at some point. And it’s maybe better to grab one of those minimum deals now than wait as spots dry up and maybe you get squeezed out and there isn’t a place for you. You know, in terms of free agents, I think those are the guys that you would really probably want to go after. But on the trade front for those, you know, for the traded player except completely spaced on what it was right there, you know, I think there’s a couple of other names that you could look at. I’ll I’ll start with one that, you know, I don’t love the idea of, but I I kind of get it, and that’s Kevin Love. You know, he’s there with the um Utah Jazz. He’s making 4.15 million. So, he fits right into kind of under the luxury tanks for the Pelicans for their final spot that they have left. They have one open roster spot left. You know, the problem is the past couple of years, he just hasn’t played a ton of games. 23 games last year, 55 games the year before that. Um, and then Miami the year before that as well. 21 games. You know, this is not someone who’s going to play significant minutes or play an outsized role for you. Last year it was 5.3 points per game and four rebounds and about 36% shooting from three. But when you look at the advanced numbers, you know, in limited minutes, he’s still a very good rebounder. He’s, you could argue he’s one of the better rebounders of his generation. I think I think he has been that good. But he is still, you know, a near elite defensive rebounder when it comes down to it. I’m pulling up his defensive rebounding percentage. Past three years, it’s basically been 30% or higher. So, that’s been a really good thing. Um, so I like that from him here, but you know, is he going to be able to play a bunch? I’m not entirely sure. So, there’s that kind of aspect of things. Um, but he’s a name and so that’s at least an option for the team. He you could probably just get him for free. So, that’s at least something you could do. Sorry, one of the dogs is going crazy here. Um, so that’s an option. I think you also have a couple of other names, but they’re just terrible rebounders here. And that’s um Dwap Rereath with Portland. He’s a bad rebounder, but cheap enough. Dwight Powell, the Mavs probably need to offload somebody, but he’s a bad rebounder, too. Noah Clowney from the Brooklyn Nets. All bad rebounders. Like atrocious rebounders, in my opinion. So, that doesn’t really solve the Pelicans problem here of you need a big man that’s going to be able to grab defensive boards. So maybe it comes down to Chris Buchet, Bull Bull, or Kevin Love if that’s the direction that they want to go in. But we’ve also heard that the Pelicans maybe want to look at another guard move. Maybe they want to go in the direction of another wing. There’s a name that I think is maybe the best remaining free agent that you could probably guarantee some sort of role to, and I like that idea. There’s also a recently waved player that might be worth taking a flyer on. And also, you can maybe spite a team, which would be kind of cool. Let’s look at all that. That’s coming up here next in today’s episode of Locked On Pelicans. And thank you for making Locked On Pelicans your first listen today and every day. We’re here Monday through Friday, the number one Pelicans podcast, covering everything you want to know about this Pelicans team. So, please subscribe wherever you get your podcast and join over 11,000 Pelicans fans on YouTube as well and become an everydayer. That means you listen Monday through Friday to the Lockdown Pelicans podcast. And don’t forget, you can watch us on the GF Coast Sports Entertainment Network. You got an office, you got a lobby with a TV in there. Put the GF Coast Sports and Entertainment Network on, especially from 10:00 a.m. to noon where you’re going to get four locked on shows every single weekday. Get more people clued in to locked on Pelicans, locked on Saints, locked on LSU. Matt Moscone. What more do you want there? And Chris Gordy with locked on locked on SEC and you’ve got Ross Jackson with locked on Saints as well. For your second listen today, it’s got to be the Locked On NBA podcast. There’s no offseason in the association. So Doug, Matt, and Hayes keep you up to date on contract negotiations, rumors, and everything you need to be the most informed NBA fan. Find Lockdown NBA on YouTube or wherever you listen to your podcast. part of the Lockdown podcast network, your team every day. So, we just went over a couple of names the Pelicans could do for the big man spot. I I’m curious what y’all think about Kevin Lovers. He just washed up in your opinion. And look, I think that is a valid thing to think andor andor say if that’s the case here. But there are some other intriguing free agents out there that if the Pelicans just want to add a little bit of depth, look, you can sign. you’re getting to the vet minimum time and I think you can probably get one of the names and the Pelicans only have one open roster spot. So that’s kind of what we’re looking at here because I don’t think as of now that there’s a bigger move coming. So let’s look at guards, right? Chris Paul just signed with the Clippers for kind of the homecoming reunion tour. I saw him photoshopped with a number four, which is the weirdest thing when there’s pictures of him on the Clippers and it’s not like you need to photoshop him into a Clippers jersey. Like what a weird weird thing to do. That’s besides the point. and whatever. Um, but you still have Malcolm Brogden and Russell Westbrook out there. Should the team want to go after like a veteran point guard, which, you know, if you think that Jeremiah Fears isn’t ready, I saw a stat. He’s the only lottery pick that played in all five or top 10 pick, lottery pick, only guy that played in all five summer league games, which I kind of like. Malcolm Brogden, Russell Westbrook are definitely options there. They’re veteran minimums, right? Brogden isn’t the worst defensively. not going to be much of an offensive guy. Westbrook has a similar style to Jeremiah Fierce, so maybe adding Westbrook to the team would make a lot of sense to kind of be that mentor. He is a good locker room guy despite kind of getting thrown under the bus like repeatedly in every other team that he’s been in. You know, you also Ben Simmons that if you want to really take a flyer could be an option there. But look, none of those names really move the needle for me. You know, I I think you could look at someone like Amir Coffee as the guy that they should really go after. He’s probably the best remaining free agent that’s not restricted. 10 points per game last season, 2.2 rebounds, but he shot 41% from three on almost three and a half attempts per game. You know, this is someone who isn’t he’s probably average defensively, so it’s not like he’s going to actively hurt you on that side of the ball. He can play in the back court. He’s more of a wing than anything else. Um 6’7 with good athleticism. He can switch a little bit which is what the Pelicans want. Like that’s a guy I think they should probably be looking at if you want to add some wing depth. Probably better him than someone like Lester Kenyonz in my opinion. Um and that’s probably the best remaining free agent in my opinion. Another person to look at if you’re looking at the guard spot is Jordan Goodwin who was just waved by the Los Angeles Lakers so that they could sign Marcus Smart after his buyout with the Wizards. You know, 5.6 six points per game last season in 29 games with the Lakers shot 38%. You know, four rebounds, 1.4 assists, you know, for his position. That’s pretty good production in the role that he had here. You know, he’s a little bit undized. He’s not, you know, elite at anything, but it’s maybe worth a flyer on him. The Lakers wanted to keep him. I wouldn’t be shocked if they’re trying to get him on a two-way, something along those lines. could be worth a flyer on if you just want someone who has some experience and I don’t know, maybe spite the Lakers a little bit when it comes to it. But in my opinion, you know, if you’re not going to sign Antonio Reeves, someone like that to the team here, Amir Coffee, I think Chris Bucher would probably, you know, those two are the best players remaining in my opinion. And I would be trying to make a run. Maybe you sign him to a three a $3 million deal, right? Or a oneplus 1, three and three, six million total. give them the option, you know, player option in the second year there if that’s the direction they want to go. That’s who I’d be looking at. Those are the guys. Do you agree? Do you disagree? Let me know in the comments down below. But starting to dry up out there when it comes down to it. And let me know what you think about the Jordan pool trade. Does it change your opinion when you think about the extra year not being a bad thing if we put it in that sort of lens? Let me know what you think in the comments down below on YouTube. And that’s going to do it for this episode of Locked On Pelicans. As always, I’m your host JakeMadison, Nola Jake on Twitter. This is the Locked On Pelicans podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network. Your team every day. Be back with y’all tomorrow because we are not dropping down to three days a week at all this off season.

Pelicans make waves with Jordan Poole trade. Is this the key to unlocking their potential?

Jake Madison breaks down the financial genius behind the Poole acquisition, revealing how it impacts Pelicans’ salary cap strategy. He explores the team’s pressing need for a big man to complement Zion Williamson and analyzes potential free agent signings. From Chris Boucher to Amir Coffey, Madison evaluates how these players could reshape Pelicans’ roster.

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