Everything is Lining up Perfectly for the Pelicans...

Everything is lining up perfectly for the pelicans to make a move for michael porter jr If they decide to go that route one reporter believes that he has a trade idea That if it goes through would make the pelicans a quote monster unquote Well, we're going to take a look at this deal inside this edition of pelicans digest. What's good with each other? Let your people mail. So they might see back once again on this thursday inside pelicans digest Thank you so much for tapping in with us today And uh, I just wanted to You know, you know me as have you been a subscriber to this channel and to this show that you know We ain't too big on doing the hypotheticals. Okay, but I did come across this article on yahoo sports Uh today involving michael porter jr and a trade idea that a reporter is presenting That I wanted to take to y'all to see you would be interested in this I wanted to see how y'all feel about this because a lot of y'all seem to to like michael porter jr And i'm not mad at that. I like him as a player as well uh, but I was just curious to see what y'all thought about this trade idea and we're going to get into it in a matter of minutes But first a quick message from our friends and our sponsors at anson belt and buckle You know what ruins a great outfit fast an old beat up belt that doesn't fit, right? 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So click the link build your set and upgrade your belt game today As we get back inside this edition of pelicans digest and there's been a lot of talk over the last couple of weeks uh about michael porter jr Joining the pelicans a lot of people believe that he could be the missing piece to this team And to what he has to offer especially in the terms of three-point shooting and also rebounding to areas that the pelicans have struggled with over the last few seasons and Uh, we talked about this a couple of days ago about the sort of hype that's starting to grow Around a michael porter jr. Uh trade or situation that could get him to new orleans Uh, so fran levy on yahoo sports wrote an article this week Uh, and he proposed in a trade that he believes That if the pelicans want to follow through on couldn't it bringing in michael porter jr Would make this team a monster I already see some of y'all say that y'all put him in the 2k In the 2k machine and and the pelicans had good results with it It was just interesting to me. Uh, but again, I don't think this let me be clear on this I don't think this is a trade that's going to happen at least before the season goes on I don't think this is going to this is a a real thing. So let me be clear on that. This is just a Uh, you know a speculation Type deal, you know i'm saying and plus I wanted to get y'all y'all thoughts on it I wanted to see how y'all felt about this. Uh, because again, he claims that this could make the team a monster um, but fran levy writes on yahoo sports that uh About porter that now that he's 28 years old and making 40 million dollars in the final year of his contract and extension talks Still look pretty stuck which we talked about earlier this week Brooklyn obviously likes him But recent reporting has pointed to a gap between what porter wants and what the nets want to commit to long term Now, of course, i'm quite sure this man is asking for more money um and the nets are you know To their credit or not really like now we need another season to see this this 40 million is a lot of money But considering that his contract is expiring. You got the jordan pool contract expiring a lot of y'all know that You know, you got rid of one jordan you're trying to get rid of the other jordan now um The pelicans and and and the nets could make a deal That could be beneficial. I think the trade that he's presented is more beneficial to the nets But could get the pelicans what they want in this situation Uh the pelicans he is proposing that the brooklyn nets Take jordan pool sadiq bay deandre jordan And a 2028 first round pick top 10 protected while the pelicans receive michael porter jr So let me be clear again on this. I I don't like this I don't like this. Uh Well, I like the reasoning behind it I don't like it. I don't again i've just got done crying the other day about giving up a second round picks You know, i'm definitely not in the camp of giving up a first round pick uh Uh considering that you're staring down the barrel of a rebuild So, you know, but his reasoning Kind of makes sense. Okay, and here's the reasoning on why new orleans should probably do this deal The money works pretty naturally. John pool is at 34 million dollars. Sadiq bay is around six million dollars And deandre jordan is at 3.9 million dollars put new orleans at roughly 44 million dollars outgoing For put a 40 million dollar salary. Okay Now of course the money matches up that's And if that's the deal you can make Then okay i'm with that, you know say without having to give her up the first round pick I'm with that if that's if that's the deal itself. It's just money on money I'm cool with that Okay I mean because the other thing that continues to concern me is why we haven't gotten a sadiq bay extension done and that that is starting to allude to me or make me feel like They are preparing to possibly move on from sadiq bay. I i'm not saying that that's what's happening You know, we still got a couple of weeks before the season starts. They can still get that done But the fact that it hasn't been done yet is concerning to me Okay, so I have no problem with if this is the particular situation you're trying to set up That and that's why you haven't given sadiq bay his money. I can understand this. Okay, I I understand that So why would new orleans want to do this trade Well, let's talk about that pick first Because that 2028 first is also what a new orleans actual is what a pick that new orleans actually controls And I protected top 10 because giving brooklyn to totally unprotected future first for an expiring porter feels a little too rich The pelicans own their first picks from 28 onward So they have enough flexibility to make this kind of swing without going completely crazy again Now again, let me say this this is the type of move the sort of win now trade that This team has typically done And has come back to haunt us in some way shape or form so You know That's why i'm not with giving up that first round pick You know, you could do a straight up and down salary swap for these guys I I may be more open to it But again, why would new orleans want to do this? Well, there's a couple of reasons one of them is even with it's technically a down season from his career standard porter jr still made three Uh point four threes per game on 9.3 attempts numbers. Nobody on the pelicans Nobody on the pelicans matched outside of trey murphy Make it 3.2 makes on 8.6 attempts For his career mpj is a 39 Three-point shooter. So the defenses aren't going to start helping off him Just because he finished last season at 36 Okay So that's one reason why new orleans may want to do this deal Is you get instant improvement on three-point shooting plus you get a dual threat in porter jr. And uh, trey murphy Shooting threes, which is something this again something this team needs, you know So again theoretically makes sense. Okay, that's one reason Now I want you to picture a murray zion pick and roll with murphy and porter standing on opposite sides I like the sound of that, you know, where is the help supposed to come from? You leave murphy and you're giving a 37% shooter more massive space You leave porter and you're giving a 6.10 shooter who has who has basically 40 percent of his career threes and open catch and shoot look stay home on both and zion gets the runway towards the rim again, so reason number two Sounds good to me, you know that all theoretically again sounds good to me And the third reason why I now third reason why I would be leery about this is porter isn't murphy His health is scary and extending him could become expensive as hell But that is also why you're getting a chance to trade with somebody coming off with 24 points per game Without sending murphy herb fears or multiple first round picks Okay Okay, friend, you know, I you know again reasoning is there Reasoning to to maybe like this deal is there But again, i'm not in the business of trying to give up a first round pick Not in that business as much as michael porter jr is intriguing That and and you know the expiring salary and all the other stuff my my issue could be coming into the next season This may be a this season situation, but what are you gonna do next season? Will you still give him 40 million dollars of more money next season to keep him when you already got a super high payroll? With with three players as of right now taking up he'll be if you're replacing him with pool money He's going to be taking up Three players and once again with him zion and murray take it up 60 of your payroll So You know, I just wanted to bring this this this idea to y'all Uh, because again, we've been hearing a lot about this michael porter jr situation There's a lot of speculation that if the pelicans do want to pursue porter jr It may not be uh before the start of this season, but it could happen sometime during the season There's a lot of speculation a lot of growing talk about that happening But you know in conclusion to wrap this up a lineup built around murray murphy mpj Zion and derrick queen will at least have an actual offensive identity And matter and herb jones and jeremiah fierce would give them great options around it I think that'll be a killer second union Uh of matter and jones and and fears Um, but i'm not calling i'm not calling that up A contender because 26 wins to a contender is a ridiculous joke but playoffs. Yeah. Nah, I can see the idea I can see the idea too. I I could see that that being uh, a playoff roster right there, but Not for that first round pick we're gonna go after we got to talk about something else Hell dump off another second round. Hell. We don't have that many. Go ahead. Give up one of them swaps if you can I mean I mean, but at the end of the day, you know as much as I say that we don't like to do too much of the hypotheticals This one is intriguing Because you're giving a lot of the fan base some of the fan base what they want as far as As far as getting off of the jordan pool contract now, hopefully your hope this season if you're a pelicans fan, is that jordan pool? Will improve will finally show improve As compared to what he did last season and then that whole three-point shooting thing with porter is moot The only thing the only extra advantage I would give to porter is that he's bigger and you can get more rebound That's that's the only up on that other than that. You might be looking at what what situation? So if you feel comfortable with pool going into this season, then then you don't make this move But if if things start going sideways, you may want to start looking at that situation and that option Okay So it's just just something to consider Uh, there's just something to consider. We'll love to know y'all thoughts on this though Love to know what y'all got to say about do you like that trade idea? Would you prefer something else be involved or maybe another player? or Just want to know what your thoughts are on this one man, because I I mean i'm intrigued It's something I would think i'm the gm I would listen to Well, i'm not giving up that first round pick I know it's not 27 it is it's 28 but I wouldn't get that up We've got enough capital that we trash capital. We're gonna give it up already. I don't see this one happening I don't and again, I don't see this trade actually happening not before this season anyway But it could be something you could see down the line in the middle of the season depending on how things are going So we'd love to know your thoughts man clap back your thoughts in the comments hit that subscribe button You can also follow us on x as well right now at pelicans digest And this is where you get the best analysis of beans and more about to do all those pelicans It's right here on pelicans digest. It smells talking about those spells. I holla at you