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I was all for trading for the pick before the injury, but now it doesn't look great for winning games even if they tried real hard. Don't think it's worth it now (I'd give up Brice, maybe Collier, though, not the others).

Can it be a factor that he's a two-way and is limited to how many games he can play during the season?

Yeah, true, but it's looking even better now than it did in June. It wasn't a stretch to see both Bucks and Pelicans reaching the playoffs, after all.

With the Pelicans injury history I'm thinking ATL is feeling really, really good about that Queen trade right now. Could be a tank contender without trying.

I'm sure you can sit him on some b2bs (it's not like he's been an ironman through his career, some rest is probably good), but that's hardly going to matter enough.

I wouldn't feel bad for him, but I still definitely think it's way too early to give up. I think he can become a solid player, he's still 20 and certainly did show flashes during pre-season.

I'd be very surprised. It feels like far too early to give up on Cody or Hendricks, and while Collier might not be a future starter, he's shown enough to pick up a late first contract, for sure.

Trade the 2nd worst of Jazz/Cavs/Wolves/LAL in '27 (worst is already going to Suns) to OKC for that '26 pick, make playoffs, watch Wolves plunge to lottery behind injuries, swap pick with Wolves, draft star, win title.

I thought he hustled really well for lots of rebounds (and got lots of them, including at least two possessions he saved which aren't on the box score).

We'll start off 16-0 or something and ask OKC what they want for a 30th pick.

I have Ace in a 12-team league (last couple of rounds, can't remember which), and picked up Flip on waivers. Was planning to pick Brice, but didn't. Would've picked Walker and Lauri of course, but they went early.

How can we know this? We have no idea what they've talked about, do we?

Two of them are already converted into the Phoenix 2031 pick, and 2029 is still quite far in the future.

I don't believe so, no. We hold the swap rights exclusively. So, should the Jazz (against all odds...) start out really good, we should probably look to trade to get that pick back (less value for OKC than for us). Probably not relevant, of course.

4/100 for Dyson Daniels. Feels like a steal.