They’re -5 in net rating in their last 31 games (which is when Willie Green was fired). The start of the season is dragging down their net rating quite a bit

They’re not THAT bad, they’re just awful at closing games

Being absolutely awful, bad for several years and being the only team to put out the message “DONT call us, we aren’t trading any of our players” 💀

they did know halliburton had a calf strain which raises that achilles risk.

They made a trade of significance during the Finals. So highly unusual.

Thought they would have been focusing on the Finals

Granted the Indy pick was top four protected but Indiana could still fall out to pick five

Genuine question how does someone from Oklahoma end up hating Real Madrid? Asking as someone from Madrid who hates okc lmao

It’s Joe dumars man, he’s unreal bad at his job.

Fun fact. Toni Kroos has more Champions League trophies than FC Barca. Fuck barca. 

Kings went on a bit of a win streak lately

Wizards at least have their own pick and have a collection of decent to very good prospects. Like they tore it down two years ago and are on schedule for a good rebuild. Kings also at least have their pick

Still, even if the Pacers had had the worst record in the league, there’d be a 50% chance they drop to 5. So the Pelicans at worse traded a 50% chance to get pick 5 if the Pacers had the worst record in the league

That’s great context that I wasn’t aware of, thanks for the comment. After reading the post all I could think was how they could’ve potentially had two out of the Darryn Peterson, AJ Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer trio and what a franchise reset that would’ve been had it happened.

Man fuck that. Should’ve added top 3 protection on that bitch. Imagine drafting both Peterson and AJ.

still a terrible trade. could’ve added top 4 protections to it and the hawks would’ve probably agreed to it still

They could have two top 3 picks, I think every team would rather have that 

I would rather have a 40% chance of Dybantsa, Peterson, or Boozer than DQ. I think DQ will be really good but the 2026 draft class is insanely strong, with the top 3 being potentially franchise altering players. Dybantsa and Peterson would be a toss-up with Flagg for the top overall pick last year, to put into context how strong the 2026 class is. We knew this since a few years ago, that the 2026 class is very strong throughout, which is why a lot of teams are hoarding their 2026 FRP like the Pacers re-acquiring it.

He looks good, but he doesn’t look so good to be worth this. Especially since I doubt Atlanta would have walked away at this pick having top 3 protections or whatever. Their FO literally had to triple check the validity of this offer because they couldn’t believe it lol.

Just take him #7 instead of Fears then. Queen and a T3 (even 5) pick in next year’s draft is definitely better

you do realise a) the pelicans had the 7th pick and could have picked DQ then b) it’s one of the worst draft trades of all time

the overcompensating for people flattering queen is so weird

Nah he isn’t worth it

They could have gotten Queen for much less, in various flavors. It was an inexcusable deal.

That said, I’m glad they have a couple of rookies to dream on this year. The fans deserve a share of hope.

Derik Queen could end up being the GOAT and it wouldn’t change the fact that it was awful process on the pelican’s end. Can’t judge trades in hindsight, or at least competent organizations and GMs don’t.

to 2 top 4 picks

Pacers pick was top 4 protected

Seems he’s either getting a triple double (or close to it) or being benched for Missi lol

I don’t think he needs to be that good for it to be looked at fine in hindsight. There is a very good chance that even with it being a Best Of with NOL and MIL that it falls outside the big 3 (or 4 if you count Caleb Wilson).

But he will need to outplay whoever ends up getting drafted with that pick or both need to end up being stars, for it to not constantly get brought up.