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What do you think of the Pels' offseason moves so far? (self.nolapelicans)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by drewx0r to c/nolapelicans
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The moves so far have been:

  • letting Jaxson walk
  • waiving G.T.
  • extending Herb
  • signing E.J. Liddell
  • signing Cody Zeller
  • drafting Jordan Hawkins

Oh, and I guess they extended David Griffin's contract as well.

Let me know if I missed anything, and let me know what y'all think of the moves.

Edit: forgot to add letting Willy walk Edit 2: also failed to mention letting Josh Richardson go

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[–] GevanGene 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • letting Jaxson walk

Best move of the off-season. Should have been in the CJ trade instead of NAW

  • waiving G.T.

Inevitable outcome to his contract if we weren't going to trade him. Interested to see if we bring him back on a minimum (much more palatable than $5.3m).

  • extending Herb

Real best move of the off-season. Way to save money in the long run and secure a great player on a super friendly contract. And, if we want to (I hope we don't) it's a very tradable salary.

  • signing E.J. Liddell

Excited for him. Hopefully he can help Larry get some rest this season and they both stay healthy.

  • signing Cody Zeller

Nice 3rd C. Can give you minutes here and there.

  • drafting Jordan Hawkins

Big fan of his game on this team, excited to see if he can get on the floor with how strict Willie has been with rookies in the past.

The only thing I'm thinking about going into the season is being over the luxury tax threshold and how we are going to fix that. JV is clearly not in the mold of center that Willie would like to start on this team. At this point I feel like they are going to roll the dice and wait a while to see if they want to trade JV for an upgrade or to dodge the tax.

[–] drewx0r 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think I agree with all of these takes. I doubt the Pels will bring G.T. back as a player, though. He’s said he thinks he has some ball left in him and maybe he can find a team that would offer him a couple minutes in the rotation per game? I don’t hold out a lot of hope for that either, so I guess there’s a chance he and the Pels agree to a vet minimum deal, but if they want to try to get under the cap, paying $2.8 million for a guy who never sees the floor seems hard to justify.

[–] GevanGene 1 points 1 year ago

It'll be interesting to see how they handle it. From what I remember from various writers about the Pels, GT was more interested in working in the FO than coaching. But I think he still adds value through the contributions he makes from the bench in talking to these young guys. Apparently Jose talks to GT a lot during games. And since minimum contracts don't count against the cap (or count less or something I can't really remember) I'm fine with that contract.