Pre-camp Observations: Atlanta Hawks & New Orleans Pelicans Offseason Deep Dive: Key Moves, Predictions, and Future Outlook

[00:00:11] [SPEAKER_00]: We have made it to the end of the week, and you know what time it is.

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[00:00:25] [SPEAKER_00]: We have a lot to discuss on the docket today.

[00:00:27] [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to get into two teams.

[00:00:29] [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to get into the Atlanta Hawks, and the New Orleans Pelicans.

[00:00:34] [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to go over their off-season, and we're also going to tell you what to kind

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[00:00:47] [SPEAKER_00]: preseason, and then when we get into the regular season.

[00:00:51] [SPEAKER_00]: So that's what we're going to be talking about today.

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[00:02:13] [SPEAKER_00]: from what we had gathered in the last month.

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[00:09:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Two reasons why.

[00:09:22] [SPEAKER_00]: We are talking about two teams that actually did a trade with one another.

[00:09:27] [SPEAKER_00]: So there are some synergy there.

[00:09:30] [SPEAKER_00]: When we are talking about that, Lena, Pox and the New Orleans pelicans.

[00:09:35] [SPEAKER_00]: There's a couple things that we are talking about.

[00:09:38] [SPEAKER_00]: One, there are seminal talents in trade young with Atlanta

[00:09:42] [SPEAKER_00]: and then also Zion Williams and with the New Orleans pelicans.

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[00:10:01] [SPEAKER_00]: First of all, let's go into what we are going to talk about with the Atlanta Hawks.

[00:10:11] [SPEAKER_00]: There are all season has been nothing but everything but quiet.

[00:10:20] [SPEAKER_00]: They made the trade with the New Orleans pelicans that added dicing Daniels,

[00:10:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Larry's an angst junior, from the pelicans.

[00:10:33] [SPEAKER_00]: Daniels might still be raw on offense but his defensive versatility is exactly what the Hawks needed.

[00:10:40] [SPEAKER_00]: His ability to guard multiple positions, especially with his length,

[00:10:44] [SPEAKER_00]: is going to be a huge asset.

[00:10:46] [SPEAKER_00]: He is a bit of a project but there is definitely still potential there.

[00:10:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Now here is the thing with this.

[00:10:55] [SPEAKER_00]: When you look in that trade young, when you are looking at the guy who is literally the straw,

[00:11:01] [SPEAKER_00]: the stirs of drink of your franchise.

[00:11:03] [SPEAKER_00]: He is dominated in size.

[00:11:06] [SPEAKER_00]: We have talked about trade at Nazium about his defensive deficiencies and things of that nature.

[00:11:12] [SPEAKER_00]: And more often than not, is that you are going to have to build a team around him.

[00:11:17] [SPEAKER_00]: It seems like landry fields who have taken over for a tribe of slink

[00:11:23] [SPEAKER_00]: who took his services up to the DMV area.

[00:11:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Travelers, landry fields has seen, okay, well if trades are guy.

[00:11:38] [SPEAKER_00]: And we are going to build it around him.

[00:11:40] [SPEAKER_00]: We need to get defenders and that's what they did.

[00:11:45] [SPEAKER_00]: If for some reason you can continue to extract whatever you can from DeAndre hunter,

[00:11:51] [SPEAKER_00]: you saw the growth of Jalen Johnson who will get into a little bit later.

[00:11:59] [SPEAKER_00]: I think that you are building the correct team around trade young.

[00:12:06] [SPEAKER_00]: You kind of just gloss over the deficiencies, you allow that guy who is excellent with the ball in his hands.

[00:12:16] [SPEAKER_00]: Great decision maker, great lock thrower to be able to excel in the things that he does well.

[00:12:24] [SPEAKER_00]: And then you can kind of minimize the things that he doesn't do well by the length and the defensive intentionality of the other guys on the court.

[00:12:35] [SPEAKER_00]: Now what's going to happen with Dyson Daniels, so we are going to get into that momentarily is this.

[00:12:42] [SPEAKER_00]: The key thing to this is that he still raw, his offensive game is still raw.

[00:12:49] [SPEAKER_00]: He's going to have to shoot it better.

[00:12:51] [SPEAKER_00]: He's going to have to floor space, he's going to have to shoot the three better.

[00:12:55] [SPEAKER_00]: And again, this is something as easy as let me go ahead and concentrate on the corner three.

[00:13:02] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't need the above the break three as of yet.

[00:13:05] [SPEAKER_00]: Let me just go ahead and really start nailing these corner threes.

[00:13:12] [SPEAKER_00]: If Dyson Daniels takes up that type of thought process and is hit, coming into this year, this is what I'm looking for as we go into the year for Dyson Daniels's.

[00:13:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Your corner three, are you going to be able to do that?

[00:13:30] [SPEAKER_00]: Are you able to get on and off the ball quickly?

[00:13:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Make quick decisions with the ball, be decisive.

[00:13:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Those are the things I'm looking for without.

[00:13:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Now it all depends on what his role is going to end up being.

[00:13:47] [SPEAKER_00]: But as somebody who is as long as he is, who is defensively locked in as he is,

[00:13:58] [SPEAKER_00]: yeah, the only thing that's going to hold him back is his shooting.

[00:14:05] [SPEAKER_00]: Daniels defensive metrics had him at 2.5 defensive box plus minus last season,

[00:14:11] [SPEAKER_00]: which ranks him in the top percentile among young guards.

[00:14:15] [SPEAKER_00]: That's impressive for a guy who still finds his way offensively.

[00:14:19] [SPEAKER_00]: Those are the type of things that Landryfield earmarked as important.

[00:14:23] [SPEAKER_00]: He saw it in his, I'm sure with his analytics team that they wanted to go ahead and try to

[00:14:31] [SPEAKER_00]: build 18 craft the team around trade young that can hide him.

[00:14:38] [SPEAKER_00]: So that's where we are with Dyson Daniels.

[00:14:44] [SPEAKER_00]: And NBA Scout mentioned that Daniels is still raw offensively, but still,

[00:14:48] [SPEAKER_00]: but his defensive versatility is something that Landry has been lacking.

[00:14:52] [SPEAKER_00]: He need to develop a reliable shot, but his ability to guard multiple positions is a bit plus for at Landry.

[00:15:02] [SPEAKER_00]: And what about Larry Nash Jr., Zach Low, called him a glue guy who does all the little things that help teams win.

[00:15:11] [SPEAKER_00]: Even if it doesn't always show up in the stat sheet.

[00:15:16] [SPEAKER_00]: Nances is a definite, is definitely that kind of player.

[00:15:21] [SPEAKER_00]: He's a veteran who can still feel multiple roles in the front court and his experience is going to be crucial

[00:15:27] [SPEAKER_00]: for Atlanta's second unit. He's got a career defensive rating of 1-0-9, which is solid for someone who is being asked to do a little bit of everything.

[00:15:41] [SPEAKER_00]: So if you notice what Atlanta has done, they've gone from this kind of like free flowing offensive deal

[00:15:48] [SPEAKER_00]: and you know, trade gifts that kind of freelance and things of that nature.

[00:15:54] [SPEAKER_00]: Quincynider, who is a coach, I've been talking about this for a couple years now. He got his first full season with trade young.

[00:16:01] [SPEAKER_00]: And I thought that the challenge for Quincynider was to get trade young off the ball.

[00:16:10] [SPEAKER_00]: It didn't seem to work because of DeShontay Murray and trade young.

[00:16:13] [SPEAKER_00]: It just wasn't a good enough fit between the two. Unfortunately, both very impressive and re-guards both very impressive when the ball is in their hands.

[00:16:25] [SPEAKER_00]: But when the ball is not in their hands, both guys become less effective.

[00:16:32] [SPEAKER_00]: And having them on the court with one another is a detriment to your team.

[00:16:36] [SPEAKER_00]: There's a ball stopping element to it. There is a decision what, okay, is it your turn or is it my turn?

[00:16:44] [SPEAKER_00]: There's all type of things going on with them and now that they have really rid themselves of that problem.

[00:16:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Now you can go ahead and say, okay, now trade, it's your team, it's your ball.

[00:16:59] [SPEAKER_00]: We are building defense around you so you don't have to worry about this as much, but we still need effort.

[00:17:05] [SPEAKER_00]: We still need effort. You got to start staying in front of your guy.

[00:17:10] [SPEAKER_00]: But on the offensive end, they've unlocked the team a little bit by, in a sense, addition by subtraction and we'll get to the DeShontay Murray thing when we get to the new one on site.

[00:17:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Because I think it was a really good situation for no one, they needed a really guard.

[00:17:31] [SPEAKER_00]: In the NBA Scott also said that, no, we don't need that.

[00:17:39] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, sometimes I look at these notes and like, yep, I don't need that.

[00:17:42] [SPEAKER_00]: We'll have to cut that out too.

[00:17:46] [SPEAKER_00]: But all the news is not good news for the Hawks.

[00:17:51] [SPEAKER_00]: They had to say, why did DeShontay Murray who was traded to the pelicans was talking about what this means for Atlanta?

[00:17:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Murray was a beast defensively. He had the, uh, the, uh,

[00:18:04] [SPEAKER_00]: You also have a 20.9 points against 6.3 assists and 5.4 rebound.

[00:18:09] [SPEAKER_00]: That's what they're losing.

[00:18:11] [SPEAKER_00]: That is what they're losing.

[00:18:16] [SPEAKER_00]: John Hollinger put it well when he said, there's this move signals a shift back to building entirely around trade.

[00:18:22] [SPEAKER_00]: The young, the Hawks need to find the right pieces to co-comment him, especially on the defensive end.

[00:18:30] [SPEAKER_00]: So that's what we've been talking about.

[00:18:32] [SPEAKER_00]: So John Hollinger who is a long time, he was in the front office with, uh, I believe Memphis for a while.

[00:18:40] [SPEAKER_00]: For him to, to really, in a sense, echo what we've already said, it just makes me, it makes my heart feel good.

[00:18:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Uh, it makes the hours of watching Atlanta basketball in October and November seeing not as, uh,

[00:18:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Guseless as I tried to make it up to me.

[00:19:02] [SPEAKER_00]: No offense at Atlanta fans. You know what I'm talking about?

[00:19:05] [SPEAKER_00]: It was a hard watch last year.

[00:19:07] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, there's no defense being played whatsoever.

[00:19:09] [SPEAKER_00]: So the next thing is that, um, the real interesting thing is what, what are Atlanta going to do to make up the points that Dejante Murray gave them?

[00:19:32] [SPEAKER_00]: There's a couple things with this that I want to talk about.

[00:19:36] [SPEAKER_00]: The emergence of Jalen Johnson, uh, he is the young player out of Duke if you remember when he was drafted,

[00:19:44] [SPEAKER_00]: I was down on him because he kind of quit on Duke.

[00:19:50] [SPEAKER_00]: Um, but he has bounced back in a major way.

[00:19:52] [SPEAKER_00]: He seemed to have been able to respond to the coaching by Coinsanider and his game elevated last year.

[00:19:59] [SPEAKER_00]: We saw the just his diversified game being able to defend being able to shoot it, being able to handle the ball,

[00:20:10] [SPEAKER_00]: being able to be somebody if Trigion is off the court.

[00:20:16] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not saying he is a elite, uh, offensive creator when I am saying he's that he is a good offensive creator with more upside on the development.

[00:20:28] [SPEAKER_00]: So the guy that is more out to take the line share of what Dejante Murray has left is Jalen Johnson.

[00:20:40] [SPEAKER_00]: Let's move on to the draft.

[00:20:43] [SPEAKER_00]: The Hawks made intriguing picks starting with Zachary Risa Shea, uh, who was there six overall selection in the 2024 draft.

[00:20:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Jonathan Gavoni had high praise for this guy.

[00:20:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Risa Shea is a high upside pick at 16. He's a versatile forward who can defend multiple positions and has shown flashes of being a good offensive creator.

[00:21:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Incaval score, the question is how quickly can he adjust to the NBA game.

[00:21:16] [SPEAKER_00]: Now what we saw in summary, everybody knows that somewhere league is a free for all.

[00:21:25] [SPEAKER_00]: You have a lot of different differing agendas.

[00:21:29] [SPEAKER_00]: You have vets who aren't in the league trying to get back into league.

[00:21:34] [SPEAKER_00]: You guys coming off injuries.

[00:21:35] [SPEAKER_00]: You may be have guys who had disciplinary problems.

[00:21:40] [SPEAKER_00]: You might have some guys who have been overseas trying to get back into league and then you got your rookies.

[00:21:48] [SPEAKER_00]: Now Zachary Risa Shea was, he was decent.

[00:21:53] [SPEAKER_00]: They weren't really a lot of standout moments for him in the summary.

[00:21:56] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not bothered nor am I concerned by that situation.

[00:22:02] [SPEAKER_00]: I think we try to put a lot into the summary trying to kind of crystallize a point or a take or a thought on what a player should be coming up this season.

[00:22:19] [SPEAKER_00]: Personally, I think Zachary Risa Shea's role is going to be someone of hey, place in defense.

[00:22:27] [SPEAKER_00]: His role is going to be basically what it was last year.

[00:22:32] [SPEAKER_00]: You are a corner three guy who we will start start to implement some of your offensive creation but understand this.

[00:22:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Trey Young, Jalen Johnson, Dianjrey Hunter first.

[00:22:53] [SPEAKER_00]: Right. At this point is those guys first, even both don't buy down a ridge.

[00:23:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Also options before you.

[00:23:06] [SPEAKER_00]: So Zachary Risa Shea is going to be an opportunistic score.

[00:23:10] [SPEAKER_00]: He's going to be, you'll hit the shot when you're open.

[00:23:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Drive to the basket if they close out on you heart.

[00:23:18] [SPEAKER_00]: Get into another action if for some reason the pain is clogged and go from there.

[00:23:24] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think I saw anything in summary that said, oh.

[00:23:30] [SPEAKER_00]: He's not going to work out.

[00:23:32] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not saying that he's going to turn into the super star or whatever the case may be.

[00:23:36] [SPEAKER_00]: I think the role for Zachary Risa Shea has been established.

[00:23:42] [SPEAKER_00]: What we saw in France last year should be the role that he is indoctrinated into the NBA end.

[00:23:50] [SPEAKER_00]: Now, it doesn't mean that we will not see other things that are part of his game.

[00:23:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Like in the open court, handling basketball, shooting a J, shooting above the break,

[00:24:06] [SPEAKER_00]: three things of that nature.

[00:24:09] [SPEAKER_00]: I just think that as a tertiary option, he's not going to be given the opportunity

[00:24:18] [SPEAKER_00]: or have a green light where he's going to have like 16 to 18 shots again.

[00:24:23] [SPEAKER_00]: This is, this is a slow burn with Zachary.

[00:24:30] [SPEAKER_00]: Now, a couple of other things I want to talk about is this.

[00:24:34] [SPEAKER_00]: I want to talk about Kobe Buffkin.

[00:24:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Now, Kobe Buffkin was their first rounder in the 2023 draft.

[00:24:41] [SPEAKER_00]: He didn't get a lot of time last year at all.

[00:24:43] [SPEAKER_00]: And the reason for that obviously was Tray Young, the John Tamerry,

[00:24:48] [SPEAKER_00]: the rock Don, Bad Donovich and a cast of others.

[00:24:53] [SPEAKER_00]: What it looks like this year is that our guy Kobe Buffkin who did put on a show in

[00:25:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Summer League in 2023.

[00:25:02] [SPEAKER_00]: He's going to get some time this year.

[00:25:04] [SPEAKER_00]: So I'm looking forward to that.

[00:25:09] [SPEAKER_00]: He has a solid two-way game.

[00:25:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Let's give you some little, little scouting point on our guy Kobe Buffkin.

[00:25:18] [SPEAKER_00]: this is from Jonathan Wasserman. He's a solid, he's a solid value pick, strong to

[00:25:26] [SPEAKER_00]: away game. Buffkins definitely got a lot to offer. He's known for his basketball

[00:25:33] [SPEAKER_00]: IQ and his ability to play on both ends of the court. Not a flashy player but steady

[00:25:40] [SPEAKER_00]: and that's exactly what the Hawks need especially with their depth concerns.

[00:25:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Obviously, when you lose someone of Dejonte Murray's stature, they also lost

[00:25:54] [SPEAKER_00]: Adrian Griffin this year which really wasn't big loss because for some reason he

[00:26:00] [SPEAKER_00]: couldn't get out of Quincynite's doghouse. But you're going to be counting on

[00:26:05] [SPEAKER_00]: this guy to go ahead and score some points for you. You know, they don't have

[00:26:09] [SPEAKER_00]: a deep bay anymore. So, Kobe Buckingham is going to get a shot which makes me so

[00:26:16] [SPEAKER_00]: happy he didn't get a chance last year. And NBA Scout also mentioned that Buckingham

[00:26:22] [SPEAKER_00]: may not have the highest ceiling but his floor, his floor is relatively high. He

[00:26:27] [SPEAKER_00]: has a steady smart player who can contribute right away. That's going to be key

[00:26:33] [SPEAKER_00]: for the Atlanta Hawks who've looking for a reliable role player. So, you're looking at

[00:26:39] [SPEAKER_00]: Kobe Buckingham who didn't get a lot of time last year. They brought in Zachary

[00:26:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Richeshe. They still have Bogdan Bogdanabitch, Trajan, Jalen Johnson, Dejonte

[00:26:50] [SPEAKER_00]: and Hunter. There's the bones of a good team here. The reason why I want to bring this up

[00:26:55] [SPEAKER_00]: is because we've talked about on this podcast throughout the summer is incomplete grades

[00:27:01] [SPEAKER_00]: on teams. And I don't know if Atlanta is fully finished with their kind of face lift

[00:27:11] [SPEAKER_00]: of the team, but it seems like there is another trade to go. Clink Coppola who has been

[00:27:22] [SPEAKER_00]: on the trade block all summer still hasn't moved. We don't know we've heard rumblings

[00:27:29] [SPEAKER_00]: about Dejonte Hunter. We've already been interested in him. Also, with the emergence

[00:27:37] [SPEAKER_00]: of Jalen Johnson is Dejonte Hunter needed as much, especially now that you have the

[00:27:43] [SPEAKER_00]: first overall pick. Zachary Risa Shea in the building. Do you try to just in a sense go

[00:27:50] [SPEAKER_00]: younger and longer with Risa Shea and Jalen Johnson? Or do you continue to have the veteran

[00:27:57] [SPEAKER_00]: that is Dejonte Hunter? Now here's the problem with Dejonte injuries. Andries have held

[00:28:04] [SPEAKER_00]: him back. He has not been consistent enough to play on the court. There's been long stretches

[00:28:10] [SPEAKER_00]: when he is on the court where he is just forgotten about. Now that could have a lot

[00:28:15] [SPEAKER_00]: to do with who handles the basketball. And my last statement about the Atlanta Hawks today

[00:28:23] [SPEAKER_00]: is this. The most important thing is still trade young learning how to play without the

[00:28:31] [SPEAKER_00]: basketball. As long as trade is going to be in this 22 second pound of basketball into the

[00:28:39] [SPEAKER_00]: wood and then at the last second try to fill up a u or shoot it out to the corner for a hasten

[00:28:49] [SPEAKER_00]: to read. I think personally their offense will continue to be bogged down. Now I do like

[00:28:57] [SPEAKER_00]: that they have made some changes. This team looks more like a quint Snyder team and if

[00:29:03] [SPEAKER_00]: it's going to take on the, if they're going to take on the coaches mentality to the team,

[00:29:14] [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's going to create better results for the Antoine Hawks personally. The day of

[00:29:21] [SPEAKER_00]: the trade young era in Atlanta where he is unchecked is over. So my man is going to have

[00:29:29] [SPEAKER_00]: to mature. I hope that we get to see the trade young that was bus in New York's New

[00:29:35] [SPEAKER_00]: York Nix ass sorry Nick fans. I know that's still a hard situation for y'all, but that guy

[00:29:42] [SPEAKER_00]: who was breaking hearts in Philadelphia. I hope we get to see that guy again and here's

[00:29:50] [SPEAKER_00]: the thing, the writing is on the wall because Dejante Murray did get traded. He was actually

[00:29:55] [SPEAKER_00]: more valuable to exact NBA executives than trading young this off season. I've had people

[00:30:02] [SPEAKER_00]: tell me that this is source. I am giving it to you so now you know. Let's move on to the

[00:30:12] [SPEAKER_00]: game. Now their off season was also very dramatic because they did get Dejante Murray and there

[00:30:20] [SPEAKER_00]: are still a few questions that go along with New New Orleans applicants and we're going to

[00:30:24] [SPEAKER_00]: get into them right now. You added Dejante Murray, great fantastic. You needed a lead guard.

[00:30:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Now here's the question. Your back cart is still small. You still have CJ McCullum. CJ McCullum in

[00:30:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Dejante Murray, I don't know if that's a correct pairing. I wonder if we're kind of in the same

[00:30:52] [SPEAKER_00]: situation that CJ McCullum has been in his entire career. First with Dejante, then with the

[00:31:05] [SPEAKER_00]: another guard, another guard parent. Now CJ makes over 30 is he going to be hard to move? Is he

[00:31:19] [SPEAKER_00]: a six man now? You know these are all questions that need to be answered and this is why I asked

[00:31:27] [SPEAKER_00]: the question before. Are we sure that these teams are done yet before the season start?

[00:31:35] [SPEAKER_00]: Because the next question I have about the New Orleans Pelicans is this. I think Zac Carpour brought it

[00:31:42] [SPEAKER_00]: up too, but I'm going to talk about one other thing and then we'll get into some of what

[00:31:49] [SPEAKER_00]: the scouts are saying and some of the media people are saying. Brandon Ingraham is still on his

[00:31:55] [SPEAKER_00]: team and throughout the summer we talked about they can try and trade him. They're not going to

[00:32:05] [SPEAKER_00]: self evaluation might be a little higher than what the league sees him as. These are all things

[00:32:13] [SPEAKER_00]: that are still needing to play out and these are all things that we need to kind of in a sense

[00:32:19] [SPEAKER_00]: discover before the season start and see where it all goes. But let's get into

[00:32:26] [SPEAKER_00]: everybody saying about the Pelicans. Obviously they made one of the biggest splashes of the year

[00:32:31] [SPEAKER_00]: by getting to John Tamerry and adding him to a beast in Zyna Williams. Murray is exactly the kind

[00:32:40] [SPEAKER_00]: of player that the Pelicans need it to a guard who can on tough defense get on tough defensive

[00:32:47] [SPEAKER_00]: assignments we'll talk about that in the second. Provide playmaking his addition should take some

[00:32:54] [SPEAKER_00]: of the pressure off a Zion especially in terms of the ball handling duties. Now we're talking about

[00:33:02] [SPEAKER_00]: to John Tamerry on reputation alone when it comes to defense because the guy who left San Antonio

[00:33:08] [SPEAKER_00]: who had that that sterling defensive reputation, that guy did not show up in Atlanta.

[00:33:18] [SPEAKER_00]: A bad guy in Atlanta wanted to score the basketball. That guy in Atlanta was looking for

[00:33:25] [SPEAKER_00]: shooting opportunities and not necessarily still opportunities. I don't know if it was just

[00:33:34] [SPEAKER_00]: the malaise of what was going on in the kind of the restructure and the power dynamic that was going

[00:33:42] [SPEAKER_00]: on in Atlanta because remember we talked about it earlier. You had the player personnel,

[00:33:48] [SPEAKER_00]: president, situation change, there was a lot of people with that. There were coaching changes.

[00:33:55] [SPEAKER_00]: We had Nate McMillan then we had Quinn Snyder. There's been so many things that have gone on

[00:34:03] [SPEAKER_00]: that I wonder could he find his defensive footing in Atlanta and will he rediscover it

[00:34:12] [SPEAKER_00]: in New Orleans? All questions that we will get to find out in a couple months. So let's get into their

[00:34:20] [SPEAKER_00]: let's get into their pre-camp preview. Shall we? Okay, Murray average 1.5 steals a game last season

[00:34:32] [SPEAKER_00]: putting him in the top 10 in the league. His 6.3 assists per game also. Show the ability to

[00:34:39] [SPEAKER_00]: create for others is something that the pelicans desperately need it. This is what one's got to

[00:34:44] [SPEAKER_00]: set. Zach Hawker said it best. Adam Murray gives the pelicans a legitimate off-dark

[00:34:50] [SPEAKER_00]: caliber guard who will make plays on both ends of the court. He's a kind of player who can

[00:34:57] [SPEAKER_00]: elevate a team ceiling, especially in the playoffs. This move definitely raises the pelicans profile

[00:35:05] [SPEAKER_00]: in the western conference. That's just the defense comes back. I am still skeptical and we'll see

[00:35:14] [SPEAKER_00]: if for some reason that does come back to life this season. Lift talk about,

[00:35:29] [SPEAKER_00]: we talked about the losses that nausea and what have you with. Now here's the thing what they

[00:35:36] [SPEAKER_00]: done in New Orleans. They kind of decluttered their situation, but they left some glaring holes

[00:35:43] [SPEAKER_00]: and we'll get into it. Now what they're losing Daniels and NANDs definitely affects their death,

[00:35:49] [SPEAKER_00]: especially on the defensive end. Daniels was a young player with a lot of upside and NANDs provided

[00:35:55] [SPEAKER_00]: a veteran stability that every team needs, but in the grand scheme, the pelicans are batting

[00:36:01] [SPEAKER_00]: Murray's impact while outweigh those losses. This is true, but we do have a question and we'll get

[00:36:08] [SPEAKER_00]: to it momentarily. Just what John Hollinger said. He also weighed in and said the pelicans are

[00:36:18] [SPEAKER_00]: clearly in a win-now-mo with the Werenutripe while they gave up some of the pieces that they're

[00:36:26] [SPEAKER_00]: thanking on Murray being the guy who can push them into deep playoff runs. That's a gamble

[00:36:32] [SPEAKER_00]: New Orleans is willing to take only time. We'll tell if this move pays off. Love John Hollinger

[00:36:41] [SPEAKER_00]: and the way he speaks is so dramatic sometimes. That's my guide though. Not shedding on my guide,

[00:36:48] [SPEAKER_00]: honestly. Now here's the thing. We've been talking about the elephant in the room.

[00:36:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Couple years ago they made a trade, stayed in Adam's out, Yonnefall and Tune the Sand,

[00:37:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Valentinus is now in Washington DC. He's in chocolate city. He's in the DMV, which is excellent

[00:37:10] [SPEAKER_00]: for Yonnefall and Tuneus, but this raises a question with all these moves. And you did a deal

[00:37:19] [SPEAKER_00]: with Atlanta and I just don't understand why you didn't expand it a little bit. But you don't get

[00:37:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Clint Coppela. Now you draft and we'll talk about them right now. He's mecing. He was a mid-first

[00:37:39] [SPEAKER_00]: general. He generated a lot of buzz. Here is what Johnathan Washington said about

[00:37:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Misi. He's an intriguing prospect and athletic big with defensive upside. He's raw,

[00:37:52] [SPEAKER_00]: offensively but shot blocking, and re-mounting are his calling cards. He fits what the

[00:37:58] [SPEAKER_00]: pelicans need behind Zion. Behind Zion? That's an interesting quote right there. Behind Zion?

[00:38:07] [SPEAKER_00]: Are we clean Zion as center? Have we got there? Because here's the thing that I want to

[00:38:12] [SPEAKER_00]: talk about right now. Here's the elephant in the room and nobody has looked at it.

[00:38:18] [SPEAKER_00]: If the team is exactly the way it is and we're going into the season this way. Either A,

[00:38:25] [SPEAKER_00]: Misi is going to start. I find it very hard to believe that even Zion will you send at the weight

[00:38:35] [SPEAKER_00]: that we say we don't want him at? I find it hard to believe that a 6,6, 280 pound power

[00:38:42] [SPEAKER_00]: forward is going to man your center position against Nicola Yokech against Joel in B.E.

[00:38:50] [SPEAKER_00]: Against even Jonas Ralicunis of Deon. Oh, Dominaton if you want to put it that way.

[00:38:58] [SPEAKER_00]: When by Yamma. Oh yeah, I forgot about all the Minnesota Bigs out there.

[00:39:05] [SPEAKER_00]: Shout out to our guy, John Kaczynski of the athletic who holds it down gives a really good

[00:39:11] [SPEAKER_00]: information about the Minnesota terrible world. So shout out to you, my guy. But right now,

[00:39:19] [SPEAKER_00]: they do not have an excrearing center on their roster. I find that a little troubling.

[00:39:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Now David Griffin has had this job for a while and he was the guy who made the trade that

[00:39:35] [SPEAKER_00]: sent Anthony Davis to the Lakers and they got a plethora of picks and they also got all the

[00:39:42] [SPEAKER_00]: baby Lakers except for Kyle Kuzwann. So great trade worked out, they moved pieces around,

[00:39:53] [SPEAKER_00]: they still have a ton of picks and things like that nature. My question is this.

[00:39:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Where's the center? We cannot be playing around with Zion Williams in that center. Okay,

[00:40:05] [SPEAKER_00]: yeah, you won't play small ball for like four minutes at a time or something like that. Great.

[00:40:11] [SPEAKER_00]: Fantastic. But we're not going to have Zion are main offensive hub dealing with all start

[00:40:23] [SPEAKER_00]: centers that 300 pounds and seven foot two. That's in crazy to me. That seems absolutely a recipe

[00:40:33] [SPEAKER_00]: for failure. So they have a lot of work to do. But here's some things on Misi.

[00:40:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Misi average 3.2 blocks again, per 36 last season which shows a potential at the round.

[00:40:49] [SPEAKER_00]: A potential real protector. His rebounding numbers were solid as well with him averaging 10.5

[00:40:55] [SPEAKER_00]: rebounds again per 36. I am, I love him. He's a young kid. He's very athletic but

[00:41:07] [SPEAKER_00]: I just don't think he's ready. I think they need to go get a vet and they need to figure that

[00:41:13] [SPEAKER_00]: situation out. Now, there's a lot of ways to get it squared away. There's a lot of trades out there.

[00:41:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Coin Coppola who we just talked about with Atlanta is still out there.

[00:41:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Which again, I will ask this question. How come you did not expand the trade when you had the trade

[00:41:38] [SPEAKER_00]: open and then we wouldn't be talking about your center position in New Orleans.

[00:41:45] [SPEAKER_00]: We'll see what David Griffin comes up with. I think David Griffin is on the hottest

[00:41:54] [SPEAKER_00]: of seats. My guy, it is time. You had Zion for like five years now. We have not seen you get past

[00:42:04] [SPEAKER_00]: the first round. It has been underwhelming so far. All the moves, all the dynamic moves you

[00:42:14] [SPEAKER_00]: made to Jante Murray, Anthony, you know getting ready to Anthony Davis, looking up and getting

[00:42:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Zion while you're seeing what the first overall pick because the ping pong balls bounced in your

[00:42:26] [SPEAKER_00]: direction. A lot of great things, a lot of good things you made but where is the success?

[00:42:35] [SPEAKER_00]: Because at some point, somebody is going to call for your head. So this year New Orleans needs

[00:42:44] [SPEAKER_00]: to get out to a great start. Zion needs healthy. He needs to be conditioned well.

[00:42:53] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh and by the way, can we figure out the brand in Ingram situation before the season starts?

[00:43:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Can we just figure that out? That would be great. Because branding ingram is still on the

[00:43:07] [SPEAKER_00]: pelicans. He's still considered himself a number one option which is ridiculous when you play

[00:43:15] [SPEAKER_00]: with Zion Williamson. The league has basically told him that he is not as valuable as he thinks he is

[00:43:23] [SPEAKER_00]: because he believes that he is a max player and I'm not saying that he averages like 25 points

[00:43:31] [SPEAKER_00]: again. This is not a Johnny Cummlee title dude but he needs to redistribute his points.

[00:43:39] [SPEAKER_00]: He needs to redistribute his offense. He needs to get to the, he needs to get to the rim more

[00:43:43] [SPEAKER_00]: and then he also needs to shoot more threes which he has been absolutely reluctant to do.

[00:43:51] [SPEAKER_00]: And if he wants to be a number one option, then your points need to be more impactful guy.

[00:43:59] [SPEAKER_00]: And you can't be a 7th seed and you can't be a AC and you can't be sitting there struggling

[00:44:06] [SPEAKER_00]: to make the playoffs with the roster that you have. So Willie Green, who's been going through it

[00:44:16] [SPEAKER_00]: like all this upheaval with the injuries and just the different roster constructions over

[00:44:22] [SPEAKER_00]: the last couple years, this comes down to David Griffin. Can you get the pelicans a center,

[00:44:29] [SPEAKER_00]: a stout center to go next to Zion? He doesn't need to score. You got enough scoring.

[00:44:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Can you get a center, put it next to Zion and let's go. By the way, I'm gonna say there's one more time

[00:44:47] [SPEAKER_00]: free Jordan Hawkins. I don't understand what it is about the big east bias that's going on,

[00:44:57] [SPEAKER_00]: but my boy AJ Griffin's not getting any time. He didn't get any time at Atlanta. We'll see what he

[00:45:02] [SPEAKER_00]: gets in Houston. He might not get, there's a lot people in Houston so he might be

[00:45:08] [SPEAKER_00]: jettison off again. Somebody should buy low on him. By the way, AJ Griffin. If you are a GM or a

[00:45:16] [SPEAKER_00]: player personnel guy out there, buy low on AJ Griffin. I think that will have a return on an

[00:45:25] [SPEAKER_00]: investment that will make you smile personally. Now going back to the Brandon Ingram thing,

[00:45:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Griffin needs to make a decision. He needs to sit, Brandon Ingram in his office and say,

[00:45:41] [SPEAKER_00]: hey, listen, you are now the number two option. Now you have to be good with that.

[00:45:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Or we're going to trade you. And yes, we are not giving you the salary that you want.

[00:45:55] [SPEAKER_00]: So those are the things that we are looking for out of New Orleans early in this year. We're

[00:46:03] [SPEAKER_00]: looking for what's going on ingram is he going to get traded. How does Dejante, Murray and the

[00:46:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Zion will use in picking role work? Because I'm going to tell you right now, that is what I want to

[00:46:18] [SPEAKER_00]: see more than anything out of those two players. Is that picking role? Because I think it's going to

[00:46:25] [SPEAKER_00]: unlock some things for Zion. I think it's going to unlock some things for Murray. I don't think this team

[00:46:31] [SPEAKER_00]: is very far off. I'm being really competitive. But what could ruin it is the incompleteness of the

[00:46:41] [SPEAKER_00]: roster as we speak right now. Oh, Mrs. Grace Ward's from Bleacher Square, of course.

[00:46:49] [SPEAKER_00]: So he has a trade. This is interesting. Let's read this and then we can go ahead and close it up

[00:46:54] [SPEAKER_00]: for today. This is one of those I like these trades and I like what how they think about

[00:47:00] [SPEAKER_00]: these type of things. This is basically organizing messes 14. So there's a 13 deal that

[00:47:11] [SPEAKER_00]: Greg Swartz on Bleacher and Port talks about, let me give it to you. Portland is also part

[00:47:17] [SPEAKER_00]: of this deal. Portland, we've received Rehatcha Moira. They were received Jordan Hawkins.

[00:47:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Hey, hey, hey, I like this so far. D'Angelo Russell, a 2025 second round pick by the

[00:47:32] [SPEAKER_00]: Lakers, a 2025 pick, second round pick by the Clippers. Okay, now, New Orleans receives

[00:47:42] [SPEAKER_00]: Anthony Simons. I don't like this deal so far. And Robert Williams, and Christian Wood, and then

[00:47:53] [SPEAKER_00]: Lakers, you see Brandon Ingram. Now here's the thing. Yari got Dejonte Murray. Yari got CJ McCollum.

[00:48:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Anthony Simons doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense in New Orleans because we will have a

[00:48:09] [SPEAKER_00]: back court of Edigetti guards. We already got a back court of Edigetti guards. We got Jose Aburado

[00:48:17] [SPEAKER_00]: who's walking around here. Jose Aburado is 5 foot 10. CJ McCollum is 6 foot 2.

[00:48:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Now Dejonte Murray, they listen to that 6 foot 5. Some people tell me he's 6 foot 3. He's

[00:48:32] [SPEAKER_00]: very slender either way. He's still a tiny guard. Brandon Ingram, these have betrayed it.

[00:48:39] [SPEAKER_00]: To a team that has a darn sitter. And these 13 trades where you're getting guards back

[00:48:46] [SPEAKER_00]: don't make any sense whatsoever. I like the robber Williams thing. I like Christian Wood there.

[00:48:52] [SPEAKER_00]: That's just like whatever, but that Anthony Simons piece needs to be changed out.

[00:48:59] [SPEAKER_00]: They can't have another guard on that team. And then Anthony Simons is a bucket. You imagine

[00:49:06] [SPEAKER_00]: everything Simon's walking in looking at Dejonte Murray talking about, okay, so you're now number three

[00:49:12] [SPEAKER_00]: because you know I'm number two right because I'm getting buckets. So we'll see how that goes.

[00:49:19] [SPEAKER_00]: Interesting, I you know listen we all got to get paid right and my man needed to put 1500

[00:49:26] [SPEAKER_00]: that 1500 words down to get paid. I'm not I'm not knocking the hustle whatsoever. Great job,

[00:49:34] [SPEAKER_00]: great, great swore's great job on the fake trade but next time take the Edy Ritty Guard out of

[00:49:43] [SPEAKER_00]: the New Orleans Pelicans bundle back that they're getting and this trade to me will be a whole

[00:49:49] [SPEAKER_00]: hell of a lot better. All right, a couple other things and then we're going to get out out of here.

[00:49:56] [SPEAKER_00]: Jeremy Grant is still out there. I know the reports have said that he wants to stay in all of this.

[00:50:04] [SPEAKER_00]: The Lakers are in hot pursuit of Jeremy Grant. Just saying this is what sources are telling me

[00:50:14] [SPEAKER_00]: we'll see how it all goes. Portland is still standing far with their two first round picks.

[00:50:20] [SPEAKER_00]: Lakers are laughing at them saying, this dude is doing a way too much money for you. And he is

[00:50:29] [SPEAKER_00]: young development that needs to happen. So you tell me do you want to hold on to this two first

[00:50:36] [SPEAKER_00]: round pick nonsense or do you want to get off Jeremy Grant and allow your youngsters

[00:50:42] [SPEAKER_00]: to flourish so you can develop them and see what you have for the future. So that's the

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[00:51:14] [SPEAKER_00]: and you need to talk to other people in regards to Frontrunner Podcast Collective.

[00:51:21] [SPEAKER_00]: And this one is for the fair sex out there. This is for the women who listen to Frontrunner

[00:51:29] [SPEAKER_00]: Podcast Collective. First of all, thank you. The female viewers, female listeners are

[00:51:38] [SPEAKER_00]: appreciated. We have a female producer because we are not just going to, it's not going to be a male

[00:51:48] [SPEAKER_00]: dominated situation here. I love women, women are great and they also are the smarter

[00:51:55] [SPEAKER_00]: of the two human beings. Now with all that being said, I need for my little lady listeners

[00:52:03] [SPEAKER_00]: to when you strike an double conversation and maybe you are in a setting where you're at a

[00:52:12] [SPEAKER_00]: conference. Maybe you are out about to have dinner but you're at the bar waiting for your table.

[00:52:21] [SPEAKER_00]: And somebody comes up and approaches you. Ask them, hey do you like basketball? Do you like the

[00:52:33] [SPEAKER_00]: getting a preview to the 2025 draft class in August? I have the podcast for you. Frontrunner

[00:52:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Podcast Collective is where all your NBA needs are met and they are satisfied. So from my lady

[00:52:55] [SPEAKER_00]: listeners out there, if you have exhausted your friend group and somebody tries to hit on you

[00:53:04] [SPEAKER_00]: when you are out and about, turning around, turning the frown upside down, they might not leave

[00:53:13] [SPEAKER_00]: with your number but they might leave with another podcast that they are listening to and I will be

[00:53:20] [SPEAKER_00]: grateful and then you will be grateful because you didn't give the dude your number.

[00:53:26] [SPEAKER_00]: All right, so we are listening, we're working ground here. We're trying to help out. We're trying

[00:53:32] [SPEAKER_00]: to help our women people. Okay? We're trying to get people up-to-date information with this podcast

[00:53:41] [SPEAKER_00]: and we're just trying to bring the groups together. That's what we're trying to do here on a

[00:53:46] [SPEAKER_00]: little good Friday with that being said. The best part of you is you. Make sure that the people

[00:53:54] [SPEAKER_00]: who are surrounding you are just illuminating your light, brightening your light, the people that

[00:54:01] [SPEAKER_00]: are diminishing your light might need to have a little side conversation with them. Go out and do

[00:54:07] [SPEAKER_00]: really great things. This weekend, enjoy it, bask in the sun, go out and do some activities,

[00:54:16] [SPEAKER_00]: but the one thing that you gotta do, do good for somebody today or this weekend. And we'll see

[00:54:23] [SPEAKER_00]: you back on this feed come Monday. Y'all stay easy. We out.