Jordan Poole TRADED To The New Orleans Pelicans! CJ McCollum To The Washington Wizards!

Jordan Poole TRADED To The New Orleans Pelicans! CJ McCollum To The Washington Wizards!

well well well would you look at this a little midday trade i was just having a little snack and you know what what a perfect time to do a recording the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards two teams that struggled mightily last year have just made a trade cj McCullum a guy that we suspected could be on the trading block and Kelly Oolk along with a future second round pick are on their way to Washington so sorry for those guys for Jordan P sorry Wizards fans it’s I look I I I I can’t help myself um for Jordan Pool Sadique Bay and the number 40 pick wow initial reaction to this is you really didn’t get much so what’s going on here i’m like obviously there’s salary uh implications to this right let’s let’s mock this trade out just for a second so we can actually see the implications i’m trying to do this more often so two bottom teams making a trade right here pelicans obviously trying to be a little bit more competitive this year it’s just injury central for them so Jordan Pool on his way over to New Orleans instantly i think that’s a pretty interesting fit uh CJ McCullum back here okay save a little bit of money and off money a year sooner yeah that makes that makes some sense that’s interesting okay and then who else is on the move kelly Oolen here uh on the one-year deal and then Sadique Bay over here and then we said it’s pick number 40 on their way over to New Orleans i think they only had one pick so that’s pick seven yeah and then some other second round pick that we’re not familiar exactly what it is at this point so okay so just know that there’s another second round pick in this somewhere but here’s the trade in and it of itself which I’m I I don’t mind this i don’t mind this let’s let’s think all this through let’s think about it from the Pelicans perspective they’re getting the best player in Jordan Pool jordan Pool honestly had a pretty solid basketball season last year um like try to ignore some of the efficiency things and this isn’t even me taking a dig at like the Wizards or something it’s just they weren’t a very good basketball team last year the team was kind of a mess it’s a lot of young players so it it’s not always going to be the cleanest form of basketball overall like dude was a pretty solid player like when he has the basketball he was able to be a great shot creator like he got to his own spots well like he actually facilitated things decently so solid basketball player can be New Orleans kind of starting point guard for the year um is it like his primary position not necessarily but he can be your pseudo point guard until Dejonte Murray comes back if and when he does come back he ended up with Sadiq Bay as well who uh missed this last season with like injuries um when he has played in the past he’s been a solid kind of 3 and D player the three part still developing a little bit but ideally can be a solid basketball player for you some depth at the wing position and um you get the 40th pick in the draft cool um and you got rid of CJ McCullum and Kelly Olen what does this mean for Washington washington adds another vet to their group which is cool like I like that this new Wizards regime is doing stuff like this right um I like that they’ve like their most expensive players are all these veteran guys that in theory will kind of help to grow and change the culture of this group right we’ll see if C.J mccullum is going to stick around here maybe they’re going to buy him out uh because maybe CJ’s just not even interested in being on this team i don’t know exactly um if he did get bought out he would instantly become a really valuable piece to somebody just because like offensively dude can still do a lot it’s just defensively there’s not much to go around at this point but if and I’ll say if CJ McCollum sticks around and I I actually think it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to keep him around um I I don’t mind this for them at all again Jordan P wasn’t going to help you a ton in the long term anyway right the value that Jordan Pool would have had for Washington this last season is he’s that he’s that primary score because when you look at the young guys on this group Alex Sar Bub Carrington Keshan George or whoever else you end up drafting right not going to be ready to be like go-to scorers in the NBA so you have someone on the team to take some of the scoring pressure off them when they first get in the NBA um I don’t know if you guys have been watching like the um the LeBron and Steve Nash podcast um what is it it’s uh I I can’t I can’t remember the name of it but they were talking about like development how like you shouldn’t expect guys to do too much like early on in the league and so having guys that can kind of uh take that pressure off you early I think is great so if you’re not going to have Jordan Pool on the team well CJ McCollum can go get some buckets for you still so between that Chris Middleton who you know he’s going to do his thing it’s kind of whatever they’re both on one-year deals kelly Ool Linux on a one-year deal Marcus Smarts on a one-year deal you have a ton of salary flexibility that’s opening up after this and more importantly just guys to put on your roster that will at least play competent basketball night in and night out and that’s going to raise the ceiling for your Alex Sars your Koulibalis your Bub Carringtons AJ Johnson Keshan George like what’s the point of having these young guys if you’re not going to invest some time and energy into them uh this reminds me now of kind of that old Timberwolves uh team where they had like some guys that are quite a bit older and then some real real youngans so that’s kind of what they got going on oh not to mention Rashawn Holmes also um his contract’s not guaranteed though right i believe that’s what’s going on with him and his contract uh yeah only 250k guaranteed so we’ll see but a lot of money coming off the books so I I like this for both groups do we have a an insight as to what else is going on here the trade swaps guards the Washington Wizard shifting from pool to the veteran McCullum who has an expiring contract washington is now expected to approach 100 million yeah this is what we were just saying that’s pretty crazy the Pelicans move younger possibly more dynamic with pool and bay yeah no this is a this is an interesting move this is not one that we drew up at all during the offseason i felt like we drew up just about everything um if I can shift attention back to the Pelicans this leaves you with kind of a projected lineup of like let’s just say it’s uh we’ll say it’s Jordan Pool um probably some combination of like Herb Jones Trey Murphy right zion Ees Missy whoever they end up drafting could be a potential guy for them like they’ve got scorers on this team they got some defensive players like I’m not saying this is a contender by any means but I think this definitely leaves the Pelicans in a better spot than what they were uh Sadi Bay could be a depth piece for them which I think could be nice um I I I do think this is a good improvement like they just didn’t have to give you anything for um uh for Jordan Pool like Jordan P just is a better player right and you got a draft pick back you sent out another second which I I just kind of don’t care about and you gave up two players that you just didn’t care to necessarily have so this is this is great i love this for both teams this is a really cool move um so shout out these two teams i think they’re doing good chalk this up hey you know what we don’t get to clap it up for the Wizards much in here i think the Wizards are doing good things right now let’s hope that this new front office is doing something i don’t want to see those comments of people being like “See everything’s better.” Let’s give it some time i You got You got to prove it to me first but hey we clap it up for these good moves like we did last year with Charlotte and some of their good moves good job Washington and I think this is cool i I like this again what are you going to do with that free agency space not necessarily anything but I I just rather have the vet on this team that can still go get you some buckets take pressure off of guys i think this is good this I think makes the Pelicans better instantly so cool everybody’s happy everybody’s happy i love this i love this um quick reminder I’m going to be live for the draft tomorrow uh I believe it’s like 6:30 central time I’m going live or something like that you can see it on my channel here what What When When did I post i was going to be there uh yeah 6:30 p.m uh US Central time so just be on the lookout for me there i’ve got a uh my final mock draft I’m recording for you guys tonight and it’ll be I might even just release it tonight cuz why not let it have a little longer lifespan before the draft so you know what yeah you guys will get a video later tonight and then um just an FYI there won’t be a video on Friday cuz I am uh now that like my work cycle has ended I’m going to travel and see some family for a little bit so just an FYI there won’t be a video on Friday but anyway I appreciate you guys as always and uh yeah let me know your thoughts on this trade i think this is a I think this is a good one anyway we will uh we’ll talk later thanks so much bye [Music]

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