A Little Too Far Out There…
Our second scenario comes from the hopeful pages of Kevin Barrios of the Bird Writes. In his New Orleans Pelicans article, he creates a three team scenario that seems a tad too far on the lopsided scale to me. But it’s in print, so I bring it to you so you can judge on your own.
In his scenario, he uses the myth of the Philaldelphia 76ers front court logjam to justify a scenario of hesitancy of the team to pursue using their top over pick of the 2016 NBA Draft. In this case, it scares off the Philadelphia front office out of the number one pick and into the 4, 6, and 34 picks of the 2016 NBA draft. The reason? The team can select back court help at those selections.
So who winds up with the top pick? Why the Phoenix Suns of course, in addition to Robert Covington.
And what is the New Orleans Pelicans role in all of this? Why they land the 13th pick and T.J.Warren for their efforts.
The problem with this scenario? Everything. The Philadelphia 76ers top pick of the 2016 NBA draft value exceeds the combination of the 4, 6 and 34 pick of this draft, so they would have no need to contribute Covington. Covington is a chip needed to justify the Suns giving up the fourth pick and T.J. Warren. The winners in this draft? The Pelicans of course, who merely slide 7 places in a draft where picks 6-15 are nearly of equivalent value, and pick up a solid wing player in the form of T. J. Warren to boot.
Uh… no. This one is not happening.
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