West Texan said:Ag Natural said:West Texan said:Obi Wan Ginobili said:Guitarsoup said:
DeRozan for Ingram+#4?
Spurs get an actual SF and another young piece to rebuild with.
New Orleans gets a proven all Star that can create his own shot and create for others.
If I'm NO, I turn that one down pretty quick.
This.
Plus Demar definitely isn't resigning with the pelicans when he becomes a free agent. Our best bet for a Derozan trade would be someone that thinks they're a contender but missed out on other big free agents.
Two years of DD isnt a terrible move for the Pels. They'd have a veteran starting backcourt to groom all the kids they just acquired. I dont think they'd give up Ingram for him though.
Ingram really doesn't do anything for me. He's already missed a bunch of games for a kid only 3 years into his career and he's not a very good shooter. He's a career sub 33% from 3 and 66% from the free throw line, and while he does some nice things on offense, why would we swap a non shooting all star for a non shooting young guy. That #4 pick with the possibility to draft De'Andre Hunter is way more interesting to me than Brandon Ingram.
From The Ringer's story on the trade:
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The biggest prize in this deal is Ingram, who is somehow still 21 years old and would be, at worst, the third pick of this year's draft. In his last 25 games before his 2018-19 season ended because of a blood clot in his shoulder, Ingram averaged 20.7 points per game, 5.8 rebounds, and 3.5 assists on 52.3 percent field goal shooting and 36.6 percent from 3, despite not fully grasping what constitutes a good shot or how easily he can score at the rim. Even if Ingram plateaus from herewhich seems unlikely given his age and burgeoning ability as a playmakerit's hard to overstate just how much of an upgrade he is on the wing over the never-ending cascade of below-replacement-level small forwards that preceded him in New Orleans.