Comment Opinions Please. Are The Trades Fair? What Would You Do Differently? Don’t Forget To Check Out The Free Agency Signings, Draft Picks, & Season Goals Down Below.
Financials(Before Moves)
Cut Candidates: JRE
Total Salary: $152.3M
Cap Space: -$13.4M
Trade Candidates: CJ McCollum, Brandon Ingram, & Larry Nance Jr
TE’s: $5.7M
FA’s: Naji Marshall & Jonas Valancinus
Targets: All Star Caliber PG, Backup PF, Solid Veteran Rim Protecting C, & Young Floor Spacing Big Man
Trades
Brandon Ingram, Larry Nance Jr, & 2025 NOP Top 10 Protected 1st to the Hawks for Dejounte Murray, Clint Capela, 2025 MIN 2nd, & 2028 HOU 2nd
CJ McCollum, 2025 MIN 2nd, & 2028 HOU 2nd to the Nets for Cam Johnson
NBA Draft
Select C/PF Kyle Filipowski With #21 Pick: Projected Salary - $3.2M
Free Agency
Decline Jose Alvarado’s TO & Resign Him to a Four Year Contract Worth $38M(8-9-10-11)
Sign C Daniel Theis to a One Year Contract Worth $5M
Sign PG TyTy Washington Jr & SG Dereon Seabron to One Year Contracts Worth the Minimum
Extend SF Trey Murphy lll to a Five Year Contract Worth $150M(26-28-30-32-34)
Extend C Clint Capela to a Three Year Contract Worth $51M(16-17-18)
Financials(After Moves)
Total Salary: $160M
Luxury Tax: $12M Under
First Apron: $19M Under
Second Apron: $30M Under
Ideal Starting Lineup:
Dejounte Murray, Hebert Jones, Trey Murphy lll, Zion Williamson, & Clint Capela
Backup Five:
Jose Alvarado, Jordan Hawkins, Dyson Daniels, Cam Johnson, & Kyle Filipowski
Rest of Bench:
TyTy Washington Jr, Dereon Seabron, Matt Ryan, EJ Liddell, & Daniel Theis
2024 Season Goals
Zion plays over 75 games and wins the MVP award; averaging 28, 7, & 5 on 37% shooting from deep.
Dejounte Murray becomes an All Star again with averages of 22, 9, & 8 on 38% shooting from deep while TM3 takes the next step in his game; averaging 17, 6, & 3 on 40% shooting from deep.
Kyle Filipowski proves to be an excellent offensive fit next to Zion & makes Second All NBA Rookie Team.
The Pelicans finish as a Top 4 seed in the western conference and get past the second round.