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The 2021 NOP-MEM trade has boiled down to Ziaire Williams For The Grizzlies. (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by AnotherStatsGuy@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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In the 2021 offseason, the Pelicans and the Grizzlies conducted a trade, the Grizzlies recieved:
10 overall (Ziaire Williams)
Steven Adams
Eric Bledsoe on a pseudo-expiring contract
A top-10 protected Laker first (conveyed to 2 2nds). 40 in 2022

The Pelicans recieved:
17th overall (Trey Murphy)
Jonas Valanciunas
51 in 2022
~19 M in cap space

After Free Agency, the deal would be looped into the Pelicans S&T of Devonte Graham for a lottery-protected Pelican 1st in conjunction with the Ball S&T in order for New Orleans to operate as an over-the-cap team thus netting the trade exception used to bring in Larry Nance Jr. ~ 6 months later. The Grizzlies turned Bledsoe into Pat Bev, Rondo, and Daniel Oturu.

At the time the deal was looking at a win-win, even with all of the negativity on the Pelicans that offseason, but just about everything since then has gone south for Memphis.

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[–] Classics22@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The 2019 Pelicans #1 pick has boiled down to literally nothing

Am I doing this right?

[–] luke_workin@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

kinda hard to boil 300 pounds of blubber into nothing

[–] afriendlyspider@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dame's Blazer career has boiled down to literally nothing

Am I doing this right?

[–] Classics22@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, being reductive to the point of stupidity, nailed it

[–] afriendlyspider@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Learned from the best

[–] Classics22@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Lol my comment wasn't sarcastic. Quit being defensive and actually read what I'm saying

[–] Good_NewsEveryone@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I still have hopes for Zhaire, he's had a nice preseason too

Bless for taking Bledsoe

[–] sewsgup@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i thought the Memphis FO did this deal bc they thought they could grab Giddey with their draft pick.

then OKC surprised people by taking Giddey at #6.

[–] poopapooper@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. But that won't work in favor of the narrative being thrown here. I'm a thunder fan, btw, not a grizzlies fan.

[–] Jicama-Smart@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

How bad would Ja have gotten if Steven Adams wasn't the voice of reason in the locker room?

[–] RVAIsTheGreatest@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The deal was still a good one for the Grizzlies because of the positive impact Adams had in the growth of Morant and Bane. It's still a good one because Adams was the better fit. Ziaire still has the potential to be a very good player and looked good during summer league.

Just because a trade may not end up looking as good/bad for a team down the line doesn't mean it wasn't a smart/poor decision at the time.

[–] Emergency_Limit_9689@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago