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Jonathan Isaac, Gary Harris, Lower of '25 Magic/Nuggets 1st for Brandon Ingram

-The Magic add much needed scoring for the stretch run while some of their stars are out.

-Pelicans add a 1st for Ingram and get below the tax.

Good trade for Orlando. I wonder if Pelicans could get someone like Jett Howard out of it instead of Gary Harris.

ORL's got no interest in paying a delusional UFA who's not even a floor spreader with Paolo & Suggs' extensions kicking in this summer and Paolo's max up next.

I'd offer a package for CJ though...who I think might be ready to accept a significant but lesser role as 3rd guard, getting starter minutes off the bench.

NOLA sends: CJ McCollum (1 yr @$30.7m), Daniel Theis (injuries have wiped out our bigs and we want all the Germans)
ORL sends: Cole Anthony (1 yr @ $13m, then TO), Gary Harris (expiring, TO for $7.5), Jett Howard ($5.5m, rookie deal)

NOLA saves about $12m, picks up a prospect in Jett and gets options on a candidate for a fresh start. Cole can probably deliver all that would have been needed from CJ now that DeJounte has the ball and can be paired with Hawkins, Murphy, etc as a 3&D guard...meaning that NOLA could substantially beef up it's starting backcourt defensively and CJ's role would be minimized anyway.

Skybox wrote:ORL's got no interest in paying a delusional UFA who's not even a floor spreader with Paolo & Suggs' extensions kicking in this summer and Paolo's max up next.

I'd offer a package for CJ though...who I think might be ready to accept a significant but lesser role as 3rd guard, getting starter minutes off the bench.

NOLA sends: CJ McCollum (1 yr @$30.7m), Daniel Theis (injuries have wiped out our bigs and we want all the Germans)
ORL sends: Cole Anthony (1 yr @ $13m, then TO), Gary Harris (expiring, TO for $7.5), Jett Howard ($5.5m, rookie deal)

NOLA saves about $12m, picks up a prospect in Jett and gets options on a candidate for a fresh start. Cole can probably deliver all that would have been needed from CJ now that DeJounte has the ball and can be paired with Hawkins, Murphy, etc as a 3&D guard...meaning that NOLA could substantially beef up it's starting backcourt defensively and CJ's role would be minimized anyway.

I think you would need to add Cory Joseph too cap-wise, but the McCollum deal makes sense.