Pelicans Open To Trading Every Player Outside Of Herb Jones, Yves Missi, Trey Murphy III

[RealGM Wiretap]

The New Orleans Pelicans are reportedly winning to discuss trading every player on its roster except Herb Jones, Yves Missi, and Trey Murphy III.

The team is currently locked in contract discussions with Brandon Ingram. The Pelicans are looking for Ingram to take pay cut of around $40 million per season to extend, with Ingram looking for closer to $50 million per year.

It was also reported earlier this month that the team have no interest in waiving Zion Williamson. 

Via Marc Stein & Jake Fischer/The Stein Line

[Pickled Prunes]

The Pelicans are looking for Ingram to take pay cut of around $40 million per season to extend...

Edit? take "a" pay cut?

A $40m pay cut would leave him with a vet min contract. They want him to take a $2m pay cut and Ingram wants a $10m raise.

[dubbmotta]

The Pelicans are looking for Ingram to take pay cut of around $40 million per season to extend...

Edit? take "a" pay cut?

A $40m pay cut would leave him with a vet min contract. They want him to take a $2m pay cut and Ingram wants a $10m raise.

They want him to take 40 Mil a season and he thinks he's worth more. I'm confused who would give him 40 mil a season. Dude has been injury prone EVERY season and he's not going to win a ship for you..Might be Zack Lavine 2.0 contract

[niha17]

Well I'll take Jose

[Pickled Prunes]

The Pelicans are looking for Ingram to take pay cut of around $40 million per season to extend...

Edit? take "a" pay cut?

A $40m pay cut would leave him with a vet min contract. They want him to take a $2m pay cut and Ingram wants a $10m raise.

They want him to take 40 Mil a season and he thinks he's worth more. I'm confused who would give him 40 mil a season. Dude has been injury prone EVERY season and he's not going to win a ship for you..Might be Zack Lavine 2.0 contract

I know what the story was supposed to say... My point was that it reads like it was written by a 3rd grader.

I don't think you can evaluate BI's production in NOP. They have been building around a player that is never there for the past 5 seasons. He is an afterthought in their program and he's averaging 22/6/5. $40m is a gamble, but in a different organization, I think he's worth it. I don't really think anybody is worth anything in NOP because they aren't going anywhere.

You also need to remember that we are talking about average salary. BI's 5-yr max extension would start at about $42m (if he signed it today) and end at around $56. That gets pretty ugly. My guess is that NOP wants him to sign a flat 4/160 or 5/200. That would age pretty well as the cap goes up. Either way, there isn't a contract BI could sign that would make him less tradeable than LaVine.

[TheCage4]

They are already willing to deal Murray after just trading for him, and they want to extend Ingram? Something must be in the water in NOLA.