Magic move up to #7

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Magic move up to #7 

Post#1 » by nolaPELSfan » Sun May 25, 2025 2:08 am

#7, Dejounte Murray, Jordan Hawkins
for
Jonathan Isaac, Cole Anthony, Wendell Carter, #16, #25, #46

Pels do it to get fleshed out with rotation players and draft picks this year while moving off of Dejounte, and the Magic do it to add another mid-high lotto pick to their core of Banchero-Franz-Suggs.
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Re: Magic move up to #7 

Post#2 » by Myth » Sun May 25, 2025 2:26 am

I can’t believe a Pelicans fan proposed this. They should be hoping to land a star in the draft, not adding depth.
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Re: Magic move up to #7 

Post#3 » by Devilanche » Sun May 25, 2025 2:40 am

I wouldn’t trust injury risk folks joining pelicans .
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Re: Magic move up to #7 

Post#4 » by Godaddycurse » Sun May 25, 2025 4:57 am

Bad value for Pelicans
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Re: Magic move up to #7 

Post#5 » by nolaPELSfan » Sun May 25, 2025 4:59 am

Maybe a future 1st of Orlando's is added with protections and that swings it? I have made a lot better returns trading #7 on other trades i made, truth be told though.
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Re: Magic move up to #7 

Post#6 » by ReggiesKnicks » Sun May 25, 2025 5:04 am

Dumping mediocre starters like Murray makes no sense.

New Orleans may not be picking #7 again for the next couple seasons if Zion can stay healthy, which makes trading #7 a bad decision. Even worse, if New Orleans is picking #7 or above in the near-tern is because Zion can't stay healthy and that means New Orleans should value #7.

I can't rationalize NOP trading #7 for nobodies and lesser picks. #7 packaged for a star? Count me in, but this isn't it.
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Re: Magic move up to #7 

Post#7 » by YayBasketball » Sun May 25, 2025 5:11 am

nolaPELSfan wrote:#7, Dejounte Murray, Jordan Hawkins
for
Jonathan Isaac, Cole Anthony, Wendell Carter, #16, #25, #46

Pels do it to get fleshed out with rotation players and draft picks this year while moving off of Dejounte, and the Magic do it to add another mid-high lotto pick to their core of Banchero-Franz-Suggs.

Hi nolaPELSfan, how are you? I've noticed you have been posting a lot of trades in the last few days on here, on the tigerdroppings Pels forum, and on fanspo.

Have you been a fan for a long time and starting to get into posting trade ideas? One suggestion-- simplify the trades. If there's too many players and picks involved, it's not as realistic and harder to understand. Have fun, but remember to pace yourself.
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Re: Magic move up to #7 

Post#8 » by ReggiesKnicks » Sun May 25, 2025 5:12 am

YayBasketball wrote:
nolaPELSfan wrote:#7, Dejounte Murray, Jordan Hawkins
for
Jonathan Isaac, Cole Anthony, Wendell Carter, #16, #25, #46

Pels do it to get fleshed out with rotation players and draft picks this year while moving off of Dejounte, and the Magic do it to add another mid-high lotto pick to their core of Banchero-Franz-Suggs.

Hi nolaPELSfan, how are you? I've noticed you have been posting a lot of trades in the last few days on here, on the tigerdroppings Pels forum, and on fanspo.

Have you been a fan for a long time and starting to get intoposting trade ideas? One suggestion-- simplify the trades. If there's too many players and picks involved, it can be harder to read and understand. Have fun, but remember to pace yourself.


Sounds like they just found out how the Internet works.
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Re: Magic move up to #7 

Post#9 » by nolaPELSfan » Sun May 25, 2025 4:00 pm

YayBasketball wrote:Hi nolaPELSfan, how are you? I've noticed you have been posting a lot of trades in the last few days on here, on the tigerdroppings Pels forum, and on fanspo.

Do I need to get a VPN?! Youre making the Internet seem like a small place rn.. (twilight zone theme)

YayBasketball wrote:
Have you been a fan for a long time and starting to get into posting trade ideas?

get out of my head!

YayBasketball wrote:
One suggestion-- simplify the trades. If there's too many players and picks involved, it's not as realistic and harder to understand. Have fun, but remember to pace yourself.


Truthfully theres just not actually any trade chemistry between these teams I don't think, though I'd thought there might be. I was originally trying to trade for Suggs involving #7 somehow; best i could get was #7, CJ & Elf for Suggs, 16, 25 & 46, but I don't think either team does that especially ORL. So those are both just bad trades probably in retrospect, but simple in that theres only 2 teams being involved, convoluted a bit in that salary needs to be matched though (too much going on), and ignoring that a 3rd team nay need to get involved for some reason, but 3 team trades can be too much from the jump. But you can understand the trades, if not the motivations. They can also be simplified oftentimes or a 3rd team suggested later, thats why i like feedback to see if anythings really there. In this case there really isn't it seems. On fanspo i'll delete em and rework em, thats what i hope to do in the thread with help here. You don't get much engagement on other sites, not of as much quality.

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