Trade & FA 2024-25:

[Chicagojk]

Wow. If I was the Pelicans, I´d pull the trigger on this so fast....I mean that is a very dumb idea New Orleans, don´t you do it.

His regression was really weird last year.  Although playing with all those guards who can't run an offense didn't help.   Just thinking back from a year from now though, I thought I had a really good idea of what Kessler (and Mark Williams from Charlotte) are.   Both didn't improve and you can make the case they declined a little.    Entering the season, I thought Lively was the better long term player but thought Kessler was probably a year ahead of him in his timeline.   That is not the case now.  

Utah is in a really weird spot.  The Clev and Min draft picks may or may not be great.  The last two years they have stretches where they are a pretty solid team in the first half.  After the all star break they turn into one of the worst teams in the league.   Then wind up with the 9th or 10th pick.  They can't keep doing that.  Being stuck in the late lottery after a terrible season finish is no mans land.