New Orleans Pelicans
2024-25Which players deserved investigation for the New Orleans Pelicans’ problems in 2024-25?
Feb 6, 2025 — David Griffin
The decision this board surrounds ultimately brought in Bruce Brown. Later outcomes never rewrite the board.NOP on 2025-02-06: the listed basketball needs were interior finishing, screening, rim protection. no source-clocked open candidate route was available. 0 open-market candidate(s) matched at least one listed need. Market access, basketball fit, price, salary route, and legality remain separate.
De'Andre Huntercap charge $21.7MWhy is he here?
De'Andre Hunter: sources linked De'Andre Hunter to another team, not NOP. His prior basketball profile addressed one listed need: interior_finish. The minimum outgoing-salary screen was available for a $21,696,429 incoming charge. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.
era-correct salary lane screen only; exact apron team salary, post-trade salary, aggregation, exception inventory, guarantees, bonuses and full package remain required for legality
prior-season impact context: 0.1 per 100 (O 0.7 / D -0.6) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.
Historical decision board. A public-market player is not presented as a team target without a named team link. Minimum outgoing salary is not exact legality. Missing asking price is not a zero price. Later outcomes do not alter the decision-date board.
Feb 6, 2025 — David Griffin
The decision this board surrounds ultimately brought in Kelly Olynyk. Later outcomes never rewrite the board.NOP on 2025-02-06: the listed basketball needs were interior finishing, screening, rim protection. no source-clocked open candidate route was available. 0 open-market candidate(s) matched at least one listed need. Market access, basketball fit, price, salary route, and legality remain separate.
De'Andre Huntercap charge $21.7MWhy is he here?
De'Andre Hunter: sources linked De'Andre Hunter to another team, not NOP. His prior basketball profile addressed one listed need: interior_finish. The minimum outgoing-salary screen was available for a $21,696,429 incoming charge. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.
era-correct salary lane screen only; exact apron team salary, post-trade salary, aggregation, exception inventory, guarantees, bonuses and full package remain required for legality
prior-season impact context: 0.1 per 100 (O 0.7 / D -0.6) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.
Historical decision board. A public-market player is not presented as a team target without a named team link. Minimum outgoing salary is not exact legality. Missing asking price is not a zero price. Later outcomes do not alter the decision-date board.