re: Pelicans are not expected to offer BI extension this offseason, moving in new direction

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I don't know where he starts. I don't want McCollum to be the starting PG. I want to upgrade that role. McCollum is one of our 3 best players. He has to go to SG. He's not coming off the bench.

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This isn't the NBA of 30 years ago. Zion is our starting PG.

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First, I don't believe that stat that you keep repeating. Even if it were true, circumstances stances matter. He only started 23 games this season. He only scored over 20 points 4 times the first 4 months of the season. That is as a scorer off the bench, mainly playing against back-ups.

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That stat is the almost all the starting lineups with Trey are net positive. Funny, you don’t believe that stat but your reply is stat based as well. He was coming off injury and his play substantially improved after that time and when he was in starting lineup again he performed better and was s net positive.

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I know you know this, but career backups struggle moving to a starting role. To expect him to exceed Ingram right away is just sunshine pumping and I think it's unrealistic.

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Hes been in the league 3 years. Lol hes a career backup? Hes barely had a career. I never said he is a better player than Ingram but hes a better fit for our starting offense which makes our team better. Trey doesn’t need to be individually better than BI but can still make our starting offense and team better. Both can be true.

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I don't know where he starts. I don't want McCollum to be the starting PG. I want to upgrade that role. McCollum is one of our 3 best players. He has to go to SG. He's not coming off the bench. If that happens, Jones goes to SF, where he will be vital to our team success. Unless Zion plays Center, where would Murphy start?

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CJ is not a point guard and probably should go to bench. CJ on the bench also solves your so called bench production problem since you didn’t want to move Trey from the bench due to not having a bench according to you. The hope is BI trade and free agency plug the pg and center holes while CJ goes to bench. I love CJ but these playoffs showed its hard to depend on him if Zion is out. Hes also a minus defender as well.