re: Who says NO?

You haven’t been paying attention. I was a huge defender of Zion when others were down on him several years ago. I was a proponent of trading him this offseason simply bc I didn’t/don’t trust him staying healthy/in shape for an entire season and playoffs. For about 4 months of the season, he was out of shape and was proving me right until the last 6-8 weeks of the season or so.

I consistently gave him his flowers down the stretch. When he got injured again, I really haven’t shite on him at all unlike others on this board.

This is a hypothetical trade thread and I’m just saying that Hali is damn near untradeable in Indy’s eyes and that OKC has many good reasons to keep Jalen Williams. They could win a championship soon with their core, without taking a gamble on Zion.

All these posts saying that Indy or OKC would need to add picks are counterproductive and inaccurate if looked at from the pov of the front offices of two teams about to win their 1st rd playoff series (as currently constructed) vs the view of a biased Pelicans fan.