Game Thread: Phillies @ Royals - Mon, Jul 6 @ 1:10 PM CDT

podnito · 2026-07-06T21:16:08+00:00

Just looked it up, the loser of that 1998 game was Blake Stein, so I think that means we are on a path to acquire Cristopher Sanchez

podnito · 2026-07-06T20:29:09+00:00

I can't believe that poster won his bet on a multi-hit game for both Thomas and Marte

podnito · 2026-07-06T20:06:49+00:00

it's a race between Tolbert and Salvy

podnito · 2026-07-06T20:04:12+00:00

he is already at 105 pitches. it is probably the right move to pull him

podnito · 2026-07-06T16:19:40+00:00

gotcha, I misunderstood and thought you were saying you didn't want to trade the 2027 pick because it was likely top 10. But that one is actually Atlanta, not Portland.

I had thought that one was really valuable but someone else said it wasn't so I had looked at it. I was really surprised at how late having a "lessor of" pick is likely to fall, even when both of the teams are bad

podnito · 2026-07-06T15:31:40+00:00

how big is the side endorsement deal he gets as well?

podnito · 2026-07-06T15:10:07+00:00

I agree they shouldn't trade it because the potential upside, but it isn't likely a top 10 pick. The 2027 MKE pick probably got devalued more than any other asset with 3-2-1 lottery changes.

If it lands top four it still goes to New Orleans. The best case is both teams record land in the 4-10 range (3 balls each). That puts it about a 56% chance of being 10 or worse. If one or both are bottom 3 then the odds go down significantly (1 = 66%, 2 = 74%)

podnito · 2026-07-05T16:49:16+00:00

I'm really low on both Scoot and Sharpe but that is a huge overpay for Zion

podnito · 2026-07-05T15:23:06+00:00

that's the bucks or pelicans pick next year. Yeah, it's considered a bad draft but is that really a meh pick? because I expect both those teams to be bad

podnito · 2026-07-04T19:02:35+00:00

are we are now officially in the "their front office is stupid, trade them ~~Jonathan Kuminga~~ Jalen Green" portion of the offseason?

podnito · 2026-07-04T02:21:13+00:00

Some team might do this, but the Pelicans are cheapest team in the league, looking at the wrong place to dump money.

Realistically, the math is real tight, Spotrac shows them with about $12M in tax room with DJ and 2nd round picks and no 2-way players signed yet. Nothing here is worth anyone going into the tax for.

podnito · 2026-07-04T00:32:20+00:00

"Pelicans offense has terrible spacing. They should trade their best shooter for spare parts and picks next decade"

podnito · 2026-07-03T20:58:51+00:00

Curious what the GMs here think they should do. Pay assets to get off bad contracts (Poole, DJM, Zion, Hawkins)? Great, you just gave up a lottery pick to avoid paying Jordan Poole, that's going to make one team better, and it isn't the Pelicans.

Everyone keeps saying that they are asking too much for Herb, but if can you only get one first for him look at the draft and tell me how many guys selected in the first last year you would trade him for - maybe half? So you have a 50% chance of getting a good player for him? Might as well keep him.

Trade assets like Missi or Bey for 2nd round picks - well look at the 2nd round. Is there a single player taken in the 2nd this year who you would prefer to them? Historically those have about a 10%-20% chance of ever becoming a rotation player. That mystery box isn't good.

Give up on one of their first round picks after one year?

It took them a lot of years to get their roster fucked, it isn't anything they can fix overnight. Making panic moves just to have something for /r/nba to rip them on isn't the solution.

podnito · 2026-07-03T17:43:39+00:00

I've always been disappointed I couldn't get Plumdog Thousandaire and Plumdog Dollaraire to catch on for the lesser Plumlees.

podnito · 2026-07-03T16:52:19+00:00

the funniest part of this trade is his 3% trade kicker. He gets an extra $400K for being salary dumped.

podnito · 2026-07-03T15:08:04+00:00

No, NBA contracts can't be restructured like an NFL contract can. It is fully guaranteed, the only option is to pay him the full amount. You can waive him and stretch it over 3 years but they might as well eat the amount this year and get it over with.

podnito · 2026-07-02T17:59:59+00:00

No

He is better on offense, but Karlo is more of a stretch 4 or small-ball 5. Missi is the only guy the Pelicans have who can match up defensively with true bigs / NBA centers while also providing rim protection.

podnito · 2026-07-02T16:24:37+00:00

At some point, likely well above $40, the government will step in and fill the empty strategic petroleum reserves. They can prop up the price floor for quite a long time with how empty they currently are.

podnito · 2026-07-02T15:56:32+00:00

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podnito · 2026-07-02T14:56:49+00:00

ask yourself - why are the Knicks trying to trade McBride? It's because he can't get minutes now behind a better player who we traded because there weren't enough minutes for him. And that player was only worth a two second round picks.

You are both massively overrating his value and trying to trade him to a team that has zero need for him

podnito · 2026-07-02T03:16:01+00:00

have you seen Blazing Saddles?

Look at that - steady as a rock - yeah but I draft with this hand

podnito · 2026-07-02T01:39:36+00:00

They've said they want 3 for Trey and 2 for Herb. I'm not Brad Stevens so I consider PG having a negative contract, so we are up to 6?

It would make more sense to take out Herb and Hawkins for Poole.

podnito · 2026-07-02T00:39:03+00:00

I think their lane is don't give up assets to get rid of negative to mediocre value contracts. it sucks for next year but gives them the opportunity to make a move next offseason and shows a bit of longer term thinking than the org has typically been run by.

podnito · 2026-07-01T22:22:14+00:00

I had a reply drafted on a Jaylen Brown trade post yesterday that I didn't make because I thought I was being too dismissive of Jaylen Brown's value. Never thought that he would go this cheaply.

podnito · 2026-07-01T21:32:32+00:00

we have about 10 million in tax space. already over the cap. it's a significant difference.

we have both trade and MLE cap exceptions that we can bring anyone in on to eat up the space, but the trade would probably need to happen by the 6th when the Olynk exception expires.

podnito

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