Here’s the answer to the featured question at the top: Is Pau Gasol a fit for the Pelicans? What could the Lakers get in return?
I think the Pelicans are shooting a little lower than Gasol. It would take so much salary from New Orleans to make a trade work that I don’t think it would significantly improve the Pelicans’ playoff chances. They’d probably have to include a guy on a big contract, like Jrue Holiday, Eric Gordon or Tyreke Evans, and I don’t think the Lakers want to tie up their future cap space with one of those guys.
Here’s the answer to the featured question at the top: Is Pau Gasol a fit for the Pelicans? What could the Lakers get in return?
I think the Pelicans are shooting a little lower than Gasol. It would take so much salary from New Orleans to make a trade work that I don’t think it would significantly improve the Pelicans’ playoff chances. They’d probably have to include a guy on a big contract, like Jrue Holiday, Eric Gordon or Tyreke Evans, and I don’t think the Lakers want to tie up their future cap space with one of those guys.
–Chuck