After getting crushed by the top-seeded Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder within the first spherical of the NBA playoffs, with the New Orleans Pelicans getting swept in 4 video games, the franchise is predicted to make some drastic strikes this summer season in an try to compete with the top-tier groups within the Western Convention.
Forward of the 2024 NBA Draft, which is able to get underway on Wednesday, with the second spherical to observe on Thursday, all indicators level to the Pelicans buying and selling star ahead Brandon Ingram, because it appears as if the staff has given up on hopes he’ll reside as much as expectations in New Orleans.
Transferring Ingram appears to be the staff’s high precedence shifting ahead, and it may very well be difficult, with the previous No. 2 total choose coming off a poor efficiency within the playoffs.
Regardless of the staff’s intent to commerce Ingram, New Orleans may also have to deal with different elements of the roster, with NBA free company to observe subsequent week’s draft, because it appears as if Naji Marshall could have performed his final recreation for the Pelicans, in line with Evan Sidery of Forbes.
The Pelicans are getting ready to lose Naji Marshall in free company as a robust market is predicted for the versatile wing.
Groups with cap house as such because the Pistons, Sixers and Spurs are robust contenders to safe Marshall away from New Orleans. pic.twitter.com/pS3CJvbsGp
— Evan Sidery (@esidery) June 23, 2024
Though Marshall isn’t a game-changer for the Pelicans, he would possibly nonetheless be a participant that the staff needs to retain for some depth on the roster except he will get some affords on the open market that they’re unwilling to match.
In 66 video games with the Pelicans final season, which was his fourth 12 months with the staff, Marshall averaged 7.1 factors, 3.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per recreation, taking pictures 46.3% from the ground and 38.7% from past the arc.
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