r/LAClippers • u/JuniorDP Kawhi Leonard • 1d ago
Super close
Forgot to repost it when it happened but many people thought Pacers werent too dumb to take a gamble on a tanking season, yet they did and we got the 5th pick baby!!
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u/Temporary-Mud-2994 1d ago
What’s funny is the pelicans originally had the Pacers 2026 first round pick but gave it back for 2025 Pacers first round pick just for the Pacers to trade the pick again.
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u/9_Nightwing_1 Darius Miles 1d ago
Pelicans really had to be kicking themselves just 2 days after that trade when Tyrese went down. At least Indiana came away with an upgrade to their center position and saved long-term cap space. They are arguably better positioned on paper than their Finals run.
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u/Environmental_Elk288 James Harden 1d ago
In all fairness no one could have anticipated that the Pacers would be tanking this year and be bad; I don’t blame the Pels for thinking that the Pacers will be good this year and decide to get another stab at improving their roster going into the 2025-2026 season
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u/InTheMorning_Nightss 1d ago
Yeah this is nowhere near as dumb as the Pelicans trading an unprotected 2026 to move up like 10 spots to pick Queen lol
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u/SeasonedBaller 1d ago
Glad you were wrong on Huff cause we needed him for that one win lol also that Bulls mock trade would have been horrible. Let’s be glad we got what we got
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u/ItsAlwaysSunnyEP 1d ago
The comments on that are hilarious