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Did New Orleans leak a Marcus Smart rumor in order to expedite their trade with Memphis?

Earlier today the rumopr floating around the Twitterverse was that the Memphis Grizzlies were going to move up from #17 in the first round to #10 by taking back Eric Bledsoe's bloated contract from the Pelicans.

Then this popped up:

Pelicans have discussed a deal with Celtics.

Framework of the deal would be No. 10 pick in 2021 NBA Draft & Eric Bledsoe for Marcus Smart & a future pick.

Pelicans are motivated to move Bledsoe for a quality veteran player as well as a future asset to be used in a later deal.