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Grading the New Orleans Pelicans prospect haul of Zion Williamson, Jaxson Hayes, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Marcos Louzada Silva

What grade would you give the draft haul for the Pelicans? Are you happy with how they flipped the 4th overall pick for more assets? Do you like all of the guys taken after Zion: Hayes, Alexander-Walker and Silva?

Kevin Barrios: A plus-sized

The Pelicans got thicc quick. Zion Williamson, the love-child of Shawn Kemp and Charles Barkley that sports Tom Hanks’ likeability and the Cheshire Cat’s smile if it were non-threatening, has already Wyde Drexler glided his way into the hearts and souls of the entire city — boxing out memories of former loved ones that spurned us for side-kick roles in bad remakes.