Every move this organization has made since January has been calculated, we knew the New Orleans Pelicans weren’t entering this free agency period as impulse buyers—despite the big names on the market. The team didn’t break the bank, incorporated pieces that weren’t necessarily going to stunt the growth of their younger core guys, and now are in a position to perhaps host a couple of games in the Smoothie King Center come mid-April.
Griffin understands well the value of spreading the floor, look at how he constructed the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers around their big three of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, and LeBron James.