While Dell Demps is in office, you might never see a first round pick taken by the Pelicans again. Or, if you do see one, he will be traded early in his career for someone who can help win now. But Dell Demps has found a way to get first round talent, without using a first round pick. He simply takes them in the second round, a year to early — or perhaps, a year too late.
For the second year in a row, Demps traded to the top of the second round and drafted a redshirt who has first round pedigree and talent.