Some think they got worse. Others think they got better. But what can’t be disputed is that they got younger, longer, and more versatile.
And in the wild, wild West, that matters.
The Pelicans signed Elfrid Payton and Julius Randle this past week. Those came at the expense of veteran point guard Rajon Rondo and big man DeMarcus Cousins.
Boogie shocked the basketball world Monday when he signed a $5.4 million dollar mid-level exception with the NBA champion Warriors. Rondo signed a one-year, $9 million dollar deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.
We’ll touch on how the new pieces fit later, but there’s no questioning the ones they lost hurt now.