I'm not saying it didn't, but it's no where near as much as all of the bias people here think.

From an outsiders perspective, they don't care what happened in our sweep. BI was being rushed back from injury and we had no Zion. Most people literally do not care about what happened in his last 6 games. He was playing phenomal basketball up until he got hurt. More GM's will remember the BI from January to March 21st that was average 20 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds on 38% 3 point shooting on a team that was 25-13 (54 win pace team) during that time.
You guys like to talk about the change CJ made but don't care to acknowledge that BI took the least amount of shots in his career as a Pelican this year, averaged less points b/c of it but became more of a facilitator in the offense. That's what's promising to other GM's about him right now. He allowed Zion to score more, and he allowed CJ and Trey to be themselves and showed he can be the #2 guy, but we just forget all of that happened b/c of the last 6 games.

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Posted by Pels_Yaz

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Posted on 5/10/24 at 3:12 pm to TeddyPadillac

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I'm not saying it didn't, but it's no where near as much as all of the bias people here think.

I agree. I think they still care about his performance in the playoffs but you’re right they may attribute that to a multitude of factors. I just think high scoring wings like BI don’t really come available on the market and there will be a team that thinks they can get the best out of him and he can help them compete.

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Posted by TigerinATL

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Posted on 5/10/24 at 3:16 pm to TeddyPadillac

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I'm not saying it didn't, but it's no where near as much as all of the bias people here think.

I'm actually going to say it didn't. BI failed at putting a team on his back with no other star to help. Nobody trading for BI will be looking for him to carry a team, let alone by himself. People looking at BI as a scoring wing to take pressure off of their existing star(s) will still think he's one of the top options available.

Also, for as much as people here want to act like trade values are static and tied to how good a player is, it really changes each trade season based on supply and demand. If all of the rumored to be available star players are on the market, that's a supply problem for the Pels. But if the Cavs make the ECF or further, do they talk themselves into keeping Mitchell? Have the Wolves gone far enough to take KAT off the market? Paul George, Klay Thompson, and Jimmy Butler are about money more than the players wanting to go to a new team. Will their teams cave and pay them?

All of those players being on the market vs. none of them being on the market changes the equation drastically for how valuable BI is this summer.

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