Did David Stern do the right thing for the New Orleans franchise by not allowing Dell Demps to go through with the Lakers trade netting Goran Dragic, Kevin Martin, Lamar Odom, and Luis Scola?
Kevin Barrios: Yes. The initial trade would have likely lead to a contender for the 8th seed for a few more years — which may have been fun in the short term — but would have not gotten us that next level star to attempt to build a franchise around. Dragic is the only player from that deal that could still potentially be a nice piece to have, but even he hasn't been consistent enough or impactful enough to offset the loss of a top 10 player.