This morning, Chad Ford of ESPN published five hypothetical trades that purportedly make sense for all the teams involved. As the Insider piece states succinctly in the introduction, the potential deals are entirely illusionary -- no actual trade talks regarding the mentioned scenarios exist in real life.
The proposal regarding the Pelicans is as follows: the Philadelphia 76ers trade Jahlil Okafor to New Orleans for Alexis Ajinca and the Pelicans 2016 first round pick.
In honoring ESPN's paywall, I won't reveal the reasoning word for word, rather just summarize the rationale.