New Orleans Pelicans: Ranking Roster from Least to Most Tradeable

The three most tradeable New Orleans Pelicans are…

Lonzo Ball: Age 22

Contract: 1 yr./$11 million

Lonzo Ball is already one of the best point guards in the NBA and is only 22-years-old, which makes him a valuable commodity.

Though some teams might be turned off by his reality show father, others might actually embrace the press that comes with having a Ball on your team.

Lonzo is part of this “Big 3” and the New Orleans Pelicans should lock him up as soon as possible. Young, talented point guards on team-friendly contracts might be the NBA’s most valuable commodity so if the Pels wanted to trade Lonzo they’d have no problem doing it.

Brandon Ingram: Age 22

Contract: Final Year/$7.26 million

Brandon Ingram‘s production, salary and age make him one of the most valuable players in the league and teams would be fighting each other to get to the phone if he were made available.

Ingram is likely the Most Improved Player in the League after raising his averages to 24.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, all career highs.

Ingram is the 13th highest scorer in the entire NBA at any position, but is just the 32nd highest paid small forward, just behind Doug McDermott and just ahead of injured teammate Darius Miller.

There are few players in the entire NBA who provide as much value for money as Ingram, so re-signing him to the max extension will be the easiest decision they have to make this offseason.

Zion Williamson: Age 19

Contract: 3 yrs./$10.2, $10.7 and 13.53 million

If the New Orleans Pelicans made Zion Williamson available, there would be 29 teams trying to kill each other to get to the phone first.

Zion is not only the most tradeable Pelican, he might be the single most tradeable player in the NBA when you factor in his age, skill, salary, potential and marketability.

With Zion you are not only getting a great player who is still a teenager, but probably the next face of the NBA as well, a guy who will move merchandise and pack your arena.

He is getting a decent paycheck for an unproven rookie, but he’s worth five times that in merchandise and ticket sales alone. Like LeBron James, there is almost no price tag that would not be worth it to take on Zion.

The New Orleans Pelicans won’t be trading Zion, hopefully ever, but teams will ask, offer the farm, their first born or whatever else it takes to pry a generational superstar away.

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