Mock Draft With Trades: The New Orleans Pelicans Move Up

The New Orleans Pelicans could be players in the 2020 NBA Draft.

The New Orleans Pelicans will head into the 2020 NBA Draft with a lot of options.

With four picks, they could end up making a package to move up, or could try to move down and pick up an asset. They could also trade out of this draft altogether, pick up a player and possibly a pick in a deeper year.

Of course, they could just grab a guy they like and hope he is an impact talent at some point.

With so many unknowns in this year’s draft, there could be a lot of action, as teams may decide that it’s better to punt on a draft where they weren’t able to scout players in conference tournaments or March Madness.

This could lead to a lot of draft day trades and one of the wildest NBA drafts of all time.

There is also the fact that the league is wide open. There isn’t a clear favorite and lots of teams probably think they are just a piece or two away from being legitimate contenders.

The New Orleans Pelicans might be one of those teams.

They have a very talented young core, a load of future draft picks and several young players that could be moved to try and land another star to go along with Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram.

This year’s lottery will almost certainly feature a few trades, so we put together a mock draft of the lottery to see what it might look like.