Milwaukee Bucks: Five Potential Trade Partners To Take A Center
By Ti Windisch
New Orleans Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans have long been rumored to be interested in Greg Monroe, because they want a center to allow Anthony Davis to do less dirty work down low. A trade would be easier to work out with John Henson, but either one could end up in New Orleans.
The problem here is that although the Pelicans would like a better center to go with Davis, they don’t exactly have enough guards or wing players to give one up and survive. Assuming Jrue Holiday and Tyreke Evans both return and play most of the season, New Orleans still needs both of them.
An Evans-for-Henson swap works, and that may be the most likely scenario here. Henson would start next to Davis and the two of them would work wonders protecting the rim together, and even if Evans hardly plays at least he’ll be off the books after this season.
If New Orleans has their heart set on Monroe, it becomes harder to make something work. The Omer Asik contract could be included with somebody else, but there’s no way Milwaukee wants to handcuff their books with that deal for the next four years.