re: So why didn’t Griff trade Zo for Lauri at the deadline?

Ryan Anderson did underachieve after Year 1. Injuries had alot to do with it, but nonetheless, he did not live up to the contract he got.

I still say Dell, overall, wasnt as bad a GM as believed and would have succeeded if those teams could have stayed healthy and if he would have got anyone worth a damn instead of Asik, who looked solid in Chicago, no longer needed in Houston bc of the Howard acquisition, but ultimately became an instant relic and liability with the onset of small ball and the 3pt. revolution.

Also, during his tenure, its well known that in the 2012 AD draft, the player that went 1 before the Pels #10 pick, Andre Drummond, is who Dell absolutely wanted to pair AD with, and thought Detroit wouldnt draft him bc of Greg Monroe and Villanueva looking like the future frontcourt for years to come, but had to settle for Austin Rivers.

That changed the fate of the Pels with the later offseason moves Dell eventually made. What coulda been...