NY Knicks: Finding Frank Ntilikina his new home

Should the Pelicans take a flier on Frank Ntilikina?

The Pelicans are in a precarious position as their offseason doesn’t look like it went well. Executive VP of Basketball Operations, David Griffin looks to be on the hot seat.

Zion Williamson is already not the happiest in New Orleans and has put the organization on notice.

Griffin thought he had a couple of years to develop the team but quickly learned last season that this wasn’t the case.

Now he begins his 3rd season in the Zion Williamson era with a 3rd new head coach. He also just traded a player Zion wanted the Pelicans to resign.

The two sign-and-trades that resulted in the Pelicans essentially swapping Lonzo Ball for Devonte’ Graham looks like a disaster.

They replaced their best perimeter defender with a horrible one that is an erratic outside shooter.

Graham’s contract looks like an overpay despite it being almost half of what Ball signed for with Chicago.

New Orleans can’t expect either of their other two young guards; Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Kira Lewis Jr. to turn into lockdown defenders.

So it would make sense for Griffin to bring in Frank on a minimum deal. He is a young veteran that is a proven defender they can plugin if the perimeter defense is atrocious.

Ironically, Frank could be used to help fill the void of fellow 2017 lottery pick Lonzo Ball.

Unlike Frank, Lonzo who also struggled mightily with his shot was given multiple opportunities with the Lakers and Pelicans. He was even taken off the ball and made a spot-up shooter, a role Frank could easily fill.

For Griffin, proving he could replace some of Ball’s production with a fellow lottery pick from the same draft would help ease tensions in New Orleans and most importantly help the team improve.

Now on to the next team that could be interested in Frank, the Toronto Raptors.