This is from Brian Windhorst in today's NBA intel page. Of course, that's not how NO sports operate, but what would that look like other than what it looks like now? I want to see the Pelicans win and with the lottery, tanking is somewhat uncertain as to the outcome. "Gap" years imply that everyone's back including Willie and Griff. I'm neutral to Willie, but I can't find serious fault with how Griff has performed other than playing the piano for lottery picks.
They also discuss the number of players dropping their agency a la Zion and BI. BI's probably at the point, where there's no real value to gain in a trade (ie, no windfall). He's in the Lavine, Randle, and Trae Young category where it would just be moving expirings for the sake of it.