New Orleans Pelicans Add To Frontcourt, Trade For Nikola Mirotic

Per Article: The New Orleans Pelicans added frontcourt help Thursday by trading center Omer Asik, guard Jameer Nelson, guard Tony Allen and a protected 2018 first-round pick in exchange for Chicago Bulls forward Nikola Mirotic and a 2018 second-round pick, a source confirmed.

The Pelicans' first-round pick will be top-5 protected. The Bulls will also have the right to swap second-round picks with New Orleans in 2021.

The Pelicans will be receiving the second-round pick that they sent to the Bulls in the deal that sent former New Orleans forward Quincy Pondexter to Chicago.

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There is no replacing Boogie Cousins, but the addition of Mirotic brings some much needed help to the Pelicans. The Pelicans' playoff dreams took a huge blow when Demarcus Cousins went down for the year with a ruptured left Achilles tendon. The addition of Mirotic adds some hope for a playoff run.