New Orleans Pelicans Receive: G Anfernee Simons, C Jusuf Nurkic, 2023 First-Round Pick (No. 3 – POR) 

Portland Trail Blazers Receive: F Brandon Ingram 

On the other hand, high lottery picks don’t always work out. NBA history is full of busts. 

Players will bust for different reasons. Sometimes, they simply aren’t the player we projected them to be. NBA scouts are typically bright basketball minds, but they aren’t perfect. 

Other times, a player’s body fails them. They may flash the elite potential we saw in them as prospects – when theyre healthy. Unfortunately, they struggle to stay on the floor.

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That’s been exactly the case for Zion Williamson so far. When he’s on the floor, he looks like a lock to become one of the best players in the NBA.

Williamson’s only real struggle seems to be staying healthy. 

Should the Pelicans rebuild around him anyway?