It’s Time for the Pelicans to Make Big CHANGES after Awful Loss | Willie Green’s Job on the LINE?
Pelicans’ season already off the rails as Zion Williamson sidelined again. Can New Orleans salvage their season after a crushing loss to Boston?
Jake Madison dissects the New Orleans Pelicans’ 122-90 defeat against the Celtics, questioning Willie Green’s coaching decisions and Joe Dumars’ front office moves. The discussion covers Zion’s injury woes, DeAndre Jordan’s contract implications, and the team’s second-half struggles. Madison explores potential roster changes and the financial constraints limiting the Pelicans’ options.
Tune in for an unfiltered analysis of the Pelicans’ current crisis and the critical decisions that could shape their future.
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41 Comments
I disagree with you on saying the ownership and players care, because they most definitely don't. If ownership cared they would have Fired this Whole coaching staff already, and for the players to put that mess on the court it speaks of their character. They are comfortable losing and have a losing culture.
Pels have no identity. They look EXACTLY like they did last year. Poor ball movement. Poor shot selection. Low 3 pt attempts. Out hustled in the paint. The cycle continues…
Pels can’t beat an NBA team pre-season or regular season. Just pathetic.
This is what happens when you let your Football Executive choose your Basketball GM!
CJ was a hugely bad contract that hindered us for years. Small expensive shooting guards who can’t defend ANY position is probably the worst thing to have on your cap. $37m, could have gotten us Myles Turner AND Yabusele. They would have cost us more than the contracts that they have( bonus for coming to NOLA) Instead we get CJ 1.1, Poole, small, no defense and expensive. And, we gave up an extra #1 pick for a short chubby center.
We don’t bring in defense. We couldn’t make stops, we can’t make stops.
We didn’t adjust well after halftime, we still don’t adjust well after halftime. We didn’t win in crunch time( last 4 min). We still can’t win in crunch time. Same coach!
We are in bad management 2.0!
Why is Alvarado not starting?
have faith in the Pelicans they playing good
I like Willie Green but it might be time for him to go. But I also think, if he goes, James Borrego and some of the other coaches needs to go too! Our offense is almost the worst in every statistical category and the defense is not much better.
It's tough being a Pels fan. They have so much potential, but for whatever reason, they just can't get out of their own way…
Mark Jackson? If not, then who?
You hit the nail on the head with the insanity definition. We are losing the exact same way [06:47], and the team needs a change in energy, right now, the most obvious move is the Head Coach. Willie Green has lost the locker room. But I'm glad you called out the front office, too! That fully guaranteed DeAndre Jordan contract is an absolutely disgusting misuse of our financial flexibility that could actively harm our ability to make a meaningful trade down the line [23:09].
Willie has had the most 20 point losses since he’s been the coach. He should have been fired, not sure what ownership see in him. The team does not want to play for him.
Stop Buying Season Tixs ,That Learn Them !!!
New season SOS.
You owe me some sleep, Jake. I stayed up half the night waiting for the show so I could vent, but I'm just numb to it now. It had to be really hard watching that crapshow live, knowing you had to drive home and do a show before you could sleep. If it's not obvious to Joe Dumars now that changes have to come, will it ever be? This team is PAMPERED and SOFT. They play this way because they know they can get away with it, Willie Green won't hold them accountable for ANYTHING. FIRE WILLIE GREEN.
Although I don’t like Zion being out this early, I’d rather him be out earlier rather than later. But the fact Willie showed that when his start player is out and he doesn’t know what to do and what adjustments to make, it shows he’s not the person for this spot.
Fire wille before u start loosing d season
The pels worst mistake was giving up Brandon ingram he was truly their best player as far as getting his own bucket every bucket pels score seems like a struggle since he left
I was sitting next to Jake at the game & was lowkey star struck 😂😂😭
That's All Folks!!!!!! This team is soft and struggles in the basketball IQ dept, and it starts with the head coach.
I'm over Herb and Trey. Herb lack of offensive consistency on top of his defense has fallen off, its hard to watch. I think people was so sick of B.I that they talked themselves into believing Trey could be a number #2. Trey at this point is no better than a sixth man/3 and D guy on a contending team.
We signed DJ to be a mentor for Missi and DQ. It's a good signing imo
The fans also need to change their expectations. Why would any sensible person see what this team has done over the last few seasons and expect anything more than another 82 games of embarrassment? Yet people still get their hopes up. The franchise needs a full reset, top to bottom. If it doesn’t it will he relocated within 15 years.
Joe dumars will hurt a lot of feelings soon . The NBA trade deadline needs to hurry up and get here . We have too many overpriced, bad defending , overated players on our roster that needs to go .
This hurts for real !!! Based on talent we should be 3-0 right now . We had so many opportunities to win these last three games .
Folk we should turn our attention to The Green Wave football team. They play with heart. The Pels are seriously one of the worse 3 point shooting teams in the league. Replay shows lazy and selfish play. No hustle back on defense. Slumped shoulders because the ball wasn't kicked out. They had several occasions of 3 and 4 on 2's and the bumbled the ball away. Never thought I'd say this but that is coaching and lack of accountability. It is time for a new voice. Refer to Da Boot Crew to see instances. It was pathetic.
Willie Green should be done as coach. Same problems, same routine.
Go out and hire Michael Malone
This is the type of loss that coaches should be fire. Example LSU Brian Kelly.
Why is herb still out there shooting 3's. He should be more like a dennis Rodman more defense and rebounding.
Yeh POOLE IS A CRY BABY!! ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A FOUL. HE GOT THAT FROM SETH CURRY. HE CANT GET AWAY WITH THIS .NO.THE REFS HATE N.O. ITS SAD THAT THEY DO. SMALL MARKET TEAMS DONT DO WELL IN THE NBA. Willie GREEN LOSES AND HE STILL HAS A JOB..WHEN CAN I GET HIRED AS COACH. .I CAN DO THAT. NOT FAIR.
The Pelicans haven't recorded an Win against an NBA team Since March 24 of this year oh somebody getting traded and fired EVENTUALLY
We need Avery Johnson
Zion now a team not leader of the team
Its his team
Dumars kinda screwed us here. Nothing we can do to make the team better without trades.
We might now win 20 games and our top pick goes to Atl…
Zion is not a leader or someone you can count on
Herb and Trey and complimentary pieces not all stars
Willie….. Lol…. How does this guy have a job.
Offense is shit, not 1 player has improved their game, maybe naturally making better decisions, but their game hasn't gotten better. The offense has no cohesion.
Defense has gotten worse and worse and this is what he wants to be known for….
Willie is a joke. Pels are a joke. At this point we are bringing the product of the NBA down
They will trade zion this season. They need him to be healthy in the time of the trades to send him shipping.
Im tired of the zion thing now . Its been 6 years n its the same every year
Hey man, couple things- I love your content and show, and there are 2 things that keep me from listening everyday: swallowing into the mic and for some reason, the need to put the word “here” at the end of sentences. It could be a drinking game. Other than that, great episode. Love the heat you’re puting on the Pels for some change!
New rule for the NBA- If you don’t win ten games you get a second first round pick.
Fire the coach… no Zion no problem. Why would you NOT start Bey and keep Fears coming off the bench? Once I saw the starting lineup I knew it was gonna be a lost.
Zion is injured after 2 games it’s time for him to go and Green.. Zion needs to go to change the climate of this team.. Don’t care what you get for him he needs to go noooooow!!!!!!!!
Trade Zion. Legitimate injury or not, we can't have a multimillion dollar player spending half the time on the bench. I'm over it.
Thank you for the honest opinions on the front office. You made excellent points. Why did they guarantee his contract?? No one helping Dumars?