The Pelicans Have Hit ROCK BOTTOM
The New Orleans Pelicans just fired Willie Green and are in one of the worst positions in the entire NBA. Zion Williamson can’t stay healthy, Jordan Poole has been bad, they dealt Brandon Ingram who has been good for the Raptors, and they got rid of their own first round pick giving it to the Atlanta Hawks for Derik Queen, a pick that could be top 3 in this NBA draft. It’s an absolute disaster and it might get worse.
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0:00 – Willie Green has been fired
0:34 – And the Pelicans are terrible
2:28 – The Zion era has been a failure
4:35 – They’re gonna give the Hawks a top pick
7:57 – The worst situation in the entire NBA
8:48 – Outro
42 Comments
Never understood the zion hype.
Greg owen 2.0
Queen could be the GOAT and that trade still was terrible. Missing out on having a high pick the next draft and adding a decent player last. I also don't understand what the vision was with Queen. Was he gonna be able to play with Zion?
I think the pels should sign nico Harrison to their frong office. We know he isn't afraid of trading fat stars
Zion is sadly, damaged goods. People have been saying this for awhile since the press release at the beginning at the year when he showed all the weight he lost.
I don’t think they can tank cause idiot Joe dumars traded their first round pick
AJ Dybantsa in the Hawks jersey possibly next year is actually insane 😂. I’m sure Hawks fans are enjoying how incompetent the Pelicans are
They will immediately begin playing better. Willie was a huge issue.
Firing Willie was a good thing we hit rock bottom 2 weeks ago when we were 0-6.
In other news, now is the best time to be a Hawks fan (me)!
The lakers came out winners 2 fold with the AD trade. 1 it got them a title year one. (The covid title counts to me if it doesn't neither does the Braves world series title or the bucs superbowl win). Then AD gets flipped somehow for prime luka.
Pelicans Have The Pieces, Now That They Fired Willie Green Hopefully Things Will turn Around, Some Of Their Losses Have Been Close Like The Clippers Grizzlies & Spurs OT Game All Were Winnable, They Haven’t Had Zion & Poole The Last Week, Plus Two Seasons Ago This Team Won 49 Games With Almost The Same Roster So It’s Not Like Their Not Capable, Fears And Queen Were Great Picks I’d Say Trade Zion,Dejounte,And Poole So You Can Build Around Them
Neokils Avdalas is the best prospect in this class & people still haven't noticed
Was Zion labeled generational
Trade Zion. He's never been healthy since they brought him in.
As a hawks fan, I am more invested in the pelicans losing than the hawks winning right now….Does that make me a bad person?
Zion does not care about basketball, hes never asking out, once his contract is up he’ll go wherever he can get paid the most, he will have a good run of games right before that happens so some idiot front office thinks hes worth gambling on
Cone, they BEEN AT ROCK BOTTOM FOREVERRRR 😂
The Pels ever since trading AD have been dogshit
This roster not bad Willie is just a bad coach
Cone, if anything they were rock bottom BEFORE they fired Willie Green. They’re still up shits creek without a paddle but at least silly Willie is gone.
Is Gayle Benson going to sell the team? It seems like basketball is an afterthought in New Orleans.
Not trading Zion last 2 years ago is why they are in here 😂
"Sir, plbbt I can't plbbt understand plbbt your accent" type of team
They literally cannot blow it up. They don’t own the rights to their pick so unfortunately this team is forced to try and make other moves which is not what they should be doing. I expect either herb, Trey Murphy, or Zion to be moved for a 2 for 1 package. The pels literally cannot afford to lose
They hit rock bottom and kept digging, this team's gotta be one of the saddest franchise ever
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I think Zion has to give up the habit of that weird extra few small bounces after landing or the skipping shit…. I don't know if there's any logic behind it but I think he's way too heavy for that extra lower leg works.
Pelicans ownership asked the front office to explore trades for Zion and Dumars was like "nah, i'll keep him and trade away our valuable picks for pennies"
honestly they should just trade trey murphy to the hawks to get their picks back, blow it up and rebuild AGAIN
This is a bit much jumping on drama for me. Besides, as someone that has followed the Pelicans closely over the last 5-6 years, this isn't by any stretch the worst position the Pelicans have been in. Yes, their record sucks, but that was similar last year and much further into the season than now. I'll give you a rundown of the negatives first and then the positives.
List of problems for the Pelicans
– No real direction both offensively and defensively
– Lack of a high level playmaking option besides Zion
– Zion is still missing games (though set to return soon)
– Inexperienced rookies, sophomores mixed with win-now players
– A lot of their players come with clear downsides and are not well versed
– Really bad start to the season, making it hard to get anywhere in a stacked West
Current positives for the Pelicans
– Derik Queen and Jeremiah Fears are already really good and show a ton of promise
– Herb Jones and Sadiq Bey are real 3 and D options.
– Trey Murphy started slow, but looks like a really good 1st or 2nd option now
– They don't get blown out by strong teams, or only just one quarter and then hang on
– Willie Green is finally gone. Even though I respect the man, the results haven't been there for years now, with a clearly talented group.
1440p plzzz cone
But, but but according to Jake Madison from Locked on Pelicans, if we traded Brandon Ingram all problems would be solved. PLUS Zion Williamson is the next Lebron… Right, Jake Madison.
Look its definitely a bad situation rn but just look at the roster. Two decent young players from this draft in fears and queen. Very good players in trey, zion and herb. Some struggling players in poole and murray but overall i think internal development is the best pathway rn. Trading all those young pieces away is really pointless wothout that pick so just get the team playing better. Fans have been calling for willie to leave so lets see how that plays out
Move the team to Seattle and trade Zion. Enough.
Would Mavs take a chance at Zion Williamson or keep AD ?
First of, get this team out of nawlins..
The biggest mistake was drafting Zion keep him and not trading him
So long as Gayle and Dumars are running the team, this is who we are
actually goes to show how bad australian basketball is that they went over and thumped a team from the NBL
The place that pelicans should go is Kansas City 😂. We need an NBA team back here
Bro thinks this is the lowest point