PATHETIC: New Orleans Pelicans FALL APART in Embarrassing Bucks Loss | Latest Trade Rumors
New Orleans Pelicans collapse in overtime against the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks, sparking major questions about the franchise’s direction. Trey Murphy’s 44-point explosion couldn’t save the Pelicans from a lackluster defensive effort, as Jake Madison calls out the team’s apathy and the front office’s belief in a “playoff-caliber roster.” With Zion Williamson logging heavy minutes but making costly mistakes down the stretch, is New Orleans stuck in denial about its true identity?
Jake Madison breaks down the Pelicans’ embarrassing loss, the failure of key acquisitions like Jordan Poole, mounting trade rumors around Saddiq Bey and Jose Alvarado, and why front office strategy may need a full reset. With the NBA trade deadline looming, can New Orleans pivot its approach and salvage this season, or are deeper changes required to build a winning culture around young prospects like Jeremiah Fears and Derik Queen?
Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms
🎧 https://lockedonpodcasts.com/podcasts/locked-on-pelicans/
Locked On NBA League-Wide: Every Team, Fantasy, Draft, WNBA & More
🎧 https://lockedonpodcasts.com/leagues/nba
#NewOrleansPelicans #ZionWilliamson #NBA #pelicans
Everydayer Club
If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub
Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!
Turbo Tax
For a limited time, you can have your taxes done by a local TurboTax expert for just $150 — all in, if a TurboTax expert didn’t file for you last year. Just file by February 28. Take taxes off your plate and get back to your life.
Visit https://TurboTax.com/local to book your appointment today.
DoorDash
From tipoff to overtime, stay in your bag and order on DoorDash.
Get snacks, drinks, gear — whatever gets you through the season — delivered right to your door.
DoorDash. In your bag all season long.
PrizePicks
Download the PrizePicks app today and use code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.
Click Here: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LOCKEDONNBA
Quo
Make this the year where no opportunity – and no cutsomer – slips away.
Try Quo for free plus get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to http://Quo.com/lockedonnba.
Betterhelp
This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% off at http://BetterHelp.com/LOCKEDONNBA.
Indeed
Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast
Gametime
Today’s episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase. Terms and conditions apply.
FanDuel
Today’s episode is brought to you by FanDuel. The NBA and NFL seasons are here, visit the FanDuel App today and start planning your futures bets now.
FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)
17 Comments
Days like today are sell the players off. Trey has about as good of a team he can have .. disappears in OT. Zion fumbles a cross over.
Not pathetic or embarrassing just business as usual for this team….😢🇬🇧
Clumsy this team needs STRUCTURE, JB GOTTA GO. HE ISNT THE ANSWER..THEY ARE MISSING A TRUE POINT GUARD ALA TREA YOUNG. WHICH THEY PASSED ON..THIS TEAM IS BUILT AROUND ZION. THE PIECES DONT FIT. TRADE DEADLINE IS ON, THE PELS AINT SHOPPING. THSTS WHY THEY LOSE. I REALLY THOUGHT JOE D WAS GONNA PUT A CHAMPION IN N.O. HERE IS MY DREAM STARTING 5. JA, ZION, TREY, QUEEN, GIANNIS. MAKE IT HAPPEN YOUR IN THE FINALS. BOOM
Nothing will happen until the fans do something and show the ownership and gm this is unacceptable
Zion should walk across the street and try football, 'cause basketball ain't in his blood.
Such a waste of talent and it's all his own fault.
Gonna need to start building the roster. Same exact thing people were saying in the offseason. Sell high on who you can sell high on, and build a cohesive team or at least some kind of starting core of one. Queen can develop into a hub. Fears a scorer. But they really need to build a roster that makes sense because this one is still too half and half.
Neither Z nor Trey have the ability to ball handling under pressure at the level necessary to be true NBA closers. We've seen so many closers on other teams that just take over down the stretch. We don't have on of those on the roster. Ja?
The queen trade was the nail in the coffin for the franchise
Everydayer!!
If they made me coach for a day, the first thing I would do is scrap the 'Switching one through five' thing on defense, it's an abject disaster, they're too slow on the switches, they get confused and follow the wrong guy, people are constantly running free, and did anybody see the 'Ole' move Missi put on the Milwaukee guy in front of the basket there at the end? I don't know if it was regulation or OT, but the Bucks guy is running at the basket, and Missi is standing right there in the restricted area. The Bucks guy takes a half-step and just goes around him and Missi just spins on his toes like a dancer and watches him go by and score in a pivotal point of the game! God, I hate the lackadaisical lack of effort.
If the core really is untouchable, at least TRADE POOLE, DJM, Hawkins.
Cash in on ALVARADO, BEY, MISSI
Please reconsider trading Herb, Zion
Longshot get a haul for TM3 if possible. And a MAKE SURE IT IS A HAUL!! A BUNCH OF TREASURE IN THE CHEST.
Thank you Jake. Still listening from AUS. Still flying over in March to watch them play. I’m having a hard time convincing my partner that there will be any vibes in the smoothie king 😑
I'll go back to it. Ben Simmons at least plays defense at the point of attack (and he rebounds like a high-end power forward and distributes the ball with the best of them). For the life of me, I can't understand why he is unemployed at age 29. A backcourt of Herb and Simmons would never bleed three pointers defensively the way the Pelicans currently do.
DEFENSE!!! DEFENSE!!! DEFENSE!!!
I feel for James borego, he was applying for head coaching jobs last summer and I can almost guarantee his chances of becoming a head coach in the future are slim to never . Thanks to the ownership and management this is might be the worst roster in the history of the franchise.
Keep Zion , Jose,fears , bey , queen , Peavy ,Missi.
Trade the the 2 guys with the most value ( Trey, herb , ) for as many 1st rounders possible .
Find a way to trade Poole , Dejonte , Hawkins , looney , Karlo , Jordan , and get back as many 2nd rounders possible .
Only take back young players or 2026 expiring last year bad contracts
Time to go into a rebuild pels nation!
Blow it up it’s time to rebuild
Everydayer, man that game was the worst of the season
The coach that we hire this summer ABSOLUTELY has to be a culture changer. I feel like a Thibs is what this team needs. I don't want to see Missi on a different team but at this point if the offer is good enough I think you do it. Zion, Poole and Murray have to kick rocks. Get whatever the best offer is and move the hell on. Frears, queen, herb and Trey is the core you work with. Everyone else is should be available. Dumars is showing incompetence at almost every level if he thinks this team is playoff worthy. I've been a fan since the Cp3 days. And we haven't topped those days with success. Our last hope of success was when Rondo Jure AD and Boogie was our core. Things that absolutely need to change this summer for the this Franchise is #1 the Medical staff. #2 the coach. Gayle has to spend some money on someone who is can do something and LEAD this team. #3 Cut the fat. This roster needs to be cured of the dead weight by getting some kind of picks and DEVELOP our picks from the draft.