Demps is Gone Pecan! {merged}

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New Orleans has parted ways with GM Dell Demps, league sources tell ESPN.

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"New Orleans has parted was with GM Dell Demps, leagues sources tell ESPN.

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Originally Posted by sting

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"New Orleans has parted was with GM Dell Demps, leagues sources tell ESPN.

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Wow. What a time to do it. Crazy

Now the question is do they keep Gentry until the end? or is the end now?

Sucks to be Dell!!

From past threads, I've been reading a Joe Dumars / Avery Johnson collaboration or are we throwing money at John Calipari?

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Originally Posted by Gr8Scott

Sucks to be Dell!!

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Does it? I mean he has had a pretty good ride considering what he has done to this organization.

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Originally Posted by j_bones

From past threads, I've been reading a Joe Dumars / Avery Johnson collaboration or are we throwing money at John Calipari?

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The answer should be, Neither.

I wouldn't be against Rondo or previous player coach.

See you Dell. I think this is pretty poor timing, to be honest. If you were gonna be fired, it should have been years ago, and not now after you've finally made a few good moves.

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I wouldn't be against Rondo or previous player coach.

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As GM?

All I know is that the organization won’t handle this correctly. We’ll bring in more clowns

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

See you Dell. I think this is pretty poor timing, to be honest. If you were gonna be fired, it should have been years ago, and not now after you've finally made a few good moves.

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Yeah it was a bit bizarre timing wise. Dell has a good relationship with Ainge too, so hopefully it doesn’t affect negotiations on that side if we were leaning towards the Boston deal

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"Ownership was livid with an injured Anthony Davis leaving arena during Thursday night’s game, sources say. Gayle Benson is telling associates she wants an overhaul of Pelicans and a search for a GM to take command of Davis trade talks and the reshaping of team’s future."

Finally! One inept less, now it's Gentry's time.

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"Organization is discussing internal candidates for interim GM job, including David Booth and Danny Ferry, sources tell ESPN. Pelicans planning to be aggressive in marketplace to hire a high-level basketball executive."

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Originally Posted by Hoochican

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"Ownership was livid with an injured Anthony Davis leaving arena during Thursday night’s game, sources say. Gayle Benson is telling associates she wants an overhaul of Pelicans and a search for a GM to take command of Davis trade talks and the reshaping of team’s future."

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If that's true, about Gayle, I could easily see a Gentry firing incoming soon. She might wait for the end of the season for that, but you'd think that about Demps too, so don't be surprised if it's even sooner.

Good luck to you Dell

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. I hope she at least makes the right moves and doesn’t make changes for the sake of change

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"Ownership was livid with an injured Anthony Davis leaving arena during Thursday night’s game, sources say. Gayle Benson is telling associates she wants an overhaul of Pelicans and a search for a GM to take command of Davis trade talks and the reshaping of team’s future."

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Gayle doing what's best. Drain this swamp.

Hurray!

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"Organization is discussing internal candidates for interim GM job, including David Booth and Danny Ferry, sources tell ESPN. Pelicans planning to be aggressive in marketplace to hire a high-level basketball executive."

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So does this mean that Mickey is going to stick to the Saints?

It simply made too much sense to clean house with how everything has went. The fans had made their voices known. Even if there's an argument that could be made for how well Dell has done in recent years, to keep everyone on board and moving forward Dell had to be fired.

I'm honestly shocked however that they fired him now. But AD walking out before the game was even over was a bad look. This happening almost guarantees that AD won't play another game for the Pels this year.

As far as Gentry goes, he finishes out the season and then the new GM will make the decision on who to have as the Head Coach.

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

So does this mean that Mickey is going to stick to the Saints?

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Bring in basketball guys? We may get somewhere now!

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So does this mean that Mickey is going to stick to the Saints?

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I could only hope...

I wonder who the internal folks were pushing for a pre-deadline deal, and who the internal folks were that wanted to wait.

And I wonder if the plan was always to do this headed into the All Star break. Either way... can't wait for Dell's side of the story to start leaking out.

If firing him during the All Star break wasn't always the plan, I'm taking a shot in the dark that Dell was on "Team Wait Until Offseason" and Gayle and Loomis are not happy with how following his advice has played out...

It's equally reasonable that this was always the plan and this was always was the timing.

About damn time. Gentry will be gone too. The new person will want their own guy. Book it. That fiasco last night has sealed both their fates.

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I wonder who the internal folks were pushing for a pre-deadline deal, and who the internal folks were that wanted to wait.

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According to Shamit Dua on a Locked On Pelicans podcast, it was Gentry who wanted the have the dead done before the deadline. Everyone else seemed to be fine to wait, but Gentry wanted the drama over, and to have a team that he knew was there to play in order to finish out the season.

That could be wrong, or it could just be part of the story and not the entire picture, but that's what we know.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

According to Shamit Dua on a Locked On Pelicans podcast, it was Gentry who wanted the have the dead done before the deadline. Everyone else seemed to be fine to wait, but Gentry wanted the drama over, and to have a team that he knew was there to play in order to finish out the season.

That could be wrong, or it could just be part of the story and not the entire picture, but that's what we know.

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Would certainly explain Gentry's frustration about having to coach this "dumpster fire" down the stretch...

listening to woj on espn....he was saying that the ORG. reasons were demps didnt draft well to develop players with us being a small market and not a free agent destination.......

ok,,somebody lying here.....we were all under the impression that we were in build now mold by us drafting AD and we all seen dell trade picks for vets to win now........

so if the org is listing reasons for dell firing as not drafting well then who was running the team and was letting dell trade 1st for vet players over drafting good players to develop ?.......so is the org throwing dell under the bus or was dell the man running the team?...

Thank you imaginary God!

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Originally Posted by 6warddude

listening to woj on espn....he was saying that the ORG. reasons were demps didnt draft well to develop players with us being a small market and not a free agent destination.......

ok,,somebody lying here.....we were all under the impression that we were in build now mold by us drafting AD and we all seen dell trade picks for vets to win now........

so if the org is listing reasons for dell firing as not drafting well then who was running the team and was letting dell trade 1st for vet players over drafting good players to develop ?.......so is the org throwing dell under the bus or was dell the man running the team?...

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Those trades where useless... if we build the team that right way... we wouldn't need trades for Boogie or Holiday... AD would of been the FA attraction.

Mitchell, Heild, Giannis and etc... We missed out on so much with giving away draft picks.

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Those trades where useless... if we build the team that right way... we wouldn't need trades for Boogie or Holiday... AD would of been the FA attraction.

Mitchell, Heild, Giannis and etc... We missed out on so much with giving away draft picks.

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Agree! Well said!

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

The answer should be, Neither.

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Why Not? Both have been more successful in the nba than Calipari, the guy everybody wants.

Who didn't see this coming? Let Gentry coach out the rest of the season and he should go as well.

What a suprise! Wow!

On SportsCenter, Woj mentions former Cavs GM David Griffin as someone who could get a look with New Orleans.

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) February 15, 2019

We need changes hopefully this will be a turn around for this franchise now go ahead and let Gentry go and let Finch hold the fort until season is over then clean house .


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On SportsCenter, Woj mentions former Cavs GM David Griffin as someone who could get a look with New Orleans.

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) February 15, 2019

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I sincerely hope Griffin and Dumars aren't the best we can do.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

On SportsCenter, Woj mentions former Cavs GM David Griffin as someone who could get a look with New Orleans.

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) February 15, 2019

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I will admit my lack of greater NBA knowledge. How is David Griffin viewed around the league? Cleveland doesn't exactly strike me as an example of a strongly managed franchise.

Not opposed to Griffin. Needs to be someone that can build all the necessary organizational infrastructure, i.e. scouting, medical, G-League

It’s happening!!! Bring on the post AD era.

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I will admit my lack of greater NBA knowledge. How is David Griffin viewed around the league? Cleveland doesn't exactly strike me as an example of a strongly managed franchise.

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Griffin was highly regarded in Cleveland from folks around the league. I think he and Dan Gilbert had differences of opinion which led to he and the team mutually parting ways.

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Originally Posted by 6warddude

listening to woj on espn....he was saying that the ORG. reasons were demps didnt draft well to develop players with us being a small market and not a free agent destination.......

ok,,somebody lying here.....we were all under the impression that we were in build now mold by us drafting AD and we all seen dell trade pick
s for vets to win now........

so if the org is listing reasons for dell firing as not drafting well then who was running the team and was letting dell trade 1st for vet players over drafting good players to develop ?.......so is the org throwing dell under the bus or was dell the man running the team?...

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Keep in mind Tom Benson was still in charge during this time. Gayle probably didn’t agree with the way he wanted to build the team but what could she have said in that moment?

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I sincerely hope Griffin and Dumars aren't the best we can do.

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Peja building a nice program with Divac in Sacramento. Peja name has come up on Twitter as possible candidate

It was time. I agreed with his "Young Vets" Strategy as opposed to tanking multiple years, but his misses greatly outweighed his hits. Hope Danny Ferry (or whomever) does well in the Post-AD era.

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

Wow. What a time to do it. Crazy

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Makes some sense. It is All Star break and after the deadline. Gives them the opportunity to start putting together information for a search.

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Peja building a nice program with Divac in Sacramento. Peja name has come up on Twitter as possible candidate

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From anyone other than Fletcher? He just named a bunch of former players.

Mike Zarren should be at the top of the list. Especially if we are dealing with Boston this offseason who knows Ainge best?

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Originally Posted by DaFranchise80

Griffin was highly regarded in Cleveland from folks around the league. I think he and Dan Gilbert had differences of opinion which led to he and the team mutually parting ways.

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I could be wrong here, but didn't Griffin want to refuse the Kyrie trade?