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Last edited by UptownFuz504; 02-15-2019 at 01:56 PM.
The most overused words on Pelicansreport.com. Wrongly, I might add.
ELITE - (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
GREAT - notable; remarkable; exceptionally outstanding
These words should not be used lightly
Somewhere a lot further down on the resume and reasons to hire for David Griffin, would be that he has had a positive relationship with LeBron and his camp. Rich Paul isn't going to stop repping players and I hope the bad blood that's currently there can go away with whoever the new management team is. It might go away with whoever you hire, but given the preexisting relationship between Paul/Griffin, it might be easier to ease back into a normal relationship between a team and a power agent.
For what it is worth...
Fletcher Mackel
@FletcherWDSU
"One person who’s very close to people in the Pelicans organization and who’s been linked to the team in the past but I’m told will not be coming on board as GM or in other capacity is:
Joe Dumars"
More tidbits from Fletch...
More on Pelicans front office situation.
— Fletcher Mackel (@FletcherWDSU) February 15, 2019
Mickey Loomis and Saints/Pelicans executive Dennis Lauchia will still have oversight but new @PelicansNBA GM will report directly to owner Gayle Benson.
This is 100% Loomis’ decision, he wants his focus on football. https://t.co/B8AfrVezBm
That's a smart PR position.
I posted in a thread a few weeks back that I expected them to clean up the org chart. But don't expect it to actually mean anything different. What Loomis does has always been characterized. Mickey/Loomis/Gayle will confer on major decisions like any other ownership group will, but Mickey will no longer be featured in org chart.
Break the bank on Sam Presti.
Stop trying to find the next " it guy" just ******* bring in the best. Look how he maneuvered the KD situation and he has drafted MVPs (plural). Give that man the keys.
Incoming Woj bomb...
New Orleans consultant Danny Ferry -- former Hawks and Cavs GM -- is the likely choice for Pelicans interim GM, league sources tell ESPN. Details are still being finalized.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 15, 2019
we do need to thank demps for not trading AD before the deadline like some people in the org wanted him to take the lakers deal this season...
It’s now official...
New Orleans has now named Danny Ferry the interim GM, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 15, 2019
Ferry is the interim. I'm sure we'll have a new GM by te the AD trade is done.
Done Deal....for now
Fletcher Mackel
@FletcherWDSU
Danny Ferry has been appointed the interim GM of the New Orleans @PelicansNBA
In the statement from the Pelicans, Gayle Benson says the team "will immediately begin the process of restructuring our basketball operations department" to find a new leader who "directly reports to me"
Without having a POBO, this position yields a lot of power and autonomy. Supposedly that is what Griffin wants if he ever returns to a front office position. It also should appeal to any other candidate. However, it also highlights the importance of this position being a home run hire and likely someone well respected in NBA circles and with a lot of experience.
Did my Twitter just get set free?
— Anita Demps (@carmendrake) February 15, 2019
Disagree. He should have fired the scout that wrote it, instead of reading it out to the rest of the group.
This is a good long read on that entire ATL situation. There are some reasons to think Ferry could be great. Some reasons to think he'd be a control freak. I wouldn't exclude him from the search because of his exit from ATL, but it's definitely something they need to understand the implications of, and I'd lean away from Ferry if their was another candidate that was just as qualified without the baggage.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/1...ime-fell-apart
Basketball.
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