The New Orleans Pelicans have fired executive vice president David Griffin, sources tell ESPN. After six seasons, the franchise will have a new head of basketball operations.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/db73eee64707f

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  2. Burned through too many coaches early on in his tenure (Gentry and Van Gundy fired B2B in Griff’s 1st and 2nd seasons) and was stuck with Willy Green, who will probably get fired next.

    Can only fire so many coaches until you are the one on the hot seat, and the one coach he landed on consistently played Alvarado over a lotto pick that will be a strong candidate in this year’s DPOY/MIP races.

  4. Funny coincidence that he lasted the entire duration of the AD trade with only the player left to be determined is the 2025 First Rounder from the Hawks

  11. Will this finally reverse the curse, Will Zion Williamson finally make his playoff debut… **STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT EPISODE OF BASKETBALL Z**

  16. Funny coincidence he lasted almost the entirety of the AD Trade with the only piece left to be determined is the player the Hawks will draft in the 2025 Draft lmao

  19. interesting…

    just because i feel like he’s been in a pretty impossible situation with Zion

    but maybe the indecision around it has made this an easy decision

  20. The Pelicans are truly a fanbase who “doesn’t deserve this shit” as they’ve never had an attractive FA and have had two #1 picks who either have rejected them or haven’t met expectations.

    Just awful. Not their fault they’d rather watch the Saints or LSU over the Pels. Give them a good product!

  23. The Dejounte trade and then getting nothing out of Ingram is what really sold it, at least whoever comes in next has an idea of properly building around Zion-Murphy

  24. Griffin is a very curious case of “possibly really good or really bad” GM.

    He has some solid trades and signings and of course was big for the Cavs in their 2nd LeBron era, but also has a NUMBER of blunders and media snafus that make it clear he may have some issues with people management and an inability to string together a consistent run.

    Overall I’d rate him 6/10 and better at managing a contender than a rebuilding team.

    Handling the Zion situation is still a challenge for ANY exec

  25. Man I feel for Griffin. Will always have a soft spot for him as he was a key driver in the road to the 2016 ring. Can’t recall all the details but I think he’s also had a cancer scare or two; hope he lands somewhere he wants next season.

  26. Still a great what-if if Zion was healthy for that OKC series last year. OKC didn’t have the size to handle him and he was looking like a top 10 player.

  27. Taking the bullet for Zion and the team’s bad injury record, feels harsh. Feels like he’s only done smart moves in NO.

  28. I realllly hope the rumors of keeping WG regardless of his firing are not true.

  30. I don’t think this season really falls on Griff’s shoulders – with the just absolutely crazy amount of injuries – but even though I’ve liked a decent chunk of what Griff has done it’s probably just time. Things haven’t worked out even though he joined with a huge war chest and the n.1 pick. At some point it’s best for everyone to reset and for the Pels to get a fresh pair of eyes in the building

  32. The butterfly effect.

    David griffin’s trade of Anthony Davis helped the lakers land Luka!

  33. My favorite David Griffin story ever was when he invited Zion over to his house and played the piano for him

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