A basketball crime in New Orleans 🏀 #shorts

There is no NBA team or even professional franchise in a darker situation than the Pelicans. What’s going on in New Orleans is a catastrophic failure with no end in sight. Now they’ve looked almost helpless in their 1 and6 start, but really the collapse started a year ago. Look at this stretch between early November and New Year’s Day. They went a miserable 2 and 26. Instead of firing head coach Willie Green, ownership doubled down and hired two guys who peaked professionally 25 years ago to run the front office. What Joe Dumars and Troy Weaver have done to Basketball New Orleans should be a crime. Despite being fresh off a 21- win season, these two geniuses decided the Pells were built to win now. Now, contenders trade picks or pieces that can help right away. So, they called up Atlanta and offered their 2026 unprotected first round pick for the solution to all their problems. The 13th pick of the draft, Derek Queen. The Hawks front office was so stunned they reportedly called back twice to make sure the offer was real, then hung up in pop champagne. Here’s where things really get weird, though. Derk Queen is hardly playing. They signed DeAndre Jordan instead and started him the very next day. Jordan P is mean mugging his head coach after made threes. Desante Murray is airing out his relationship drama on IG. Trey Murphy looks like a shell of himself. And Herb Jones seems like he took a step back on defense. Here’s the worst part though. As if it’s not bad enough that the Pel sold their future to start one and six. It’s all happening just as Zion turned back into an all-star. But they can’t even trade him because tanking won’t help. Of course, the timing couldn’t be worse as this draft is loaded with talent. What we’re witnessing is the most mismanaged franchise in sports, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the next steps are selling and relocating the team.

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  4. Joe Dumars knows what he's doing, he's built winning teams and won rings before, as a player and front office guy. This is on New Orleans, Zion's fat ass, and ownership… and most likely not him.

  15. As a pelicans fan I hope they sell the team but Gayle benson won’t sell unless someone signs an agreement to keep the team in New Orleans 😭🤦🏽‍♂️ so we are gonna stay terrible forever😂

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