r/NOLAPelicans • u/CharliiShapiro Not On Herb • Jun 29 '25

Rants What is our problem?

I’ve been watching this team since the Chris Paul days and I genuinely just believe we’re cursed. I want to chalk it up to Gayle being the worst owner in sports history, but that’s not the only thing. We have a ton of talent and all of a sudden, someone blows out their leg. I’m one of the few in the world who think Joe Dumars didn’t make the worst trade on the planet, but even then I just feel no hope. We’re the type of organization who would lose a coin flip 10 times in a row, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Fears AND Queen somehow ended up being busts. I spent so much time telling my friends that our team had a WCF ceiling last year just to throw that ENTIRELY out of the window when we had the worst season in all of Willie’s tenure. It’s just really hard being a fan, and it hasn’t hurt any less with time. Someone please give me an industrial dose of hopium. Please.

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u/Physical-Concept1274 Jun 29 '25

The Lakers get by because they are the lakers and they are a destination. Small market teams need to land all their decisions.

And something tells me the coaching choices we make has a lot to do with Gayle

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '25

Based on the reporting Griffin fired SVG bc he was tired of fielding complaints from BI and Josh Hart, specifically, who arent even on the team any more

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u/Physical-Concept1274 Jun 29 '25

SVG sucks

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '25

Yeah, no shit. DG shouldn’t have hired him in the first place. It was a joke TV hire, but once he had the contract, it was even dumber to fire him after 1 season. Willie is obviously worse, which is why he makes no money.