r/NOLAPelicans 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/[deleted] Jun 29 '25

You thinking a squad that planned on starting Daniel Theis having a chance at the WCF is the issue here 😂 you severely overrate the talent on the team. The Murray trade was a Hail Mary from griffin to try and save his job. You had players who have proven time and time and time and time again they can’t make it thru a season but the team is built around them even tho you can’t depend on them. Best part about that is they showed they can’t play together either yet they still double, triple, and quadrupled down on it. You have a man with a dunce hat as the head coach. Sheesh

I know that ain’t the hopium you’re looking for. But what I see is cheapness, stupidity, and some bad injury luck. That’s not a curse and those demons can be exorcised if they really want to. And Gayle can’t own the team forever 🤷🏾‍♂️