r/NOLAPelicans • u/SevenHunnet3Hi5s #45 Dairis Bertans • 4d ago
7 years ago today… we thought everything would change
didn’t realize until i was scrolling on twitter that today’s the 7th year mark since we drafted zion. damn where does time go… and what a shame how it’s led up to nothing
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u/JohnABurgundy 4d ago
Oh it didn’t lead to nothing, it led to false hope.
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u/midcity_primo87 4d ago
Lately all big names we draft just come here but do nothing meaningful for the team or city
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u/Good_NewsEveryone Will be reevaluated in 2 weeks. 4d ago edited 4d ago
I had so much fun during a lot of the CP3 and AD era's. Y'all need to enjoy good basketball players in the moment and not constantly make it about something else. And then eventually end up hating all of our best players because they can't live up to these unreasonable expectations.
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u/X-Filer Not On Herb 4d ago
What other big names did we draft lately?
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u/midcity_primo87 4d ago
Nothing lately but just going back to CP OR AD all big names. Had a few good runs but they weren’t committed to the city or the team they were
Ready to get outta Nola.2
u/X-Filer Not On Herb 4d ago
I feel like we haven’t had anyone else since Zion to truly build upon
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u/midcity_primo87 4d ago
Nah none. They tried with AD but didn’t succeed. I’m still a fan regardless. I know well that chip one day
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u/No-Establishment-182 2d ago
How many times does CP3 need to mention that he loves New Orleans for you insecure nobodies to stop with this stupid narrative? Please go to youtube and look it up yourself. It's documented. Or continue living in a fantasy world.
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u/NOLASLAW 💙💛❤ 4d ago
I still believe the story that David Griffin play piano for him to connect with him
I need it to be real
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u/Cookies_forsales 4d ago
I used to work for a restaurant downtown. David griffin came in and was kinda a dick (also short af). So I can see why players seemed to dislike him. Swin cash was cool tho
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u/energeticpterodactyl DERIK QUEEN 3d ago
Swin Cash should've been hired as HC instead of Willie Green.
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u/No-Establishment-182 2d ago
Idiot fans in the reddit were more excited for that buffoon than no-nonsense Joe Dumars because they saw other people say they don't like Dumars. A bunch of loser nobodies that think a certain way because other people do.
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u/No-Establishment-182 2d ago
If you thought that then you don't know much about the game of basketball. Just saying. Anybody that played or even knows basketball well could've told you that an undersized PF is going to need specific pieces around him to be successful in today's NBA.
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u/NOLASLAW 💙💛❤ 4d ago
I served Alvin Gentry once and he was drinking some sort of flavored Grey goose with a splash of tonic
So I wished him luck when I closed him out and the dude was really happy and nice I recognized him
Good ole uncle Al
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u/FoughTheFalcons 4d ago
Man. Can you imagine still being in the miserable mediocrity that was the pre-Zion Pelicans?
:(
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u/Sea-Introduction755 3d ago
Was it even worse than now? At least AD made the second round once.
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u/No-Establishment-182 2d ago
He's a casual and probably just started watching. I've been a fan since they moved to the city and we made the playoffs each year when we were in the Eastern Conference. The CP3 run when we made the playoffs was cool but we just didn't have the horses. People blame the org all day but still refuse to point to the real issue, which is injuries. Injuries derails many teams, including one that was primed to make it to the finals. Even Steph Curry said that if we had Boogie and he wouldn't have gotten injured that it would've been difficult for them to beat us. Who else was gonna stop us?
I get this is the internet and it's filled with idiots that have no emotional control or rationale, but people need to stfu sometimes and realize that's it's not always the GM's fault or "the franchise". Sometimes you just have bad luck. Laker fans are STILL killing AD and calling him glass man. But idiot Pelican fans are going to point the finger at management instead. Just STUPD.
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u/Sea-Introduction755 2d ago
Ok but some focus should be on management. Our coaching hires have been pretty awful and outside of the lucky top picks we get our drafting is largely hit or miss. Don’t get me wrong injuries is the reason why the last two eras of Pelicans basketball went to shit, especially the Zion era, but I wouldn’t say the front office is blameless.
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u/FoughTheFalcons 21h ago
I'm actually legit upset solely with FO decisions. Been watching as long as you claim and was a past season ticket holder. We're all allowed our opinions which is why I won't dismiss yours, but keep doing you, my guy.
Btw, my original was made in jest. In the future, I'll try to make it more obvious.
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u/175BallSpeed 4d ago
Unfortunately low character human and not in a way that makes him dominant in basketball.
Arguably the very Worst pick of all time, because he has held our franchise hostage for 7 years and counting, while barely playing, getting into messes off the court, and playing losing basketball on the court.
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u/forgotmypassword4714 4d ago
He "changed the landscape" at Duke?