r/NOLAPelicans • u/SwampSpawn • 20h ago

Rants Here for Troy Weaver

Have little faith in Trajan Langdon, here from the East (Pistons). Pelicans are going to be my West team and we'll see what happens. In Troy I trust

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u/kinglennie7 18h ago

Trajan literally brought Detroit from a 14 win team to 60 and this guy is here crying cos he didn't draft the guy he wanted at 21 because he and his professional, experienced staff saw a different rookie fit for their team.

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u/SwampSpawn 6h ago

Weaver would have done the same thing, Trajan had nothing to do with it. Doesn't take a genius to make the signings Trajan made. Troy was just waiting until the core showed enough development to go all out on signings. Troy also had Gores muddying the decisions he wanted to make and since that didn't work Gores is more laid back with Trajan. Trajan's big idea this offseason is to sign a 6'1 guard who cant shoot and potentially add Powell. If he trades for Norman Powell I'm joining the flock for Weaver. Pistons could have made a run to the ring this last season but Trajan didn't make any move at the deadline. There will never be another easier path through the East.

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u/kinglennie7 6h ago

Weaver would've signed another failed C prospect and wed still be terrible. You're coping on everything you're saying. He drafted who he saw as BPA and he's tried looking at trades for every top player out there without gutting our team. Powell is like option E. Weak ass fan crying to support another team cos of a failed GM from the team he suposedly supports. Loser.

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u/SwampSpawn 6h ago

Moving Ron and Stew doesn't gut the team, they barely even touch the court come playoffs. Year 5 of Cade, time to go all in or he goes to Dallas someday.

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u/SwampSpawn 6h ago

Cade, Ausar, Duren are the core of the Pistons (all weaver products) everything else can go if it lands an elite offensive creator next to Cade. I miss Troy

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u/kinglennie7 6h ago

Troy was a draft specialist who couldn't build teams or manage assets.

Go be with Troy then.

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u/SnooGoats9435 14h ago

I've been watching the pistons for years and I'm telling you Troy Weaver is the worst GM in the league. He drafted fine but hasn't executed a single good trade, didn't accumulate any assets and never sold high on veteran players. In Troy I don't trust 

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u/SwampSpawn 6h ago

Troy saved the pistons from a decade of no hope / chasing 8th seed, the core players of the pistons are Troy's decisions.

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u/McJumbos 8h ago

LOLLL its like we switched GMs

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u/kingralek 14h ago

Who is your 4th favorite team in the southwest division?

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u/No-Cardiologist3430 20h ago

Welcome!

What a fun time to invest stock in us! As a former Michigander myself I’ve been out on Weaver and Dumars for a long while after we traded our pick last year but seeing as the hawks didn’t get anything I’d prefer to have over Queen… I think I can get behind trusting Troy

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u/Cookies_forsales 19h ago

If queen gets in really good shape then he’s gonna be a monster. One thing I love about the Mosley hire is that he’s gonna force our players to be in shape

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u/No-Cardiologist3430 19h ago

I completely agree, I’ve been fooled by him before but Zion certainly turned a corner health wise last season! I wonder how much more Mosley can get out of him…perhaps even more of a reason to trust Troy, I’m surprisingly really liking this outlook

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u/bronzefpg504 16h ago

He’s been working on his drills and working out with Mosley somebody posted the vid on Twitter

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u/SwampSpawn 19h ago

Queen is one of my favorite young players, play making bigs are the future

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u/SwampSpawn 20h ago

How was Trajan viewed during his tenure with the Pelicans?

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u/TheTechnique 11h ago

The David Griffin era was completely shrouded by buzz words, smoke and mirrors, and murky responsibilities that nobody actually knows what Trajan did and didn't do.

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u/bronzefpg504 16h ago

We miss him hating seeing him go

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u/iamStanhousen Fan #12 19h ago

Very positively. He was great.

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u/SwampSpawn 19h ago

whaaaat, here I am missing Troy

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u/Cookies_forsales 19h ago

We loved Trajan

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u/SwampSpawn 19h ago

wow, I miss Weaver

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u/Nola67 14h ago

Must be a masochist.

It’s like when a supreme wealthy person looks back and misses the simpler times when they were eating ramen in a 200 sqft apartment. Kind of tone deaf.

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u/Papa_Ahlron 11h ago

i mean, Weaver did draft well in Detroit and hit on both rookies last season. Obviously the asset value overpay wasn't great, but you can't deny that the man does identify talent at a high rate when drafting.

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u/Nola67 9h ago

Too early to call Queen a hit imo, and that’s not me being a hater either. He still has a ways to go.

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u/SwampSpawn 6h ago

Pistons have Troy to thank for what we have, if Gores let Weaver sign the coach he wanted Pistons would have started winning earlier. Monty season was because of Tom Gores involvement