re: tOFFICIAL Pelicans Trade deadline Discussion thread

I think it means a decision has already been made regarding Demps and they didn't want to fire him until the season is finished. GMs having to get their moves approved further up the chain is not at all unusual. We went through this with Boss Stern, only Demps literally stopped talking to Boss Stern about moves because Woj and Stein seem to have wiretaps in the league office. That was a problem. As long as Demps and Loomis are communicating it's fine and not all that uncommon, this is making a mountain out of a molehill. I don't think Lowe is a sensationalist at all, but I think this is notable to him because the structure has changed, perhaps in an uncertain way, not because this is like the Nets and nobody actually knows who they are supposed to call. Even if Loomis is making the final call, you'd still do all the negotiating with Demps.