re: Anthony Davis will not extend his contract and has requested to be traded

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I have no ill feelings of AD.

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I do. I hate this superteam shite and the players involved.

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I would just say this is on you, Pelicans.

We as fans knew Demps was given entirely to long as the GM. This man was given 8 years. Unreal.

Then Gentry. We all knew that was a poor hire from the start. He has done nothing of note with his time here. The man even got an extension.

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Hard to argue with any of that. Blow it all up and start fresh. New GM, new coach, new everything.

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My memory of this is pretty fuzzy but I'm pretty sure Mora resigned because they wouldn't fire him and he knew if he didn't resign he'd be here another year. He was pretty much, this is a bad situation and I'm done. You won't end it so I will.

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Which is why I'll always have respect for Jim Mora. He was an a-hole but he was a man of integrity and he was the first truly successful head coach the Saints had.

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No big stars want to live or play in New Orleans.

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In general, I agree with you but that doesn't mean you can't build a good team or acquire Superstars. You just have to find the right type of person that appreciates a city like New Orleans. It's going to be the eccentric types like Alvin Kamara, Chris 'Birdman' Anderson, Kyle Turley, etc.

The flashy types and basic bitches are going to want places like Miami and Los Angeles or big metropolises with vast stretches of suburban wasteland like Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Etc.

A lot of these guys grow up in urban decay, so to them 'making it' has always looked like the suburbs that surrounded their hometown shithole. Problem is, the whole of New Orleans is urban but without the big city feel. That creates a unique environment that requires a unique person to recognize its value.

I think the Pelicans, going forward, should look at more players from the Euro ranks. New Orleans has always been more popular with Europeans than it has with Americans anyway

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In general, I agree with you but that doesn't mean you can't build a good team or acquire Superstars. You just have to find the right type of person that appreciates a city like New Orleans. It's going to be the eccentric types like Alvin Kamara, Chris 'Birdman' Anderson, Kyle Turley, etc.

The flashy types and basic bitches are going to want places like Miami and Los Angeles or big metropolises with vast stretches of suburban wasteland like Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Etc.

A lot of these guys grow up in urban decay, so to them 'making it' has always looked like the suburbs that surrounded their hometown shithole. Problem is, the whole of New Orleans is urban but without the big city feel. That creates a unique environment that requires a unique person to recognize its value.

I think the Pelicans, going forward, should look at more players from the Euro ranks. New Orleans has always been more popular with Europeans than it has with Americans anyway

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Very solid post. No NBA star that cares about Instagram hoes and partying is coming to NOLA. We may be a big party city, but we aren't a club city like Miami, LA, and NYC. If you find the type of players with the personality of the core young Saints stars right now though (AK41, Michael Thomas, Ingram though he's a little older now, Lutz, etc) they fit the city perfectly.

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If you find the type of players with the personality of the core young Saints stars right now though (AK41, Michael Thomas, Ingram though he's a little older now, Lutz, etc) they fit the city perfectly.

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Not to derail this thread into a Saints thread because I still think the point is relevant because the Pelicans and the Saints share the same hometown, I think this is what Sean Payton is referring to when he talks about getting 'good character guys' in the locker room. I think that's as much about getting what that comment looks like on its face, i.e. actual good guys, as it is about getting the type of guys that want to play in and for a city like New Orleans.

He even references the difficulty in getting staff and players to come to a city like New Orleans in one of his interviews. I believe it was the Baldinger interview when he was talking about hiring a staff when he first got here.

A lot of fans in sports focus on how good their team is and what kind of money they have to spend when it comes to acquiring free agents but I think the hometowns of their respective cities plays just as big a part in attracting free agents as does the success of the team and the money. I think it's an underrated consideration, at least in the minds of fans.

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The chance of your small market team winning a championship is like winning the lottery.

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The only way is to build a deep roster of really good players and no superstars like the Spurs did (Unless you count Duncan) and have a good coach committed to the organization. Then continue to make smart, key FA acquisitions and hit on good players in the draft

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I don't even follow NBA and I was always in awe of the makeup of the Spurs and the way that team was put together and how they played. It was pure traditional basketball and it was awesome to watch.

I've never understood, with as much trouble as the Pelicans have had trying to build a super star team by emulating teams like the Lakers, why they don't try to copy the formula that the Spurs used.

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The same guys did criticize the Pelicans for having Loomis as POBO, but said that anyone saying the team is gonna move is incredibly overreactionary.

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Sometimes I wonder if the only reason anybody ever comes to the defense of the Saints or the Pelicans is because they like coming here the party. GNO is like the 46th largest television market. We're really borderline for having any professional franchises all much less two of them out of the three major Pro leagues.

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You are showing your ignorance

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For sure. I haven't followed the Pelicans in years. Keep in mind that my comments are from a casual observer at a distance.

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He signed for the MLE with Golden State as a frick you to the Pels and the rest of the teams that did not offer him a contract. We offered Rondo the full amount we could and he took more money to go play with LeBron in LA. The Pelicans made the right plays with both of them.

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School me then, please. I want to be prepared to jump on the bandwagon if they decide to clean house and start fresh.

Why can't the Pelicans keep their star players and build a competitive team?

God, you people are so arrogant. I capitulated you prick. I was actually being amenable for once.

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If Magic gave Lonzo, Ingram, Zubac and the cure would that be worth it?

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No because I don't have AIDS.