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Dell Demps suffered for our Future
Posted on 6/25/22 at 10:30 pm
Posted on 6/25/22 at 10:30 pm
As terrible as those years were….thanks Dell. You chased away AD who was no fun anyway and we turned it into the deepest NBA Team New Orleans has ever seen.
Also still can’t believe last year’s draft class, CJ McCollum, Jonas Valancunas, and Grand Theft Alvarado!! The only piece I’m unsure of now is Jaxson.
Also still can’t believe last year’s draft class, CJ McCollum, Jonas Valancunas, and Grand Theft Alvarado!! The only piece I’m unsure of now is Jaxson.
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Posted on 6/25/22 at 10:33 pm to Safety Blitz
We're fricked .. you jack legs are going to jinx us straight into laker town
Posted on 6/25/22 at 10:42 pm to Safety Blitz
Can one really chase away someone who has no intention of staying?
Dell sucked but AD had his eyes on a bigger market because he thought the problem with him getting endorsements was NOLA and not AD. How many people are buying his douche flavored Ruffles now that he won a title with LeBron?
Dell sucked but AD had his eyes on a bigger market because he thought the problem with him getting endorsements was NOLA and not AD. How many people are buying his douche flavored Ruffles now that he won a title with LeBron?
Posted on 6/25/22 at 10:51 pm to Safety Blitz
Demps roster mismanagement is not the suffering that changed our future.
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Demps comes back to New Orleans and suffers a freak injury. The next day we get the beginning of Zion's health and relationship with the Pels changing for the better. That's not a coincidence, some voodoo shite went down. A debt was paid, a curse was lifted, something like that.
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John Hollinger @johnhollinger
Jazz assistant Dell Demps, who used to be the GM here in New Orleans, appeared to suffer some kind of leg injury while warming players up. Trainers looking at him now.
5:06 PM · Mar 4, 2022·Twitter for Android
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Andrew Lopez ESPN March 5, 2022
New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has returned to the city after spending nearly two months in Portland rehabbing his injured foot away from the team, sources told ESPN on Saturday.
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Demps comes back to New Orleans and suffers a freak injury. The next day we get the beginning of Zion's health and relationship with the Pels changing for the better. That's not a coincidence, some voodoo shite went down. A debt was paid, a curse was lifted, something like that.
This post was edited on 6/25/22 at 10:57 pm
Posted on 6/25/22 at 10:53 pm to TigerinATL
What the heck. I’ll buy it.
Posted on 6/25/22 at 11:08 pm to Safety Blitz
It really is amazing!
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:10 am to TigerinATL
Blood magic.
Life pays for life. A leg for a leg.
Life pays for life. A leg for a leg.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:37 am to teke184
Yeah, the NOLA market is really hurting CJ right now...
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:39 am to Safety Blitz
Yeeeea this isn't it you tried but failed miserably.....geezus christ this is the worst thing ever ??
Posted on 6/26/22 at 12:45 am to armsdealer
Hell, Zion had more endorsements within minutes of being drafted than AD had in his entire career.
This ain’t the 90s when only guys like Michael Jordan and Shaq were pulling in endorsement money.
This ain’t the 90s when only guys like Michael Jordan and Shaq were pulling in endorsement money.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 8:28 am to teke184
Demps caused his own suffering.
Bad trades, bad drafts, and overpaying free agents.
Was close with Holiday and Davis. Never identified that Holiday was a #3 option and AD was not a leader.
For as crazy as Griffin has seemed at times his drafts have been good to great and outside of Graham he made all the right decisions last offseason. Some were lucky because had Lowry or Paul said yes the Pelicans would be screwed.
Bad trades, bad drafts, and overpaying free agents.
Was close with Holiday and Davis. Never identified that Holiday was a #3 option and AD was not a leader.
For as crazy as Griffin has seemed at times his drafts have been good to great and outside of Graham he made all the right decisions last offseason. Some were lucky because had Lowry or Paul said yes the Pelicans would be screwed.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 9:45 am to VA LSU fan
Luck is preparedness meeting opportunity.
We didn’t get who we wanted to start last season but he handled it in a way so that we could pivot quickly if someone became available. The someone happened to be CJ, with Nance being a big bonus due to the TPE from sending out Steven Adams.
If he had done something like taking a sign and trade on Lauri Markkanen from the Bulls instead of expiring deals, we wouldn’t have been in a position to do that.
It is the same reason a bunch of people are looking at the Knicks’ moves from the draft. They cleared a ton of cap space by sending out Kemba and the 11th pick. That is only a positive for them if they get what they want for it, be it Brunson or Kyrie or someone else.
If they whiff on everyone and just have to sign every FA 4 in the league to one year deals again, it is a major disaster for them.
Not sure how this works out well for them on any level though. They will severely overpay for Brunson if they get him, Kyrie is a locker room cancer, and they don’t have the horses to run with them if they get either because their biggest contract right now is Randle.
We didn’t get who we wanted to start last season but he handled it in a way so that we could pivot quickly if someone became available. The someone happened to be CJ, with Nance being a big bonus due to the TPE from sending out Steven Adams.
If he had done something like taking a sign and trade on Lauri Markkanen from the Bulls instead of expiring deals, we wouldn’t have been in a position to do that.
It is the same reason a bunch of people are looking at the Knicks’ moves from the draft. They cleared a ton of cap space by sending out Kemba and the 11th pick. That is only a positive for them if they get what they want for it, be it Brunson or Kyrie or someone else.
If they whiff on everyone and just have to sign every FA 4 in the league to one year deals again, it is a major disaster for them.
Not sure how this works out well for them on any level though. They will severely overpay for Brunson if they get him, Kyrie is a locker room cancer, and they don’t have the horses to run with them if they get either because their biggest contract right now is Randle.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 11:32 am to jmcwhrter
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We're fricked .. you jack legs are going to jinx us straight into laker town
If this ain’t the most Louisiana mentality of all time
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:34 pm to Safety Blitz
The thing I never understood is that he got guys like Tyreke, Jrue and Q-Pon for a big man coach like Monty Williams, then got Demarcus Cousin for a
Coach who likes to run like Uncle Al.
The roster construction just never made sense.
Coach who likes to run like Uncle Al.
The roster construction just never made sense.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 4:56 pm to Suntiger
That just showed you right there that he didn't know what the hell he was doing, he was a terrible GM, but they've fixed it now with Griffin even though he got off to a rocky start. Demps fired Monty Williams who I thought was a good coach, Demps just did a lot of dumb shite as already said on here in overpaying FAs(Solomon Hill thanks you), bad drafts and trades, etc. Glad the guy is gone.
This post was edited on 6/26/22 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 6/26/22 at 5:01 pm to tucoco
Problem is that it is easier to fire the coach than it is to fire the GM, the stars, or the owner.
Take a look out to LA to see how that one works.
Take a look out to LA to see how that one works.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 5:08 pm to teke184
Oh, yeah, I know, personally, I think he just didn't like Williams for some reason. He fired the guy after the Pels had made the playoffs, and even Williams said I went to his office thinking I was going to be rewarded with a pay raise.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 5:14 pm to tucoco
Demps didn't fire Monty, Mickey Loomis fired Monty. There was a weird power structure in place where both Demps and Monty reported to Loomis. There was a power struggle between Monty and Demps, no doubt over the roster choices Demps was making, and Monty reportedly gave Loomis a "him or me" ultimatum and Loomis chose Demps.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 5:25 pm to TigerinATL
Thankfully the whole AD clusterfrick gave Gayle a moment of clarity about how the organization was seen around the league. Realizing that lead them to their hiring of Griff and Trajan, amongst others, to fix the issues.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 5:34 pm to TigerinATL
Maybe so, man, but he certainly pushed for it because he and Williams didn't get along and he wanted control of the team. Williams hated the decisions that Demps made regarding the team, the roster moves and all with the direction he was taking the team in. That showed even more after Williams was gone, you could clearly see then that Demps didn't know what the hell he was doing. Lol
This post was edited on 6/26/22 at 5:37 pm
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