re: Per Duncan: Pels have began interviews this morning; list confirmed

Sounds like they want to play it safe which is understandable. A lot is on the line here.

I guess we would of loved Ferry if he was not affiliated with the team. Either way, it seems like Ferry was could have been the plan all along. The Pelicans had their guy from day 1.

Zarren and Hinkie weren't on the leaked list. So if you limit it to experienced execs that's what, just Ferry and Griffin? If that's the choice I pick Ferry, but I really want to pair him with Langdon.

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That wasn’t Ferry, that was Griffin.

Any screwups Ferry made in Atlanta can be balanced against the utter clusterfrick that ownership was under the Atlanta Spirit group.

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Ferry was the Cavs GM in Lebron's first stint there.

...when Mo Williams was the best player Lebron ever played with. Makes Demps look like Jerry West.

You and a couple others really got me digging more into Griffin. I really liked him after hearing him analyze a lot of what’s going on, really liked his takes. But my opinion has definitely swayed, especially with the Bennett pick and how he sold everyone on it. People can complain about inflated contracts, but that was nearly every team at the time. Him really like Bennett despite his obvious laziness isn’t a good look.

Ferry is probably fine. It just feels so boring on top of how disappointing this season has been.

Langdon would excite me because it feels fresh.

Bleh

Hope he proves us wrong. Just seems like such a blah hire.

Fans focus on the GM, but its about the entirety of the front office. No one man single handedly moves mountains. No matter who the guy at the top was, it is going to come down to how much the team approves to spend on staff, G League development, etc.

The best front offices have a dozen guys who could all give input into direction of the team, analytics, etc. They have great scouting staffs domestically and internationally. They have brilliant cap guys, etc etc. One guy gets the credit or blame, but its really about the staff and structure. That will be the true test to see how committed Gayle is to the franchise. There is no salary cap for your front office, your G League and scouting spending, etc.

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There is no salary cap for your front office, your G League and scouting spending, etc.

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On top of that they've been profitable for a while and should be quite profitable over the next few years when they'll be well below the tax line. Forbes showed last year's operating income for the Pels as $29 million. LINK

Ferry also doesn't have that leverage today.

But if I'm ranking, I'd probably have Gersson as 1A and Ferry as 1B(I reserve the right to change this ranking as new info comes in).

My big issue with Ferry, and partially why he is 1B(along with other reasons I could go into), is that he has objectively been away from the game for a good minute. If reports of his minimal participation as a special adviser are true, he basically sat out the last half decade. Whereas a guy like Gersson is hungry, has active pipelines to pull from to fill out his staff, and has been the right hand man on the forefront of a cutting edge successful NBA franchise.

And I think one has to ask, if you are objectively weighing the candidates assuming Ferry never stepped foot in this franchise, and instead was a minimal special adviser to, say, Minnesota or Washington, teams in similar situations, would you put him at number 1?

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when Mo Williams was the best player Lebron ever played with.

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How dare you talk about an one time all star He also orchestrated an aging Shaq trade, who was still pretty useful during his time as a Cav.

If Ferry is hired, then that is the kind of guys he will be bringing here. So, you better get used to it. Players that fit certain styles of play or positions on the court - flash in the pan type of players. Because Nola is not attractive to the Superstars of the NBA.

no fun bunch melt yet?