By Pierre-Andréa Fraile | Sports journalist
Fourteenths to the west at the end of the regular season, the Pelicans decided to take action barely the postseason started. The first changes initiated within the franchise could also impact the future of Zion Williamson on site.
It will not have dragged. Authors of a disappointing season in more than one way, the Pelicans started drum beating their offseason with a first major decision. David Griffin, who has held the general manager of the franchise since 2019, has been removed from his duties in recent hours according to Shams Charania. In the process, the insider ofESPN even revealed the identity of his designated successor:
Shams Charania : The hall of Famer Joe Dumars is a serious candidate to become the executive n ° 1 of the New Orleans Pelicans, indicate sources in ESPN. Appointed executive of the year in 2003 and at the origin of the piston roster crowned champion in 2004, Dumars currently holds a position in the NBA organization chart. According to sources, he should finalize a deal with the pelicans by the end of the week.
CLAP End for Zion Williamson in New Orleans?
Visibly disappointed by this 2024-25 campaign, completed in 14th place in the West Conference and with a pitiful report of 21-61, the leaders of New Orleans wish to start again on new bases. This will therefore imply the appointment of a new executive, but could also go through an overhaul of the workforce. And according to Insider Shamit Dua, Zion Williamson may pay the price for this upheaval:
Sham I want: Since all the rumors about the pones seem to be confirmed, the last indiscretion that I have on this soap is that the middle staff of the franchise will mandate Dumars to keep Willie Green and Trader Zion. This is what I heard. It is possible that the situation of Phoenix impacts the future of Willie Green, but the plan of which I had wind is this.
To tell the truth, it's been a few months, even years that the Zion case raises questions in Louisiana. Simply author of 30 appearances this season, the interior of 24 years was still the victim of its physical fragility and annoyed more and more fans and superior. The latter may therefore have reached the point of no return to their frustration and would be ready to act the end of his adventure with the pes.
It remains to know their requirements on the market, which seem in the state difficult to estimate. After all, what price set on a huge talent player, but whose absences repeated since the start of his career cost his team so far? At any rate, Competition should remain attentive in this file According to the recent information delivered on this subject.
For the fourth time in six years, Zion Williamson was not able to exceed the 30 -game mark played this season with the Pelicans. The announced arrival of Joe Dumars as GM could therefore coincide with his departure from the franchise.
