I understand the fans who don’t want to hear that when they see their team losing by almost 50. It isn’t wrong to feel that way. But from what I understand — and things could change drastically after the worst regular-season loss in franchise history — Gentry still has a great relationship with ownership and with executive vice president David Griffin.
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Pelicans vice president of basketball …
Pelicans vice president of basketball operations David Griffin went on the Pelicans in-game broadcast recently to talk about the return of Williamson and the team. There he said Williamson is progressing and added the obvious — that there will be some load management of Williamson upon his return. As there should be. “Yes, he very likely will not be asked to take the pounding of back-to-backs initially,” Griffin said on the team’s television broadcast. “There will be a sort of ramp-up for him to getting back to where you would call him full strength, but he’s certainly going to be playing, and we’re trying to win basketball games. And quite frankly, we’ve done a horrible job of that.”
WATCH: Pelicans planning load management for Zion Williamson
The New Orleans Pelicans’ No.1 overall draft pick will be limited whenever he makes his NBA regular-season debut.
Zion Williamson is getting load managed.
The New Orleans Pelicans’ No.1 overall draft pick will not be thrown into big minutes night after night when he makes his NBA regular-season debut.
Although the Pelicans are 6-16 on the season and riding a 7-game losing streak. The Pelicans organization has been cautious with its young superstar. New Orleans has made the playoffs only three times in the past ten years with one appearance in the Conference Semifinals.
Pelicans vice president of basketball operations David Griffin says, “He very likely will not be asked to take the pounding of back-to-backs initially,” Griffin said, via ESPN.
Will Guillory: David Griffin on Zion: …
Will Guillory: David Griffin on Zion: “He continues to progress, he’s progressing really well. … We have been much more cautious with how we’ve ramped him up from stage to stage bc he’s 19.”
Scott Kushner: David Griffin said “it’s …
Scott Kushner: David Griffin said “it’s fascinating that people there there’s any different agenda” regarding Zion. He said he continues to progress and feels very good.
Griffin, however, didn’t feel the need …
Griffin, however, didn’t feel the need to change his head coach. Griffin, who previously worked with Gentry on the Phoenix Suns, is confident that Gentry is the right coach for his rebuilding Pelicans. “Everybody says, ‘Why didn’t you start over with a new coach?’ ” Griffin said. “ ‘Well, I don’t know a lot of other coaches that I went to the conference finals with, with a roster similar to this.’ The fearless Alvin that coached the 2010 Suns to the conference finals is a different animal than he was able to be here. My job is to get to channel as much of that person as I can because that was a masterful job that I watched him do.
Before the draft, Hart called his new …
Before the draft, Hart called his new boss, David Griffin, and told him he wanted to be a part of whatever he was building. “He said, ‘I know you can get a lot for me, but whatever you do, don’t trade me,’” Griffin said, recounting the story at an introductory press conference in July. “‘I really want to be in New Orleans.’”
There’s still no exact date set for …
There’s still no exact date set for Zion Williamson’s return to the court, but New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin said the No. 1 overall pick is “getting better literally every day.”
“He’s progressing exactly as we had …
“He’s progressing exactly as we had hoped he would,” Griffin told the radio station. With the Pelicans on a three-game road trip, Williamson stayed back in New Orleans to continue his rehab process. “We’re really optimistic, and most importantly, Zion is really excited and that’s where we want him to be,” Griffin said.
The original timeline for Williamson’s …
The original timeline for Williamson’s surgery, which happened on Oct. 20, was six to eight weeks. Griffin said that while Williamson is on schedule, it’s more likely he comes back at the latter end of that timeline. “Right now, I think we’re on target for eight weeks,” Griffin said. “Probably not to the day, but in and around that.”