Tag: Willie Green

League sources say that the Pelicans …

League sources say that the Pelicans are making a hard push to hire Detroit Pistons analytics ace Sammy Gelfand. Enclosed is a New York Times piece I wrote on Gelfand’s rise to prominence with the Golden State Warriors as part of Steve Kerr’s staff. A move to New Orleans would reunite Gelfand with Pelicans head coach Willie Green after they worked together under Kerr with the Warriors.

Boston Celtics Coach Ime Udoka, New …

Boston Celtics Coach Ime Udoka, New Orleans Pelicans Coach Willie Green and Jerry Stackhouse, who coaches the Vanderbilt University men’s basketball team, have attended the camp. This year’s coaching group included one player from the W.N.B.A.:Marie Ferdinand-Harris, a retired three-time All-Star. The N.B.A. players ranged from those who had brief careers, like Peyton Siva, who appeared in 24 games for the Orlando Magic in 2013-14, to the more established, such as Rodney Hood, who has been in the N.B.A. since 2014.

Sirius XM NBA: “What Coach [Willie] …

Sirius XM NBA: “What Coach [Willie] Green and his staff did was mind-numbing.” @pelicans EVP of Basketball Operations @David Griffin praises Willie Green for the job he did during his first season in New Orleans. #SummerPelicans

Griffin said the team had always been …

Griffin said the team had always been on the same page with Williamson and feels good about their relationship with him. “It was really comforting when he did his media availability post-season and said how much he buys into this,” Griffin said. “I saw him be utterly moved by Willie Green and his staff and this team quite frankly during that playoff run. So we feel really confident he wants to be here and we feel equally confident we can come to an agreement.”

Willie Green was emotional after the Pelicans bowed out of the playoffs and NBA fans had feelings

What a series from Green and the Pelicans.

The New Orleans Pelicans had one hell of a season under Willie Green.

After starting the season at the bottom of the Western Conference, Green was able to turn the Pelicans around to sneak into the NBA’s play in games with a 36-46 record. Not only that, New Orleans beat both the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Clippers to advance into the playoffs proper.

Of course, they had a tough matchup against the Phoenix Suns ahead of them if they wanted to keep this Cinderella story going. Unfortunately, the Pelicans playoff hopes ended on Thursday with a 115-109 loss to the Suns in Game 6. After the game, Green was seen hugging Chris Paul and others on the Suns looking quite emotional.

Green and the Pelicans gave the Suns all they could handle, pushing Phoenix hard to six games before bowing out in the end. NBA fans were in their feelings seeing Green emotional after Thursday’s game.