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Welcome to the Gayle Benson & David Griffin Era
In case a pelican snatched your phone, some pretty big stuff happened on Friday afternoon. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Danny Ferry was removing himself from the Pels’ GM interview process, and only minutes later, broke the news that New Orleans will be hiring David Griffin to be the Executive VP of Basketball Operations. Make no […]
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The false narrative of Gayle Benson’s interest to sell the Pelicans is somewhere in between ignorant and intentional
“There is no way I am going to sell that team ever,” Pelicans owner Gayle Benson It’s just been a little over a full calendar year since Tom Benson died and current New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson is still having to answer questions about whether or not she will sell her NBA […]
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In The N.O. Episode 20: The Demps Era Ends & the AD Saga Continues
Shamit & Mason review the past 48 hours of non-stop Pelicans news. Anthony Davis leaves the arena mid-game on Thursday night. Dell Demps is fired Friday morning. Gayle Benson beautifully lays out the Pelicans’ path forward on Friday afternoon. And AD says a bunch of weird conflicting stuff at his All-Star Weekend media availability on […]
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A Note on the Pelicans Ownership Succession Plan
Last evening, Jeff Duncan, in a very detailed piece, reported that the succession plan for New Orleans Pelicans and New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson has changed. You can read Jeff’s piece to get more details about what was, but I’ll remind you of what is and give the short of what will be, per […]