REPORT: NBA Teams Blasting New Orleans Pelicans’ Front Office As 'F***ing Idiots' After Controversial Draft Day Decision

REPORT: NBA Teams Blasting New Orleans Pelicans’ Front Office As 'F***ing Idiots' After Controversial Draft Day Decision

New Orleans Pelicans logo (Image Credits: Imagn) The 2025 NBA draft night was supposed to be a win for the New Orlando Pelicans. They had the seventh overall pick and used it to select Jeremiah Fears. Fear is a talented guard and could become a key presence in the Pelicans’ depth. But after that draft pick, the other teams seem displeased.            The Pelicans traded their unprotected 2026 first-round pick to move up to No. 13 and draft big m…

Joe Dumars ignored huge upside in Pelicans' traded picks

When the New Orleans Pelicans offered the Atlanta Hawks a draft-night trade, Hawks president Bryson Graham was so stunned he had to confirm that Pelicans president Joe Dumars hadn’t made a mistake. That’s never a good sign. Pelicans insider Shamit Dua reported that the Hawks front office was shocked when New Orleans offered Atlanta an unprotected 2026 first-round pick — the better of the picks from the Milwaukee Bucks and the Pelicans — to move …