Pelicans’ Dumars noncommittal about Williamson and Green but pledges new and rigid standards
- Pelicans basketball operations executive Joe Dumars took office on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Metairie, Louisiana.
- He took over two days after the team fired David Griffin, whose six-season tenure started with the Williamson selection.
- Dumars spent three years as an NBA executive, overseeing player conduct.
- Owner Gayle Benson stated she wants to know what it feels like to win an NBA title.
- Dumars determines the path forward for a team that recorded its worst season performance in twenty years.
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Jeff Duncan: Job One for Joe Dumars is get Zion on board or ship him out
New Orleans Pelicans vice president Joe Dumars will have to try to get Zion Williamson on board of trade him elsewhere in the NBA. Dumars was hired to take over franchise basketball operations.

Pelicans' Dumars noncommittal about Williamson and Green but pledges new and rigid standards
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Joe Dumars grinned when Zion Williamson's name came up during the 61-year-old Hall-of-Famer's formal introduction as the New Orleans Pelicans' executive vice president of basketball operations.
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