After the New Orleans Pelicans failed to win a playoff round for the sixth consecutive season, team executive David Griffin said the time has come for changes.
Griffin, New Orleans’ executive vice president of basketball operations, told reporters Tuesday that he was disappointed to be speaking with them rather than continuing to contend for a title after the team’s 49-win season. He added that the season “would’ve led you to believe we’d be playing deep into the summer.”
At the end of a two-minute answer, Griffin said the Western Conference will only continue to improve, and his team needs to do the same.
“Whereas in the past we’ve always erred on the side of continuity, and our takeaway has been, ‘Let’s see this group healthy,’ I think we’ve seen it enough,” he said. “I want to be really, really clear: This is not going to be a summer of complacency. It’s time to get better.”
