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The New Orleans Pelicans are lucky they don’t have Daryl Morey

By Mat Issa

Daryl Morey, Philadelphia 76ers. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
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Earlier this off-season, it was starting to look like the New Orleans Pelicans were endanger of losing their general manager (Trajan Langdan) to the Washington Wizards. Fortunately, at least for the team’s sake, that did not happen.

And while Langdon isn’t solely responsible for the team’s personnel decision-making process (those duties are delegated between him and Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin), it looks like he’s doing a much better job at maintaining the integrity of his position than some of his colleagues. Or, at least, that’s how it appears after the recent comments from Philadelphia 76ers superstar James Harden on his team’s front office head honcho Daryl Morey.

“Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of. Let me say that again: Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of,” Harden said during his China tour.

Last off-season, Harden took a lower payday in order to help the 76ers build a better roster around him and his co-star Joel Embiid. The idea was that if he fell on his own sword for them last year, they would reward him for it later on. However, it appears that, now that we are at the ‘later on’ part of the deal, Morey and company no longer want to fulfill their end of the bargain.

Now, it goes without saying that Morey is a highly-respected front office executive. After all, he was one of the pioneers of the analytics revolution that has since become a core principle of NBA team-building (remember that time he traded for Shane Battier!).

And it is also unfair for us to speculate on his character, considering we don’t know the entirety of the conversations that were had between him and Harden. However, given that none of our Pelicans’ superstars (or any of our current players, for that matter) have ever called Langdan or Griffin a liar in a public forum, it feels like a good day to not have Morey as a part of our team’s front office.

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