When the New Orleans Pelicans ditched Monty Williams, I was thinking that it was a unfortunate firing, I understood it and when you get rumored with Alvin Gentry who, at the time was about to win an NBA title with the Warriors, you might have to bite the bullet and go for Gentry. Lucky for the Pels, Gentry loves Anthony Davis.
So it’s an apparent match made in heaven and Pelicans GM Dell Demps can’t believe his luck to upgrade on coaching.
“It was an organizational decision,” Demps said. “Monty did a lot of good things for us; I thought that Monty did a great job of establishing a blue-collar approach. I thought our guys played hard. We did feel that we had come to a point where we wanted a change in leadership and our goal is maximizing our team.
“We wanted to get a coach that was the best fit for our current team in the short term and the long term, and for our organization and our community. We felt Alvin was the ideal choice. His style of play will be a little different than what we’ve done in the past. Our goal is to maximize our group. The West is so tough right now that you have to maximize your team just to compete.”
Gentry knows what’s up, I believe he can be Anthony Davis’ best friend in his efforts to become the best in the game. Playoffs? Surely, anywhere further, that remains to be seen.
