Joe Dumars was given the reins to the Pelicans franchise in April and just three months in, things are off to a dubious start ...

New Orleans Pelicans Call Out Bill Simmons After Derik Queen Trade Comments originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Bill Simmons blasted the New Orleans Pelicans' widely panned draft-night trade with the Atlanta Hawks that netted them Derik ...

Shams Charania defends Pelicans’ trade with Hawks for Derik Queen after Bill Simmons calls it one of the decade’s worst moves ...

On Tuesday, executive vice president of basketball operations Joe Dumars and his staff took a big swing, trading CJ McCollum, ...

The New Orleans Pelicans moved up in the 2025 NBA draft to select Derik Queen, a power forward out of Maryland. The Pelicans ...

The Pelicans Twitter account fired shots at Bill Simmons for calling their trade for Derik Queen one of the worst of this ...

After the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft, many questions about the New Orleans Pelicans' draft strategy emerged from fans and the media. With the 7th pick, t ...

Shams Charania defends Pelicans’ trade with Hawks for Derik Queen after Bill Simmons calls it one of the decade’s worst moves. During the first night of the 2025 NBA Draft, the Pelicans traded ...

In short, the Pelicans traded up in the draft from No. 23 to No. 13, where they selected Maryland Terrapins star Derik Queen. While that gamble is defensible, what stood out to Simmons was that ...