The New Orleans Pelicans fired David Griffin at the end of the season, but it’s not as massive of a move as it may seem. On April 14, after fishing the 2024-25 NBA season with the second-worst record in the Western Conference, the New Orleans Pelicans fired vice president David Griffin, who served in the role for six seasons.
The New Orleans Pelicans finished the 2024–25 season with a dismal 21–61 record, the second-worst in franchise history. The team struggled through injuries, inconsistency, and an apparent lack of organizational direction.
For the first three seasons of star forward LeBron James’ second stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland’s general manager was David Griffin. Griffin was appointed interim general manager of the team partway through the 2013-14 campaign, and he later shook the interim label.
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In the rubber match of this NBA Finals trilogy, this team had several hiccups in its season-long championship defense, but a retooled bench, a electric Kyrie Irving and the brilliance of LeBron James have set up the long-expected rematch with Golden State.
The 2017 NBA Finals will be the third straight matchup between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors in the Finals. The franchises have split over the last two years, and come into the Finals having lost only one game combined during the playoffs.