For a variety of reasons – some of them unprecedented -- the process to hire a new head coach for the New Orleans Pelicans is likely to take some time, despite the fact that this NBA offseason will be unusually brief. Working in the team’s favor: There should be plenty of interest in guiding one of the league’s more talented and promising rosters.
After five seasons at the helm, highlighted by the franchise’s first trip in a decade to the second round of the playoffs in 2018, head coach Alvin Gentry was relieved by the Pelicans of his coaching duties Saturday.