The New Orleans Pelicans are quickly heading towards the worst possible label in the NBA, dysfunctional. Nobody wants to be known as a dysfunctional team. It shows a sign of consistent failures, no clear plan or direction, and worst of all it drives potential free agents away. It’s a label so dangerous that even market size is no match for it. There’s a reason the New York Knicks are always terrible, and it took the Los Angeles Clippers decades to remove it.
Now, it’s not like the Pelicans are intentionally trying to be dysfunctional. They must believe the moves they’re making are for the right reasons and are in the best interest of the team.