After delivering the New Orleans Pelicans to the playoffs for the first time in four seasons, coach Monty Williams was fired on Tuesday morning, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
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General manager Dell Demps had been wrestling for greater control of the franchise and pushed out Williams.