The New Orleans Pelicans ’ start to the 2025-26 NBA season is nothing short of catastrophic. At 0-6, with the league’s worst point differential (-18.1), the team has looked lifeless on both ends of the floor, and the clock is ticking loudly on head coach Willie Green ’s tenure. Green, now in his fifth season at the helm , was supposed to usher in the next step of this franchise’s evolution. Instead, he’s watching his team crumble under the weight of expectation, inconsistency, and the same old story: “talent without direction.”

The Pelicans’ issues are deeply structural; their offense is stagnant, their defense disjointed, and their leadership invisible. Zion Williamson continues to put up solid numbers (22.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists), but they feel hollow in the absence

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