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  Grainy Defense

    “What’s the basketball vision right now? What kind of team are they? We don’t know.”   It took until the...

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  Change Change Change

  It’s been quite the interesting offseason for the New Orleans Pelicans, at least from where I sit. The team’s lone significant...

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  Ian Clark might be the New Orleans Pelicans’ best offseason signing

  It’s a situation the Pelicans aren’t accustomed to, in which free agents are willing to take less money or a lesser...

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  Pelicans Assistant Coach Chris Finch Discusses New Role in NOLA

  This morning, Chris Gordy of Sports 1280 in New Orleans interviewed the newest member of the Pelicans’ coaching staff, Chris Finch....

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  Want to attend the New Orleans Basketball Hangout Happy Hour?

  Who: You! Plus any basketball fans you know! What:  We’ll spend the afternoon on the patio of The New Movement discussing the...

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  The Pelicans charted their course, and Kyrie Irving isn’t worth changing direction.

  The Kyrie Irving trade demand has set the NBA ablaze, and even the newly-constructed New Orleans Pelicans have not been able...

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  Rajon Rondo Has a Knack for Making Things Easier

  Rajon Rondo is well known for his ability to pass. But just how good is he at getting his teammates looks...

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  Remembering Graham McQueen

  Sometimes this non-job is fun. Sometimes it’s a chore. Sometimes you have to do something no one could ever pay you...

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  Rondo will force change, but just might improve the Pelicans

  If the arrival of DeMarcus Cousins in New Orleans signaled one set of changes for the Pelicans’ organization, then the courtship...

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  Pelicans May be Ready to Trigger NBA Hard Cap of $125 Million

  Over the past week or so, Jason and I have published multiple articles on how Jrue Holiday’s contract impacts the Pelicans’...

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  Setting an Appropriate Bar for Rondo

  I’m pretty good at talking myself into a hole. If we get Rondo I will riot. Silently and without consequence, but...

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  Pelicans, Rajon Rondo Agree To Contract

  The New Orleans Pelicans have reportedly agreed to a deal with 11-year veteran point guard Rajon Rondo. History, Play, Fit Rajon...

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  Using the Buddy Hield TPE

  As I wrote about earlier this week, an optimal way for the Pelicans to add talent without giving up a player...

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  Takeaways from Pelicans Summer League

  The New Orleans Pelicans wrap up Las Vegas Summer League tonight with a game against the Denver Nuggets at 7 pm...

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  Manipulating the Pelicans’ Glass Salary Ceiling

  Required reading before continuing: The Pelicans’ Glass Ceiling, by Jason Calmes Thanks to the diligence of Bourbon Street Shots’ own Dr....

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  The Pelicans’ Glass Salary Ceiling

  The New Orleans Pelicans have been slow in Free Agency. They’ve re-signed Jrue Holiday, signed their lone draft pick Frank Jackson,...

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  Leveraging a Sign and Trade of Dante Cunningham

  The New Orleans Pelicans have not acquired a new player other than Darius Miller, likely on a minimum deal. Part of...

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  Jrue Holiday Officially Re-Signs with the New Orleans Pelicans

  As of this afternoon, Jrue Holiday has signed his 5 year, $126 million contract extension with the Pelicans. Holiday verbally agreed...

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  Darius Miller Returns

  Scott Kushner tweeted out that our old friend Darius Miller will be returning to the team in some capacity.  At this...

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  Longer Hours

  The New Orleans Pelicans made their first and only move of the 2017 NBA offseason in the initial hours of the...

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  In the NO Pod Ep. 287: Jrue and a Free Agency Malaise

  Mike and I get together to do a deep dive into the impacts of the Jrue Holiday signing – and then...

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  The Power of Nothing

  The New Orleans Pelicans have made just one significant move this offseason, and that is signing Jrue Holiday to a 5-year...

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  The Stretch Provision and Omer Asik

  As free agency started for the New Orleans Pelicans, there have been two questions I’ve heard most prominently. For what amount...

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  Jrue Holiday Signs 5-Year Deal With Pelicans

  The New Orleans Pelicans signed Jrue Holiday to a 5-year deal. The fifth year is a player option, and the deal...

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  Navigating Negotiations

  The New Orleans Pelicans and Jrue Holiday are engaged in public and private negotiations on Jrue’s next contract. Negotiations are a...