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Slideshow: Why Anthony Davis Made the All-Star Team
The MVP of our hearts and our squad, Anthony Davis, is donning that gorgeous All-Star jersey for the 3rd time in this young career. If you’re asking why, I’ve got the answer here. Earlier this month I took part in the Current Events Comedy Showcase “In Case You Missed It” and my subject was the All-Star […]
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The Anniversary of the Smoothie King Center
Two years ago on this day a wonderfully weird thing happened in the land of New Orleans professional basketball. https://youtu.be/qgg-QtBfdHg Take a trip down memory lane with this oldie but goodie (one of my favorite columns I’ve ever penned for BSS) and while we’re here, go outside and take a walk. Or drop a couple of burpees […]
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King Cake Baby is still just a baby
This week I braved a Pelicans event featuring the notorious King Cake Baby to learn that there is so much more to King Cake Baby than people realize. Most importantly, it’s just a baby. Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1iEe_q_vlw Stay tuned to Trew 2 the Game’s YouTube page for daily New Orleans sports history videos like this and regular content […]
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Podcast: Customize Your Mardi Gras Jerseys
Listen to this episode of the Pelicans podcast to learn the best possible way to customize your fancy new Mardi Gras jersey and stay tuned for a special video interview with the iconic King Cake Baby! Stream the podcast right here at Bourbon Street Shots (look to the right!), right here on It’s New Orleans, Stitcher, or subscribe […]
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King Cake Baby is Coming To Get You
One of the perks of having an NBA team in a city like New Orleans is witnessing how important local culture is weaved into the franchise’s aesthetic. One of the perks of Mardi Gras is King Cake. One of the “downsides” of King Cake is getting the piece with the “baby” inside of it (for […]
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Dear Pelicans: Please Axe Day-O
Before all of the Harry Belafonte truthers out there turn on me, it’s not that I dislike the song. It’s that I dislike this chilled out low energy song about bananas being played during crucial moments of a basketball game. Specifically, I dislike this sleepy track being played at The Smoothie King Center when a team […]
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Podcast: Ashley Burns, Uproxx writer/Orlando Magic fan
On this week’s podcast I have Orlando Magic superfan and top notch funny guy sportswriter Ashley Burns. We discuss what he would trade for Anthony Davis, Elfrid Payton’s New Orleans roots, and how much he misses Ryan Anderson. It’s a quick and dirty 20 minutes – enjoy!
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Bah, Humbug: These Christmas Day Uniforms are a Disaster
While most NBA fans seem to be beaming with glee over the new Christmas day uniforms revealed earlier today, this NBA fan is putting his stocking down. These uniforms do not capture the Christmas day spirit. They are part of the “Season’s Greetings” collection and I don’t feel welcome. At all. What was Adam Silver, […]
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Anthony Davis has his streetcar operating license
The Pelicans debuted a new video intro, theme song, and possible battle cry last night before tip-off in Portland. If you missed it, get caught up: PELICANS OPEN 2015 from FSN Creative Content Group on Vimeo. It’s a huge improvement over hype videos of the past. For one, it has multiple locations. Adding a local […]
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Trew 2 the Game: The Louisiana Basketball History Museum
On the latest episode of Trew 2 the Game, I am joined by Jason Calmes to fantasize and speculate about the upcoming Louisiana Basketball History museum in the Smoothie Kind Center. Stream the podcast right here at Bourbon Street Shots (look to the right!), right here on It’s New Orleans, Stitcher, or subscribe on iTunes.
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Alvin Gentry Observations from :07 Seconds or Less
While this Jack McCallum book was published way, way back in 2007 (back when New Orleans gave Morris Peterson 4 years 23 million) it’s an addicting read of a basketball team that most states not named Arizona don’t bother banking in the memory. It’s extra relevant to us, Pelicans fans, as Chief Pelican Alvin Gentry was […]
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What if New Orleans Beat San Antonio in the 2008 Playoffs?
It’s still a sore subject amongst hypothetical water coolers in New Orleans, so let’s put on our What If Spacesuits and dive into the outer space possibilities that the Pelicans Hornets defeated the Spurs in that dastardly Game 7. Now what? Ryan Schwan joins me for a trip down memory lane. Stream the podcast right here at Bourbon […]
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What if New Orleans lost the Anthony Davis lottery?
Aside from a relocation or a rebrand to Angels, the worst case glad-that-didn’t-happen scenario for Crescent City basketball fans is that we didn’t get Anthony Davis. The good news is that Davis is here, in New Orleans, playing for the Pelicans. But it’s the offseason and your body needs more Pelicans to digest. So we’ve […]
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Dancing with Anthony Davis
The MVP of the Crescent City, the richest man in a New Orleans jersey, the future dominator of hung banners in Champions Square, Anthony Davis, could have added another trophy to his case this Summer. From TMZ Sports via the talented basketball stable over at DimeMag, we learned today that Anthony Davis turned down an offer […]
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Where should the Pelicans D-League team be based?
[Listen to the latest episode of the Trew 2 the Game podcast for a playful overreaction to the Kendrick Perkins signing plus more D-League chat] The Fort Wayne Mad Ants are not only the D-League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, they are also the affiliate for the Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, and […]
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Trew 2 the Game: NBA Schedule Wish-List
While the NBA schedule release doesn’t hold the same weight in New Orleans like the NFL schedule release does, it’s becoming increasingly interesting to Crescent City residents as we prepare for life-with-a-super-duper-star. Do we have a shot at playing the Warriors in Oakland on opening night? Are we in the running for a Christmas Day […]
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The Marmoset as Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis is the future of the NBA and the future of the NBA can do whatever he wants, including keeping a marmoset as a pet. They are, however, not supposed to be kept as pets. From MarmosetCare.com: Marmosets are wild animals and have very particular requirements It is impossible to provide an environment as […]
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Podcast: Making a Pelican Playoff donut + a chat with Pelicans communication manager Lindsey Mitchell
Last year I collaborated with District Donuts (the very, very good restaurant on Magazine Street) on making a special edition donut to celebrate the first final home game of the year for the New Orleans Pelicans. We threw a party at the restaurant, people came, Dell Demps came, and we talked basketball while eating a crazy basketball-team […]
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A How-To Guide for Hosting a Playoff Game in New Orleans
Important events require careful, clever planning. Surprise parties, international trips, festivals, New Orleans comedy festivals, cross-country road trips, graduations, and most relevantly to you, fine reader, a postseason basketball game. Specifically a postseason basketball game in New Orleans, the city still proudly holding the big game championship belt. Final Fours, Super Bowls, All-Star Weekends, College […]
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Podcast: A diehard Warriors fan and Oakland comedian shares three reasons the Pelicans have no chance
On this special Monday edition of Trew 2 the Game Oakland native and fellow stand-up comedian Joey Devine joins Chris on the show. He gives us 3 reasons why the Pelicans have absolutely no chance of beating the Warriors. Chris responds with 3 very doable not-insane-at-all reasons why the Pelicans could possibly (maybe) beat the Warriors. Listen […]