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Some Pelicans Lose to the Rockets
Some guys wore Pelicans’ jerseys tonight and played a preseason game against the Houston Rockets. You may have recognized a few, but with Anthony Davis, Tyreke Evans, Omer Asik, Alexis Ajinca, and a bunch more in street clothes you probably didn’t recognize most of the team. It’d be easy to write this game off as utterly […]
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Some Pelicans Against More Rockets
The New Orleans Pelicans take on the Houston Rockets tonight at 7 pm CT (UTC -5) at the Toyota Center situated above the underground part of downtown Houston. The game is on 99.5 FM locally, on the Pelicans radio network regionally, but Houston has local TV coverage. This is not faithfully accurate . . . […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 228: Injuries and Western Conference Preview
Friggin hell, I’m sick of injuries. Mike and I talk injuries, talk Nate Robinson, Bo McCaleb, and the rest of the roster hopefuls, and then pick the guys we want to see make the team. Then we talk the bottom of the Western Conference – putting teams into the Garbage and “Meh” categories. The Lakers […]
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Can Nate Robinson Become Our Leandro Barbosa?
In September of 2014, Leandro Barbosa was a 31-year-old free agent without any interested suitors. After seven fantastic years in Phoenix, Barbosa bounced around the league and even had to go to the Brazilian League to help resurrect his career. His former coach, Alvin Gentry, along with Steve Kerr and the Warriors brass saw enough to […]
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In The Land of Rupp, The One-Browed Man is King (but the Pels lose)
Davis put up a 19pt, 8reb, 3stl stat-line on 7/15 shooting, hitting 2/4 3’s, and Cousins put up 19pts, 5rebs, 5TO’s on 4/12 shooting before fouling out, and the Pels fell to the Kings 107 to 98 in Rupp Arena tonight. Both big men looked good tonight, but Boogie’s right hand man Rudy Gay put […]
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Kings @ Pels in Rupp Arena Match Up of Kentucky Big Men
The New Orleans Pelicans host the Sacramento Kings in Rupp Arena tonight (10/17) at 7 ET in a preseason match up of former Wildcat big men. Demarcus Cousins (drafted 2010) and Anthony Davis (drafted 2012) are two statistically dominant big men who always make a good show. The Pelicans have been plagued by injuries again so […]
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Pelicans Sign Nate Robinson
The Pelicans announced today that they have officially signed guard Nate Robinson (photo by Shinya Suzuki). The 10 year NBA veteran has played for 7 different NBA teams. Last year, he appeared in 42 games for the Nuggets and Clippers, where he averaged 5.7 points, 2.3 assists, and 1.2 rebounds in just over 14 minutes […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 226: Weird Defense and Davis is a God
Michael and I continue our Eastern Conference Preview! And yes, the Cavs are the top team. That’s right, I don’t care about Spoilers! Enjoy the podcast! Want it on Itunes? Direct download? RSS Feed? Like the Show or the Blog? Follow @BourbonStShots
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69 Point Second Half Propels Pelicans to 123-115 Victory over Bulls
In a game that looked very close to out of reach for the Pelicans near the end of the first half, New Orleans came storming back in the third and carried the onslaught into the 4th behind some hot shooting beyond the arc. The Bulls made it a game again about halfway through the 4th quarter behind the […]
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New Orleans Pelicans, Anthony Davis Visit Chicago
The New Orleans Pelicans play the Chicago Bulls in Chicago at Monday at 7pm CT (UTC -5). The game is on NBA TV and the Pelicans radio network, 99.5 FM locally. The Pelicans list their probable starters as Cunningham, Davis, Evans, Gordon, and Perkins, though Gordon is questionable with back spasms. (Gordon played just 10 […]
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Pelicans Sign Jerome Jordan
The Pelicans announced today that they signed center Jerome Jordan to a contract, which brings the Pelicans roster total to 19. The terms of the deal have not yet been released, though Marc Spears tweeted yesterday that it was a “make-good” contract. In other words, the deal is probably at best partially guaranteed, but it […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 226: Eastern Conference Preview Part 2
Michael and I continue our Eastern Conference Preview! And yes, the Cavs are the top team. That’s right, I don’t care about Spoilers! Enjoy the podcast! Want it on Itunes? Direct download? RSS Feed? Like the Show or the Blog? Follow @BourbonStShots
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Pelicans Continue to Install New System Against Hawks
The New Orleans Pelicans lost a preseason game to the Atlanta Hawks Friday night, 93-103. As with most preseason games, the loss does not matter in terms of predicting measuring regular season performance because so many minutes were assigned to players who would not normally get minutes, even if they stay on the team. Here […]
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Pelicans Travel to Jacksonville to Take on Hawks Tonight
The Pelicans take on another Eastern Conference team in their second game, as they return to Jacksonville once again for a preseason contest. In the initial game we saw the key players get significant minutes early, and then rode the end of the rotation guys late to victory. Tonight might be slightly different as injuries […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 225: Eastern Conference Preview Part 1
Michael and I spend the first part of the podcast talking about Asik and Ajinca’s injuries and the impact, and then we get into previewing the Eastern Conference! We group the teams into tiers, and I quickly find I hate the Eastern Conference a lot more than Michael does. Part 2 will follow this weekend. […]
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Pelicans Injuries Could Create Ample Opportunites For Role Players
There was a time when Danny Green was an afterthought on the San Antonio Spurs roster. When George Hill was just a surprise first round pick from a school nobody had ever heard of and Patty Mills was a nice international player who couldn’t play in the NBA. When Festus Ezili was just the guy […]
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The Second Tower Falls
And unlike the falling of Orthanc of Isengard and Minas Morgul of Mordor, this is not a good thing. Pelicans’ Center Omer Asik is set to miss 3 weeks with a right calf strain, becoming the second Pelican Center who signed a multi-year deal this summer to get injured this preseason. Obviously this is not a […]
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Alexis Ajinca To Miss 4-6 Weeks
Pelican Center Alexis Ajinca strained his right hamstring in the first half of this past weekend’s preseason game against the Indiana Pacers and is expected to be out for 4 to 6 weeks. This is not too much to fret about, the backup could be back in time for New Orleans’ season opener in Golden State, […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 224: The Pelicans are back!
Pelicans basketball is back! With a pre-season game in the books, the team roster essentially set, training camp well and truly rolling and the NBA ready to get started, we return as well! We talk Cole, Perkins and Seth leaving, and then handicap the trainee camp invitees. Then we get to the important stuff – […]
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Recap: Pelicans take down Pacers 110-105
Your New Orleans Pelicans started the preseason off with a bang. Anthony Davis and Luke Babbitt led the Pelicans with 18 and 16 points apiece, while Paul George poured in 18 for the opponents. While the game wasn’t televised locally by either team, footage was available on International League Pass. Kudos to the readers abroad […]