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New Orleans Pelicans Round Out Gentry’s Coaching Staff With Addition of Phil Weber
The staff was already looking tremendous with the additions of Darren Erman and Robert Pack to Alvin Gentry’s crew, but it got even stronger today with the reported addition of Phil Weber. Weber was one of the guys I profiled as a possible assistant right before Gentry got hired, and like I said in that […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Free Agency and the Tax
The New Orleans Pelicans have had a busy start to the new season without creating much of a new look. The team replaced Monty Williams and at least some of his staff with Alvin Gentry and new assistants, but thee have not placed any players under contract yet who were not under contract last season […]
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Summer Is Coming!
Summer league is coming for the New Orleans Pelicans. The team will host a mini-camp from July 6-9th, with their first game in Las Vegas, NV, being on July 10th against the Milwaukee Bucks. The Pelicans also have games scheduled against the Dallas Mavericks and the Brooklyn Nets. After that, summer league turns into a […]
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Pels Bring Back Alexis Ajinca
Alexis Ajinca and the Pelicans reached an agreement on a four-year deal worth $20.2 million. Here is what a rounded yearly breakdown might look like: 2015-16 – $4,540,000 2016-17 – $4,880,000 2017-18 – $5,220,000 2018-19 – $5,560,000 The 27 year old will be entering his 6th year in the league. This past season was a […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Free Agency Open Thread (Win NBA 2K16!)
Update: July 1st, 1:04 CST Alexis Ajinca Re-Signs (4 Years, 20.2 million) I’m very excited to say that I will be a Pelican for 4 more years! I’m so happy to be back home.. Let’s win a championship! #TakeFlight — Alexis Ajinça (@AjincaAlexis42) July 1, 2015 The deal seems a little big at first, but […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Receive $3m from Philadelphia for Undisclosed Jrue Holiday Injury
((On the eve of the new NBA season, as we all await to see what the New Orleans Pelicans do with their roster, we bring an update to ours. Meet Shamit Dua. You can follow him at @FearTheBrown, and please do. He’s been in the community for a while, and he is one of those […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 221: Free Agency Starting Mark
Michael and I talk about the news about Jrue Holiday’s leg injury and the 76ers being fined about it, the underwhelming results of the NBA Draft, and then we get into the big fun discussion: The Draft! We talk pie-in-the-sky candidates, whether Asik should come back and at what deal, and who we think should […]
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Thoughts on the Pelicans Draft
The New Orleans Pelicans had a single pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, at #56 from Memphis, but Pelicans fans still hoped from Draft night deals, which have happened under Dell’s watch. Their first round pick had been traded prior to the season to acquire Omer Asik from the Rockets. With cap holds chewing up […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 220: Staff, Gordon and the Draft
Michael and I get together and break down all the stuff that’s happened since Gentry was hired! Gordon picking up his option, staff joining Gentry’s squad, Anderson making health vows, and, of course, the DRAFT coming up! I love the draft. Hope you do too! Want it on Itunes? Direct download? RSS Feed? Like the […]
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A Little Bit About Ryan Anderson
The Playoffs, game 3, the first playoff game in New Orleans since the team rebranded. The Pelicans blow a huge lead in the fourth enroute to an OT loss. I throw a chair. While incredibly disappointing in the result, the game itself was fantastic, they left everything out on the court against the league’s […]
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Why the Pelicans Should Not Draft a Rookie
While the draft is always exciting, and it is fun to think about the potential that all the future rookies can bring to the Pelicans, Dell Demps should absolutely avoid trading into the first round to select one. You’ve heard since Anthony Davis was drafted that the Pelicans have looked for ‘young veterans,’ and have […]
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Don’t Panic if Anthony Davis Does Not Sign His Extension on July 1st
Nearly 10 months ago, I wrote about the most important thing transaction the Pelicans will be a part of in the next few years – Anthony Davis’s contract extension. As stated in that article, the Pelicans are the only team that can give AD that designated five-year max contract and now that we know where […]
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Dreaming of the Draft
It’s hard to argue that the Pelicans are going to trade for a draft pick. According to a source, they haven’t brought anyone in for workouts yet, and the rumor mill has been churching up nothing for the Pelicans thus far. Recent history doesn’t suggest the Pelicans will be trading into the draft either. Since […]
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In case you missed it: Gentry’s message to Anthony Davis
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How Demps Can Maximize Depth and Flexibility this Summer
The New Orleans Pelicans two biggest moves of 2015 were set up by decisions that Dell Demps made way back in the summer of 2014. Though he couldn’t foresee the exact moves at the time, Dell knew that declining Austin River’s 4th year option would make him more appealing on the trade market. In a similar move, […]
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Re-Imaginaing Omer Asik Under Gentry
The lasting image in our mind of Omer Asik is him with his shoulders slumped and his head down as he struggled to make any kind of impact in the Pelicans playoff series against the Warriors. Despite his improvement throughout the season, including a really good stretch after the All-Star break, as human beings we tend to […]
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How Gentry Can Get More Out of Davis
One of the main talking points around the hiring of Alvin Gentry was that he showed the Front Office that Anthony Davis was being “underutilized.” It was one of his points of emphasis to the Pelicans organization throughout the hiring process to show how the franchise player could be used more often and more […]
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Filling up the Seats: Erman and Pack
The New Orleans Pelicans are wasting no time in filling up the rest of their bench. According to Yahoo! Sports, the New Orleans Pelicans are closing in on signing defensive guru Darren Erman to be the associate head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans. The Pelicans are also working on a deal to secure Robert […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 219: Amin Elhassan on Alvin Gentry
The Pels pick Alvin Gentry, and Michael and I pick Amin Elhassan to come on and talk about the Pelicans new Coach. As an ESPN NBA analyst and a former member of the Suns front office when Alvin Gentry coached there, we thought his insight would be invaluable. And he doesn’t disappoint. After Amin, we […]
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Pelicans Choose Pace and Experience With Gentry Hire
The Pelicans were at a crossroads after firing Monty Williams. On one side, they had a handful of defensive minded head coaches with experience clambering for the job, and on the other side they had some innovative offensive minds, most lacking NBA head coaching experience. Dell Demps went into the process with an open mind, […]