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Why Eric Gordon’s Frustration Can Result in Our Jubilation
Eric Gordon doesn’t even want to entertain the thought of coming off the bench. He came here to lead. He came here to set the tone. At least that was what he told the Times-Picayune this week when he was asked about a possible 6th man role. I am not going to waste my time […]
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Weakside Eyes: A Pelicans Questionnaire
I mean ya asked me for da truth and dats what i’m given ya straight up — Tony “Toots” Morales Let’s just dive into this, shall we? I have listed some questions for you to tug on your brain with. All of them deal with the Pelicans. Answer the questions as best you can without […]
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Looking at the History of the Mid-Level Exception and How the Pelicans Might Use It
The most likely outcome this summer is that, one way or another, the Pelicans use the Mid-Level Exception to add a fairly significant piece to the puzzle. The question I had was: What kind of player can you usually get with the MLE, and is it wise (historically) to use this exception? In order to […]
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Anthony Davis: The Only Player Able to Match the Man of Steel
If you have been watching the NBA playoffs, you probably have caught some of Shaquille O’neal’s comments about Dwight Howard. If you haven’t, it all started at half time of the first game between the Rockets and Trailblazers when Shaq ripped Howard’s first half performance. He critiqued his low post form. He begged Howard to […]
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Is a Low Post Defender Really Needed?
Listening to Monty and Dell in the end of season press conferences, it was hard not to notice how often they mentioned putting a big man next to Anthony Davis (especially Monty!). They talked about the nights that guys like Nene and Al Jefferson tore us apart, and Monty talked about how it “wasn’t fair” […]
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Identifying the Next Anthony Morrow
After an exciting summer that saw the Pelicans make bold trades for Jrue Holiday and Tyreke Evans, Dell Demps had some roster spots to fill and started by bringing back Al-Farouq Aminu, then signing Greg Stiemsma before finally bringing in Anthony Morrow on a minimum contract. Morrow was kind of an afterthought in a hectic […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 179: Season Wrap
The season is ovah! Michael and I talk about how fun those last two games were, Austin Rivers ejection, whether Tyreke and Austin should be focusing on mid-range shooting in the off-season, and Brian Roberts winning the Free Throw crown! Then, we talk about Dell Demps closing comments for the season, Melvin Ely replacing the […]
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Would a Big Cap Increase Help or Hurt the Pelicans?
Yesterday, Larry Coon projected quite a massive increase in next years’ salary cap and the natural question to ask is: What does this mean for the Pelicans? Well, first let’s talk numbers. Coon projects the salary cap to go from $58.7 million to $63.2 million. That is a 7.7% increase, which is higher than the […]
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NBA Playoffs as Played by their New Orleans Connections
Did you know that every team in this year’s NBA playoffs has a player connected to New Orleans basketball? Did you know that the New Orleans basketball franchise is not in this year’s playoffs? Therefore, did you know that the most entertaining way to preview this year’s NBA playoffs is to stage a fantasy one-on-one […]
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Weakside Eyes: The Legend of Austin Rivers
I dunno know what the answer is. There’s something ’bout his game dat doesn’t make my eyes feel good –Lenny the Cabbie Since Jrue Holiday went down with an injury, the point guard debate has caused families to engage in dinner hour food fights. The surprise in all of this is the fact that I […]
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FIN (Pelicans beat Rockets)
It was a fun game for a season wrap. While the Rockets organization weren’t taking the game that serious (Dwight Howard chucked a three?) their scrubs were taking it as seriously as the Pelicans scrubs were taking it. Most of those guys were playing to try to leave some sort of impression out there. In […]
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Game On: Rockets @ Pelicans – and Keys to the Off-season
The season ends tonight against the Rockets in a meaningless game for both teams, since the Rockets are locked into the four seed even if the lose due to owning the tie-breaker over the Trail Blazers. Expect a lot of end of bench players to be on the court – the Rockets because they want […]
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Celebrate the Pelicans Season Finale with a Pelican Donut
This Wednesday, April 16th, from 4:00-6:00p, join me and other writers from Bourbon Street Shots as well as comedians from The New Movement at District Donuts as we celebrate the inaugural season of Pelicans basketball. We all wish this season would have gone differently, but you know what? We had a season. That’s something that we almost […]
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Evans Dominates, Pelicans Beat the Thunder
Tyreke Evans the Pelicans brought it right at the heart of the Thunder defense all night long, and it paid off. Evans dropped a career high 41 points and got just enough help from his friends for the Pelicans to pull off a 101-89 upset. New Orleans came out with some fire in the first […]
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Game On: Thunder @ Pelicans
Tonight the Pelicans take on the Thunder in the second to last game of the year for both teams. If the Pelicans are to avoid a 50 loss season, they’ll need to get a win either tonight or on Wednesday against the Rockets. If we’re to believe in certain aspects of Multiverse theory, there very […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 178: Things fall apart fast
Michael and I don’t spend too much time talking about the games and all the missing players. Instead we talk about line-ups the team fielded this season, (and how few minutes any of them got) how best to stretch Eric Gordon, what to do with Morrow, what makes Stiemsma great, and what could make us […]
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Pelicans M.A.S.H. Unit Can’t Close Out Rockets
With 2:47 left, the Pelicans led the Rockets 104-96. When the horn sounded, the Rockets looked up and the scoreboard read 111-104 Houston. The 15-0 run was part Pelicans collapse, part Rockets clutch offense, and a whole lot of questionable decisions by the zebras. After Dwight Howard split two free throws to bring the Rockets […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans at Houston Rockets
Are you ready for some defense? No? Good, because you won’t see any tonight. The Pelicans defense has been terrible all season, but the Rockets have come along lately and made this Pelicans D look like the 2004 Pistons. 118, 105, 107, 107, 125, 130, 123, 112 Those aren’t the coordinates to some island near […]
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Thunder Beat Pelicans, Basketball Gods are Merciless
The most important things that happened tonight were unfortunately injuries to Brian Roberts (ankle) and Tyreke Evans (bone bruise in knee). Each player did not return to the game after his injury. Their statuses will be monitored and we will keep you up to date. More importantly: what in the world did New Orleans do to […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Thunder
“4 games left, 4 games left..” I mutter to myself as I write this game preview. The 32-46 New Orleans Pelicans travel to OKC to face the playoff-bound Thunder, who are fresh off of a road win against the Los Angeles Clippers. The Thunder are unequivocally one of the best teams in basketball: they are […]