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Silver Linings: Can Eric Gordon Actually Breakout This Season?
Last season Eric Gordon was a monster 3pt shooter, making 44.8% of his 3-pt attempts, just better than MVP Stephen Curry’s 44.3%. In terms of Catch and Shoot 3’s, Gordon was 2nd best in the league to Kyle Korver among players who took over 100. “Elite” is a word that is tossed around a lot these […]
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For All the Wrong Reasons: Coaching Change
It’s been several weeks since the New Orleans Pelicans 2015 offseason action, for the most part, came and went. The offseason has been met with mixed reviews. I do think that the offseason is correctly judged as mixed: I see it as good from some perspectives, bad from others. On the surface, then, I agree […]
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Looking for Silver Linings: Ryan Anderson
It gets annoying year after year to try and look for silver linings when you expected the Pelicans to be going for goddamn gold all season long. But here we are, watching what appears to be a pile of garbage slog its way to a 1-10 record. But despite all of that there are some […]
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Watch Party Wednesday 11/18 @ Tracey’s
You’ve heard my spiel before about that this just isn’t an excuse to have multiple parties. That it’s about community. And it still remains true. So all of us at Bourbon Street Shots are excited to announce our slate of watch parties this season! And we’re doubly excited that they’ll still be at Tracey’s The Original […]
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Does This Progress Matter?
Jason: Nick, it’s been an interesting week for the Pelicans. They are clearly beyond the point where they can absorb injury and succeed consistently, but they still manage to win quarters and long stretches of time differently defined. However, in every loss so far, the Pelicans have given up a at least 8 points in […]
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Impact of Injuries to the Pelican’s Depth Chart
A picture is worth a thousand words.
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Are the Pelicans Playing Selfish?
After their second loss to Golden State last week, coach Alvin Gentry said this about the Pelicans’ offensive performance, “I look at the stat and we end up with 22 assists and a 120 points. I thought we played a little selfish offensively to tell you the truth.” The next day, Gentry backed off those […]
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Week in Review: Thoughts on the Pelicans’ Rough Start
Nick Lewellen: Well, that was a trying week for Pelicans fans. We’ve played three games, and we’ve collected three losses. Relative sample sizes aside, I think we both have things to say about the Pelicans’ new fast-paced look and their first week. So, I’ll start off easy. Give me some of your impressions, take-aways, comments, […]
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Pelicans Scoop: Season Preview Edition
1) The big story out of training camp was injuries. How do you see these early season injuries affecting the Pelicans both in the short and long term? Can they stay afloat? Ryan Schwan: I want to say “crippling” but that’s overstating the case. It is more like . . . losing a toe? The […]
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The Development of Anthony Davis 2.0
Last year, I wrote my favorite piece ever for BSS called The Development of Anthony Davis. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to run it back this year. The original post was long and detailed. I’m not going to repeat a lot of the set up or analysis here. If you have questions, […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 229: Western Conference Preview 2 – Pelicans Landing
Michael and I walk through the decent teams in the Western Conference – including where we feel the Pelicans are most likely to land. We don’t really talk about Tyreke, because I’m so tired of injuries. Enjoy the podcast! Want it on Itunes? Direct download? RSS Feed? Like the Show or the Blog? Follow @BourbonStShots
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Injuries Keep Piling Up As Tyreke Evans Has Surgery
The New Orleans Pelicans just can’t catch a break. Or maybe all that occurs are breaks. Or more injuries. How many times has this been said this season? And it hasn’t even really started yet. Today the Pelicans announced that Tyreke Evans underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. A timetable for his return […]
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Entire Pelicans team has elective Surgery
Yes, this is old, and satire, but in light of all the injuries, I thought it might be apropos.
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Confidence
I have always been a somewhat optimistic person, in fact the first piece I ever wrote for BourbonStreetShots a year ago was about this team’s 2014-15 playoff hopes. I’m glad that the Pels proved me right on the last day of the regular season, but I can’t say that I have always believed in this […]
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Mining the Numbers: Pumping the Brakes on Davis
Alright guys, it’s time for a reality check. I know it’s hot and sexy to see boundless potential for the upcoming season, and I’ve heard a lot of reasons why: Alvin Gentry is going to implement a system that turns Eric Gordon into Eric Gordon, and Darren Erman will make Omer Asik into Dikembe freakin’ Motumbo! […]
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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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Mining the Numbers: Quincy, Cole and Cunningham
Friggin’ Utah. They are always trying to crap all over our parade. First, they aren’t Jazzy. Second, Deron Williams never was, at any point, under any condition, AT ANY TIME, better than Chris Paul. EVER. Now, once again, they have to get all uppity and try to one-up us again. “19-10 in the last 29!!!” […]
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Mining the Numbers: The Dark Side of Ryan Anderson
I love me some threes. LOVE Them. It’s partly why I hate the Warriors, because all the threes belong to them. It follows then that I’d love Ryan Anderson . . . and I do. When he was signed for a criminal 8mil per, despite being a restricted free agent, I was a bit like this guy […]
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Mining the Numbers: Talking Dante Cunningham
Unlike most New Orleans basketball off-seasons of recent memory, the season in the past still has a lot of relevance for the upcoming season. The team hasn’t really changed, even if its coaching staff has, so I’m going to be spending some time over the summer pulling out the odd number here and there and […]
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Where Dell Demps Can Find Value in the Marketplace
On the surface, the signing of Alonzo Gee seemed like just another low risk move meant to improve depth at the end of the bench and maybe improve the locker room as well. And while it might turn out to be just that, it could also be an example of where Dell Demps can exploit the […]