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Sixth Pick Tournament Round One: Alex Len vs Shabazz Muhammad
In the second match-up in round one of the Sixth Pick Tournament, Michael Pellissier and Ryan Schwan face off, arguing the merits of drafting Alex Len vs Shabazz Muhammad. Read and vote for your pick at the bottom. The Case for Alex Len (Pellissier) True 7-foot centers always carry a high level of intrigue because […]
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Sixth Pick Tournament Round One: Trade Down vs. Anthony Bennett
In the first match-up in round one of the Sixth Pick Tournament, Mason Ginsberg and Joe Gerrity face off in a battle between trading down in the draft and Anthony Bennett. The Case for Trading Down (Ginsberg) What a lay-up of a first round match-up this is! Arguing in favor of a very realistic possibility […]
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Quiescent Quotidian Quandaries
But I won’t cry for yesterday There’s an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive — Duran Duran, Ordinary World News This Tuesday, the Pelicans participated in the first NBA draft under than name, receiving the most likely […]
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The Missing Piece: Trading out of the 2014 Super Draft
Though I always try to do the pieces in this series as objectively as possible, two things have become blatently clear to me in this last week, and as a result, this Missing Piece will be more subjective than any of the others. The two things are as follows: 1.) The 2014 NBA Draft appears […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Sixth Pick Tournament
And we’re back! After an incredibly successful Tenth Pick Tournament last year, we are proud to debut our bracket for the Sixth Pick Tournament today. The First Round will kick off on Monday and the tournament will stretch all the way through the Eve of the NBA Draft. This year, we have 16 contestants; thirteen […]
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Getting the House in Order
Our house it has a crowd There’s always something happening And it’s usually quite loud Our mum she’s so house-proud Nothing ever slows her down And a mess is not allowed Our house, in the middle of our street — Madness, Our House News The New Orleans Pelicans gave a tour of the under-construction Pelicans […]
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The Missing Piece: Offseason Plans A-E for the New Orleans Pelicans
This series was started in large part because of Dell and Monty’s comments last October. They both stated that the plan was to add the final pieces to the puzzle in the 2013 offseason and then move forward with that team for the next few years. Flash forward seven months and we are almost there. […]
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New Orleans Pelicans at the Draft Combine: Day Two
A list of things that stood out on day two at the combine. To read about day one, click here. Cody Zeller is more David Lee than Andrew Bogut As much as Zeller hurt his stock yesterday by measuring poorly, he helped himself today with athletic testing. There is no way he can be a […]
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New Orleans Pelicans at the Draft Combine: Day One
Today was day one of the NBA Draft Combine, and here were some takeaways from the first day. Victor Oladipo is Dwayne Wade Well, at least when it comes to measurables. It is kind of scary how close the two are when it comes to their measurements at the combine. Wade was a quarter of […]
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Practice Makes Normal
Today the New Orleans Pelicans gave a tour of their practice facility to be. While it’s not much to look at today, it is indicative of not only the changes that have taken place with this franchise that are more concrete than shuffling around words on pages (or bits in computer memory), but also of […]
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It Just Doesn’t Stop
‘Cause you can’t, you won’t and you don’t stop Oh, ’cause you can’t, you won’t and you don’t stop Oh, but you can’t, you won’t and you don’t stop Mike D, come and rock the sure shot I’ve got the brand new doo-doo guaranteed Like yoo hoo, I’m on like Dr. John, yeah Mr. Zu […]
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The Missing Piece: Scouting the NBA Combine
By the time the next ‘Missing Piece’ is published, the NBA Combine will have come and gone and the draft lottery will be just three days away. On May 16th and 17th, the top NBA prospects will be put through a series of athletic tests and will have the opportunity to introduce themselves to some […]
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The Times, They Are A-Changin’
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide, the chance won’t come again And don’t speak too soon for the wheel’s still in spin And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s namin’ For the loser now will be later to win For the times they are a-changin’. — Bob […]
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Season In Review: Lance Thomas
For many reasons, Lance Thomas’ journey into the NBA was an unlikely one. At Duke he won a national championship as little more than a role player. He wasn’t a scorer, not a terrific rebounder, nor a dominant athlete. So how did he end up as a rotational NBA player despite large obstacles in his […]
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Season in Review: Xavier Henry
Our series of 2012-13 New Orleans Hornets player evaluations continues with Xavier Henry, the little-used swingman out of Kansas.
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The Missing Piece: Going All-In on Chris Paul
Eleven months ago I laid out an argument for why I would not close the door on the return of CP3. Eleven months ago I laid out a scenario in which we could see the Clippers regressing and New Orleans becoming the main competition for his services. Friday night, the Grizzlies eliminated the Clippers from […]
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Season in Review: Darius Miller
When the New Orleans Hornets were miraculously able to swap both Emeka Okafor and Trevor Ariza’s contracts – two players who were owed a combined $43 million over the 2012-13 & 2013-14 seasons – in exchange for a $13.7 million buyout of Rashard Lewis’ contract, that deal was more than enough for most. Therefore, it […]
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Season in Review: Greivis Vasquez
After the offseason trade of Jarrett Jack to the Warriors, Vasquez entered the season as the Hornets unquestioned starting point guard. Vasquez responded by having his best year statistically (finishing with a PER of 16.3) en route to finishing second in the Most Improved Player voting. Was his season as good as it looked? Or do […]
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Season In Review: Eric Gordon
Ah, the mystery man himself. Eric Gordon’s career as a Hornet has been shrouded in mystery, whether it be his attitude, on-court effectiveness, injury treatment, or any other matter. I have been covering Gordon on a weekly basis for a while now, and here are my pieces, as well as my guest appearance on the […]
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Season in Review: Roger Mason
After the dust started to settle in early August, Dell Demps looked up and down his roster and saw a bunch of fresh faced youngsters, but no seasoned veterans on a team that was full of them the previous year. With Jason Smith, 27, and Brian Roberts, 28, slated to be the oldest players on […]