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New Orleans Pelicans Hoping Against Cleveland Cavaliers
The New Orleans Pelicans host the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight at the Smoothie King Center. The game coverage starts at 8:30 pm CT (UTC -6), and it’s being broadcast on the Pelicans Radio Network (99.5 FM locally), Fox Sports New Orleans, and ESPN. The Pelicans are starting Eric Gordon, Tyreke Evans, Alonzo Gee, Anthony Davis, and […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Lose Handily to Utah Jazz
The New Orleans Pelicans lost to the Utah Jazz to close out November, 101-87, in a fairly futile effort to close out their road trip and back-to-back. Davis played, 44 minutes in fact, as did Holiday, while Evans did not. Despite a great effort from Davis, the team came up short, and the game was […]
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New Orleans Pelicans @ Utah Jazz
The New Orleans Pelicans (4-12) try to recover from the loss last night to the Los Angeles Clippers by taking on the Utah Jazz (7-7) in Salt Lake City tonight at 8 CT (UTC -6). The game is on the Pelicans Radio Network (99.5 FM locally) and Fox Sports New Orleans. As players, the Jazz […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Return to Losing Ways
The New Orleans Pelicans fell to 4-12, ending their only winning streak of the season at length 3 and shoring up their 14th seed position in the Western Conference, 4 games behind 8th and 5 other teams in between that also need to be passed. Moreover, Anthony Davis took a couple tumbles on the game, […]
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New Orleans Pelicans at Los Angeles Clippers
The New Orleans Pelicans (4-11) take on the Los Angeles Clippers (7-8) tonight in the Staples Center. The game starts at 9:30 CT (UTC -6), and is on the Pelicans radio network and Fox Sports New Orleans. The Pelicans are on a 3-game win streak and coming off their first win on the road. The […]
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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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New Orleans Pelicans Win Again
Boy, that sure overstates the situation, but I really don’t care. I enjoyed that game a ton. The New Orleans Pelicans soar to 2-11 after defeating the offseason darling San Antonio Spurs 104-90 in a game that may be as symbolically valuable as it is practically valuable. “It’s our best game, by far. It’s the […]
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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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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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For All the Wrong Reasons: Omer Asik
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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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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Short-Handed Pelicans Need Preseason Overtime to Lose to Magic
After four quarters, the New Orleans Pelicans had 101 points, matching that of the hosting Orlando Magic. Nate Robinson scored the Pelicans’ only field goals in the extra period. after 19 seconds and at the buzzer. Davis added a pair of free throws, but the Magic scored 9 between Nate’s buckets, and the Magic won […]
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Davis Returns as Pelicans Play the Magic
The New Orleans Pelicans play the Orlando Magic tonight at 6pm CT (UTC -5). The game is in Orlando at the majestic Amway Center, is not being televised, and is available locally on the radio network, 99.5 FM in New Orleans, or the Pelicans app. Nothing new to report on the injury front that is […]
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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 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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A View from the Outside — Truehoop
((In order to give some perspective on the franchise from the outside, I had a short discussion with Eric Goldwein of Hoop 76. Eric is Hoop76’s founder and editor-in-chief. You can follow him on Twitter @ericgoldwein. His work has been featured on TrueHoop, the Slate/Deadspin NFL roundtable and Yahoo’s ThePostGame.)) Jason: Eric, our teams have […]
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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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Pelicans Scoop: Davis, Ajinca, Asik, and Free Agency
With big Pelicans news coming out in the first 24 hours of free agency, BSS writers give their opinions on five pressing questions. 1. What was your reaction when you saw AD had signed his extension? Michael McNamara: Instant relief. I knew that AD would sign it at some point this summer, but having him […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Reportedly Bringing Back Omer Asik
The New Orleans Pelicans have reportedly agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent center, Omer Asik. The contract is for 5 years with an aggregate total value of around $58,000,000, along with incentives throughout and some non-guaranteed money in the final year. General Notes Asik was acquired by the Pelicans for a first round pick […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Likely Will Operate Over the Salary Cap
For the first time in a number of year, the New Orleans Pelicans will likely operate above the salary cap for the entire season. I know what you are saying: The Pelicans have been above the cap. You guys just got finished telling me how much Benson spent last season, and it was well over […]