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Some of My New Orleans Pelicans Claims After 5 Games
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve raised some points and made some claims about the New Orleans Pelicans. Let’s do quick check-in after 5 games, see what’s happening. About the Spurs Game Turnovers: The Pelicans did in fact keep up their protection of the ball (11 v 18 turnovers, 11% v 16% TOV%). Shooting: […]
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Charlotte Hornets @ New Orleans Pelicans Open Thread
The New Orleans Pelicans host the Charlotte Hornets in a battle that proves to be much more interesting than a collision of 1-2 teams in different conferences normally is. First, the Pelicans have lost two division games in a row after a strong showing against a weak Eastern team. Dropping a third game to the […]
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Finding the Right Role for Eric Gordon
There are good and bad things to evaluate from last night’s loss to the Dallas Mavericks; Michael McNamara and James Grayson chronicled many of those takeaways. Undoubtedly one of the biggest concerns was Eric Gordon’s 0 point, 4 turnover performance in 34 minutes of action. While Gordon may not be part of the the team’s long-term plans, if […]
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Weakside Eyes for Your Ears
((Gerry is not only writing articles, but he is also delivering short podcasts here at Bourbon Street Shots. We posted these in the open thread the other night, but here they are again in case you missed the update. More to come. Enjoy. — 42)) Not one, but two short audio clips from Gerry V: […]
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Chris Romaguera’s Season Opener
((As part of our constant change here at Bourbon Street Shots, we’ve added new writers we spent the summer recruiting, though that’s fancier sounding that it actually was. You’ve already gotten an article from Graham this summer, and he’ll have more up soon. Today, I’m pleased to reintroduce you to Chris Romaguera. I’ve included a […]
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Omer Asik and Defending the 2-Point Shot
I get it. I get the three-point thing. I get why teams do it (it’s efficient, adds entropy to the offense). I get why analysts grab onto it with a white-knuckled grip (it’s efficient, it’s pretty, and it’s a very, very easy analysis). The truth of the matter, however, is that if all a team […]
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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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Good, But Not Good Enough
Man was born to love Though often he has sought, Like Icarus, to fly too high And far too lonely than he ought, To kiss the sum of East and West And hold the world at his behest, To hold the terrible power to whom only gods are blessed, But me . . . I […]
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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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Poking the Bear
And I know it’s my own damn fault — Jimmy Buffett, Margaritaville With just a few games left of the season, I’ve been looking at some of the season stats for the New Orleans Pelicans. Yes, I know there are some games left. Yes, I know I’m still recapping games from a month ago on […]
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The Beauty of Gray
This is not a black and white world To be alive, I say that the colors must swirl And I believe that maybe today We will all get to appreciate The beauty of gray — Live, The Beauty of Gray As many have noticed, the next phase of renovations of the Smoothie King Center have […]
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The Spirit of Radio
Invisible airwaves crackle with life Bright antennae bristle with the energy Emotional feedback on timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free — Rush, The Spirit of Radio The New Orleans Pelicans are an emerging franchise. With the most glaring aspects of their business being overhauled (like the Smoothie King Center in both substance […]
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Eric Gordon . . . On v Off
Michael Pellissier made the grave error of posting some data via his twitter (@palochak). This led to the following conversation with me for you. Jason: Michael, the other day you posted a nice data set on twitter with some comments. Retell that here using the freedom of going beyond the 140 character barrier. Michael Pellissier: […]
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Of Course the Pelicans Will Not Retire Chris Paul’s Jersey
Just over a month ago, the New Orleans Pelicans hosted the Los Angeles Clippers for the first of two times this season. On that day, a claim was made that the Pelicans would eventually retire Chris Paul’s jersey. For their second visit, I claim the opposite. To be fair, I’m not going to sit around […]
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2014 NBA All-Star Weekend Look Back
Nearly concurrent with the purchase of the then New Orleans Hornets by Tom Benson was the award of the 2014 NBA All-Star Game to New Orleans. While the ownership transfer is clearly the bigger of the two items, that does not mean that the All-Star Game hosted by the now New Orleans Pelicans is not […]
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Talking about the Timeline
Nick just put out an article about Anthony Davis’ development timeline. Here, we talk about what that says about the timeline the New Orleans Pelicans are on. Jason: Nick, you just wrote this analytic piece about the progression of the great big men in relatively recent NBA history. When I look at the data, I […]
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One of The Small Things
All the small things True care, truth brings I’ll take one lift Your ride best trip — Blink 182, All the Small Things Ray Allen’s shot in the Finals (you know which one) is all you need to bring up to make the case that it’s not just the elite players that you need to […]
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The Wild and The Young
The wild and the young They all have their dreams The wild and the young They’ve got to be free The sun never sets For souls on the run The wild and the young — Quiet Riot, The Wild and the Young The New Orleans Pelicans have been giving more minutes to their NBA-young players. […]
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Understanding the Trade Market: Opportunity Cost
Everything has a cost. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it many-a-time until they run me off this site. Even if a thing is free from a financial perspective, it has a cost from an economic perspective. The difference here is crucial. The financial perspective is simply about money. Straight up. Plain. Simple. Vanilla. […]
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David Stern, Anthony Davis, and Other NBA All-Star Friday Stories
We’ll be covering New Orleans’ second NBA All-Star game (2008 was the first), and I’ll do my best to keep a focus on the New Orleans and New Orleans Pelicans stories. Picking the lead here was tough, but I decided on . . . David Stern has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall […]