• Using the Buddy Hield TPE

    As I wrote about earlier this week, an optimal way for the Pelicans to add talent without giving up a player or triggering the hard cap is by using one or...

  • Manipulating the Pelicans’ Glass Salary Ceiling

    Required reading before continuing: The Pelicans’ Glass Ceiling, by Jason Calmes Thanks to the diligence of Bourbon Street Shots’ own Dr. Jason Calmes, we now have a firm understanding of the...

  • Buddy Hield Progressing In His Rookie Campaign

    A collaboration between James Grayson and Graham McQueen Buddy Hield was able to accomplish something that not even Anthony Davis was able to during his rookie season, and something no Pelican...

  • The Process and the Losses

    The New Orleans Pelicans are not off to a good start as measured by wins. They are 0-6. Just so the point of what I’m saying below is not lost, I...

  • The way Hield is playing at Summer League should help set expectations

    Shades of Eric Gordon!  Dude can’t shoot!  Dell’s got himself a lemon again! He’s up against Summer leaguers and still isn’t getting to the rim! It’s true.  Summer League Hield hasn’t...

  • Why I’m Excited For Buddy Hield

    Despite scouts and fans having different ideas of Buddy Hield’s NBA career arc, there is one consensus: he can flat out shoot.  And it’s easy to see why Hield’s shot is...

  • It’s Buddy Time

    Things seemed to break perfectly Buddy Hield and the Pelicans, who really need help at the guard positions. Not one guard was picked in the top 4, despite Buddy Hield, Jamal...

  • Kris Dunn Is Your 6th Pick Champion

    And then there was one. Kris Dunn, to be exact. It was a close battle, but in the end Dunn outlasted Buddy Hield with 52% of the vote. It was a...

  • BSS 6th Pick Tournament Finale: Kris Dunn faces Buddy Hield

    Well that turned quickly. Kris Dunn crushed Jaylen Brown, taking 70% of the vote, while Buddy Hield destroyed Denzel Valentine, taking 69% of the vote. So – in perhaps a predictable...

  • 6th Pick Tournament: Buddy Hield v Denzel Valentine

    Buddy Hield by Ryan Schwan You know what I’m tired of? Guys who don’t leave it all on the floor. Guys who take plays off. Guys who don’t develop their skills...

  • Sixth Pick Tournament Final Four

    And then there were four. In the first round, the option of trading did poorly against their tangible counterparts.  Jaylen Brown of Cal took on Trade Down – and garnered 60%...

  • 6th Pick Tournament: Buddy Hield v Dragan Bender

    Buddy Hield by Ryan Schwan This isn’t really fair. I mean, how could it be? Bender is an 18-year old kid and Buddy Hield just spent his last season chewing up...