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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: Andray Blatche vs. Kevin Seraphin
Andray Blatche (3 Years and $15 Million) by Jake Madison I’ve been saying it all tournament and I’m going to say it yet again: Monty Williams wants a center for the Pelicans. And a lot of you agree with me based on the fact that you’ve been voting for the biggest of the bigs throughout the […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: PJ Tucker vs. Thabo Sefolosha
PJ Tucker (3 Years and $16 Million) by Michael McNamara In the minds of some, it might look like this is a battle of two similar players with fairly similar contracts, but a closer look shows that we are comparing apples and oranges here. Yes, they are both guys who play good to great defense […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: Andray Blatche vs. Jordan Hill
Andray Blatche (3 years and $15 million) by Jake Madison I’m going to reiterate what I said about both Emeka Okafor and Andray Blatche in the first round: Monty Williams wants a center for the Pelicans. Whether you agree or not it is what he wants. The team views Anthony Davis as a power forward, […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: PJ Tucker vs. Jordan Hamilton
This round of the MLE Tournament will feature PJ Tucker against Jordan Hamilton. For past matchups in the tournament, click here. PJ Tucker (3 Years and $16 million) by Michael McNamara In the last round, I set up the player comparison for Tucker (Bruce Bowen) and laid out the tangible things that we can measure. So, […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: Thabo Sefolosha vs. Richard Jefferson
Richard Jefferson (1 Year and $3 Million) by Joe Gerrity Let’s lead with a headline from The Oklahoman– Following a regular season littered with injuries and an extended shooting slump, Thabo Sefolosha’s struggles worsened in the playoffs How about Another? One season after a career year behind the arc — making 108 threes on 42 percent […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: Kevin Seraphin vs. Emeka Okafor
Kevin Seraphin (3 Years and $10 Million) by Michael McNamara This battle boils down to Past vs. Potential, plain and simple. You take a look at the career numbers and it is no contest – Okafor wins by a landslide. But how many times have we seen that when a big man is done, he […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: First Round Results Are In
First off, thank you to everyone who participated by voting and commenting on our matchups. Our writers worked hard to make the case for each of our 16 participants and now, thanks to your votes, we are ready to move on to the second round. Results Emeka Okafor (54% ) defeats Trevor Ariza (46%) Kevin Seraphin […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: Kris Humphries vs. Jordan Hamilton
This round of the MLE Tournament pits Kris Humphries against Jordan Hamilton. For prior matchups, click here. Kris Humphries (2 Years and $9 million) by Jake Madison “And with the last pick of the Bourbon Street Shots’ MLE Tournament, Jake J. Madison selects Kris Humpries.” …That’s not what I wanted to hear, I thought. Is there no […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: Marvin Williams vs. Kevin Seraphin
This round of the MLE Tournament pits Marvin Williams against Kevin Seraphin. For past matchups, click here. Marvin Williams (2 Years and $9.5 million) by Mason Ginsberg When most avid New Orleans basketball fans hear Marvin Williams’ name, they understandably think back the 2005 NBA draft. The Hawks used the second overall pick to select him, deciding to pass […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: Caron Butler vs. Thabo Sefolosha
Caron Butler (2 years and $7 million) by: Nick Lewellen Let’s start off with some real talk. We have our core players already on the roster, and we all know that the Pelicans could have been much better last season if it weren’t for that horrific string of injuries. At this point, all we are […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: PJ Tucker vs. Danny Granger
The MLE Tournament takes a look at some free agents that the Pelicans could target and puts them head-tohead until there is only one winner. For other matchups in this series, click here. PJ Tucker (3 Years and $16 million) by Michael McNamara PJ Tucker is the dream acquisition for the Pelicans this summer. Start putting […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: Spencer Hawes vs. Richard Jefferson
In today’s MLE Tournament, Cavaliers’ big man Spencer Hawes goes head-to-head with Jazz wing Richard Jefferson. Don’t forget to vote at the end, and for all the matchups so far, click here. Spencer Hawes (3 years for $22 million) By Nick Lewellen I picked Spencer Hawes because he might be the most interesting prospect in this entire tournament. Most of […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: Nick Young vs. Andray Blatche
In today’s MLE Tournament, Lakers’ guard Nick Young goes head-to-head with Wizards’ big man Andray Blatche. Don’t forget to vote at the end, and for all the matchups so far, click here. Nick Young (3 years for $13 million) By Ryan Schwan I can feel you smirking right now. To you, there’s nothing I can say that […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: CJ Miles vs. Jordan Hill
In today’s MLE Tournament, Cavaliers swingman CJ Miles goes head-to-head with Lakers big man Jordan Hill. Don’t forget to vote at the end, and for all the matchups so far, click here. CJ Miles (3 years for $8.5 million) by: Michael McNamara For me, this battle comes down to one simple question; What do the […]
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New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament: Emeka Okafor vs. Trevor Ariza
In our first matchup of the MLE Tournament, two former players in Emeka Okafor and Trevor Ariza battle it out. Don’t forget to vote at the end, and keep up with all the matchups here. Emeka Okafor (1 year for $5.5 million) By Jake Madison When we did the draft for our MLE tournament I jumped at […]
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Welcome to the New Orleans Pelicans MLE Tournament
The last two years you all have joined us for the 6th Pick and 10th Pick Tournaments. They were, by far, our most popular series and while most of us would do the Holiday trade again, the big casualty in that deal was that we lost the right to have another tournament this year. Well, […]