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Notes from the Underground: New Orleans Pelicans Practice 12.19
After last night’s 99-90 road victory against the Houston Rockets, the New Orleans Pelicans had a short practice in preparation of tomorrow night’s home game against the Portland Trailblazers. Since last night, Tyreke Evans has had a MRI that’s revealed he has a bone bruise. Evans was seen taking jumpshots after practice. Monty Williams on […]
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On the Fly, Episode 7: We Hung Out With Eric Gordon
Wow, these Bourbon Street Shots guys are really cool We know Eric, we know. So Eric Gordon decided to join our watch party at Tracey’s last night. He sat down across from us for 2 hours and answered questions about everything ranging from the Clippers trade to this year’s team to the antics of Chris […]
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Pelicans Waive Guard Gal Mekel
The Pelicans announced today that they have decided to waive Gal Mekel. Here is a press release from the team: The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has waived point guard Gal Mekel. Mekel, 6-3, 191, was signed by the team on December 5 as an unrestricted free agent. Mekel appeared in four […]
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Pelicans take Rockets
The folks at Tracey’s obviously had a blast as the Pelicans snatched a win in Houston against a team that had been playing at a very high level. Yes, the Rockets had played an OT game the night before in Denver, but these wins matter in a tough Western Conference. The Pelicans fought hard through […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Rockets
There have been buckets of ink spilled about the Sexy Golden State Warriors this season. Memphis has gotten actual notice from the national media for it’s amazing play. (mostly because they did bad things to the Sexy Golden State Warriors) However, toiling along behind them, mostly ignored, are the 19-5 Houston Rockets. 19-5 despite missing […]
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On the Fly, Episode 6: Rockets
Jake and I decided to do some recapping of the Cleveland, Golden State, and Utah games, and we follow with some quick analysis of the Rockets. I forget that LeBron was shut down because teams ignored his teammates and have some other brain farts resulting from sleep deprivation.. but we do not go gentle into […]
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Pelicans storm back on Jazz
I felt like someone had kicked me in the gut with 11 minutes to go in the game and the Pelicans down 14 to the Jazz. Up to that point, it had all the hallmarks of a trap game gone wrong, The Pelicans were playing sloppy and had 7(!) turnovers in the first quarter and 11 […]
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Tyreke Evans and Small Sample Sizes (Revisited)
About a month ago, I wrote a post titled Tyreke Evans and Small Sample Sizes. The point of that piece was to show what problems come with small sample sizes and exactly why we should be wary of them. I used Tyreke Evans’ poor shooting at the rim over the first 8 games of the […]
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Pelicans Lose Heartbreaker in OT
For the 3rd game in a row the Pelicans had two 30pt scorers. This time it was the Pels’ backcourt duo of Tyreke Evans and Jrue Holiday, combining for 64pts, 11rebs, 14asts, 7stls, and 3blks to help take the NBA’s best team down to the wire. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough as the Pels fell in […]
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Game On: Warriors @ Pelicans
The Pelicans host the Golden State Warriors tonight at 5 CT. It is the 2nd meeting between the two this year, with the first ending in a 112-85 thumping of New Orleans. The Warriors (20-2) are off to one of the best starts to a season in NBA history, currently on a 15-game win streak, […]
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Watch Party Thursday, December 18th @ Tracey’s!
Don’t forget this coming Thursday at Tracey’s on Magazine Street Bourbon Street Shots will be having our second watch party of the season. It’s a big divisional match up against the Houston Rockets. We had a great turnout last month! So come grab some wings and talk Pelicans with our writers. And maybe if we […]
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Observations: Pelicans Win At Home Against Cleveland
With 5:30 left in the 1st quarter Anthony Davis checked out of the game and did not return. It’s unclear what exactly caused the issue with the official word being that he suffered a chest contusion. There’s been a lot of commentary recently that without Anthony Davis the Pelicans have a hard time playing well. […]
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On the Fly, Episode 5: Cavs
Jake and I are privileged to welcome John Krolik of Cavs: the blog to talk Cavs-Pelicans. John talks about what is evolving into a glorious Cleveland offense, I profess my man-crush on Dante Cunningham and slip in a giggle to end all giggles, and Jake manages to turn the conversation to […]
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Quick Hits
I started binge-tweeting on the site account and then realized I could make a quick post to summarize some things we are seeing with the Pelicans and their players. 1. Anthony Davis is already a historically good offensive big man Davis’s season at 21, as it stands, […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Mavericks
The Pelicans, now on a 2-game winning streak, are at it again tonight for their 6th back-to-back of the season taking on a divisional rival in the Dallas Mavericks. This is the second meeting this season between the two, with the Mavericks outlasting the Pels 109-104 back in early November. The Pelicans have only beaten […]
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Observations: Knicks @ Pelicans
The Pelicans beat a bad team tonight, and normally I’d not have a ton of comments to make in that situation because you can’t take a win over a terrible defense that seriously. Tonight, however, I saw a bunch of interesting things during the game. Let’s get rolling. Gorgeous play with 2:20 to go in […]
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Game On: Knicks @ Pelicans
The Jason Smiths come to town tonight to face the Pelicans, who will try to take the game and get back to .500 in time to face a slate of tough opponents. So far this season the Pelicans have been able to take care of games against bad teams without too much difficulty, but tonight […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 197: Blame Monty?
Jason and I talk about the 2-2 week, the crushing defeats to the Clippers and Warriors, and what we think about Monty. Rotations? All Bench squads? Hero Ball? Discipline? I also go on a rant about Tyreke Evans, we admire Golden State, and predict the tough upcoming weeks schedule. We also hate the Clippers and […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Net Easy Win over Los Angeles Lakers
It was a game the New Orleans Pelicans were supposed to win, and they did so. Though this was the second game in as many nights and on the road, the Pelicans started strong and were able to build, hold, and grow a lead against the outmatched Los Angeles Lakers. The Pelicans move to 9-10 […]
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New Orleans Pelicans at Los Angeles Lakers: Open Thread
Tonight at Staples Center, the 8-10 New Orleans Pelicans take on the 5-15 Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers aren’t an empty 5-15 . . . that’s a representative record. They’d had 4 players start all 20 games (Kobe Bryant, Jeremy Lin, Wesley Johnson, Jordan Hill) with Carlos Boozer missing just a single start. The returned-to-action […]