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New Orleans Pelicans at Los Angeles Clippers Open Thread
The Pelicans continue their trip through California with their first of two games on back-to-back nights in Los Angeles. Up first is a match-up against Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and the Clippers. First, the bad news: after a pretty vanilla 5-4 start, the Clips have won 8 of their past 9 games (including a 6-1 road trip […]
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Moleskin Moments: New Orleans Pelicans vs. Golden State Warriors (12.4)
The New Orleans Pelicans were hoping to ride some momentum from their victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder this past Tuesday. That didn’t happen, as the Pelicans lost 112-85. Even though the Pelicans played relatively well throughout the first quarter, they still gave up too many open jumpers throughout the opening period, and once they […]
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Russ Smith has been Assigned to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Yesterday, the New Orleans Pelicans announced that Russ Smith would be sent to the Development League to play for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Here is the press release from the team: The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has assigned rookie point guard Russ Smith to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Fill Final Roster Spot with PG Gal Mekel
(Photo courtesy of Dallas News Photograpgy) The Pelicans, likely in large part due their lack of guard depth after the injury to Eric Gordon, have signed 6’3″ point guard Gal Mekel to join Dante Cunningham in filling the two roster spots vacated by Darius Miller and Patric Young. Though terms of the contract were not announced by the team, […]
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Pelicans @ Warriors: Observations
The Warriors came into the game with a 15-2 record, the NBA’s best defense, the 8th best offense, and what was undoubtedly a better team than the Pelicans. A lot of people were calling for various players’ heads or Monty’s head. I don’t buy it. The Warriors were so much better and I thought that […]
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Game On: Pelicans at Warriors
The Pelicans kick off their West Coast road trip tonight with a game against the juggernaut Golden State Warriors. The Warriors are 15-2 and feature the best starting lineup in the NBA. Some relevant info: Podcast Preview from On the Fly Pelicans Sign Dante Cunningham Questions for tonight: Do the Pelicans continue their […]
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The New Orleans Pelicans Sign Forward Dante Cunningham
The New Orleans Pelicans have announced that they have signed forward Dante Cunningham. Here is the press release from the team: The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has signed free agent forward Dante Cunningham. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cunningham, 6-8, 230, was the 33rd overall pick out […]
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On the Fly, Episode 4: Warriors
Jake and I are privileged to welcome Jordan Ramirez of Warriors World to talk Warriors-Pelicans. I profess my undying love for this Warriors team, Jake is feeling good juju for the game, and Jordan Ramirez drops some Warriors knowledge bombs on us. On that note, make sure to follow him! Jordan Ramirez Follow @jram_91 […]
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Observations on Thunder @ Pelicans
After the Wizards game, Monty said over and over that the team had lacked ball movement and that needed to be fixed. Tonight, the team came out moving the ball snappily and the first half (minus a few bench-heavy minutes) was a showpiece. At one point in the second, The Pelicans ran a play which […]
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Starting Slow and Finishing Weak
Through the first month of this season the Pelicans have hovered right around .500. We’ve seen some good, some bad, and unfortunately, the surprisingly unsurprising happened and injury has again thrown a wrench in the team’s playoff plans. With Eric Gordon now out for the foreseeable future, the Pels’ problems become larger and fixing them […]
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The Progression of Anthony Davis’ Offense
Here is a scouting report for Anthony Davis from NbaDraft.net before the 2012 draft: Offensive canvas is raw, with obvious enormous room for improvement … Doesn’t yet have a feel for his jump shot, often rushing the attempt and shooting a flat shot. The rest of their breakdown of AD’s weakness followed the same format. […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 196: Paper Bench Busted
Jason Calmes and I talk about the team’s performance during this 0-3 stretch,and the obviously related release of Darius Miller and Patric Young. Who is incoming? What will it fix? Then we talk Austin Rivers, Tyreke Evans, not being 76ers fans, and Jason’s Dream Move. Enjoy the Podcast! Want it on Itunes? Direct download? RSS […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Waive Miller, Young
Here is the press release from the team: The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has waived Darius Miller and Patric Young. Miller appeared in five games (one start) this season for the Pelicans, averaging 0.4 points and 0.2 rebounds in 8.6 minutes per game. Selected by New Orleans in the second round […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Lose Close Game to Washington Wizards
The New Orleans Pelicans fall to 7-8 in a surprising 80-83 showing in Washington. What was so surprising? Well, not the loss . . . I expected that. The manner in which they lost actually surprises me. Sure, the game featured the early scoreless runs. In fact the team spent most of the game down […]
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On the Fly, Episode 3: Wizards
Jake and I are privileged to welcome John Converse Townsend from TruthAboutIt.net to talk Wizards-Pelicans. John helps temper our crippling pessimism by predicting a Pelicans victory and offers some key insight into a Washington Wizards team that is currently the #2 seed in the Eastern Conference. Go follow him! Follow @johnctownsend
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Post-game observations on Pelicans @ Hawks
The New Orleans Pelicans fell to the Atlanta Hawks tonight 100 to 91 after thanksgiving day. Atlanta led for the majority of the game while the Pelicans seemed completely hesitant and void of any confidence. After losing to Sacramento the other night New Orleans has fallen to .500 The first half was where the game […]
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Game on: Pelicans @ Hawks
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you all stuffed yourself with turkey and some pumpkin pie. Personally since I’m Australian we don’t do thanksgiving for the obvious reasons, but I’m always down for stuffing my face with food and spending time with the family. On to the game, the Pelicans travel to Atlanta to take on […]
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The Slow But Efficient Pelicans Offense
The New Orleans Pelicans this season, depending on where you look, are ranked 4th in offensive efficiency. It’s a big jump from last season’s ranking, and where the team has been under head coach Monty Williams—generally ranking somewhere in the middle of the league efficiency-wise. It’s a nice improvement to see, especially considering that the team’s […]
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Eric’s Suggestions for the Pelicans’ Offense
((Below is a post from a fan that I, personally, both agree with and am thankful for. Via comments here, I asked Eric to write something for the community to read rather than simply point to a lack in our coverage. He did that. Not many people would, and for that, I am grateful. Not […]
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Game On: Kings @ Pelicans
First, if you haven’t listened to On the Fly, you should. Jake and Pelli talk with Aaron Bruski about the Kings and how the Pelicans matchup. However, if you aren’t going to do that, here’s my take! Injuries are starting to crop up, and tonight’s game is no exception. On the Kings side, Collison, Gay […]