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Monty Williams’ Future in New Orleans
It is no secret that little has gone as planned this season for the new-look New Orleans Pelicans. Armed with the most offensive weapons since the Paul/West/Peja/Chandler days and positioned as one of the youngest rosters in the league, the plan was for this team to at least make a push for a playoff berth […]
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Blazers do enough to beat the Pelicans
For a stretch in the fourth, LaMarcus Aldridge seemed like he could hit everything – and I kept sighing and shaking my head, feeling like he was doing it just because I said he couldn’t in the preview. Then, of course, I looked at the box score, and sure he nough, he was 11-25 from […]
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Pelicans Come Up Short In Utah, Lose Fourth Straight
Huge mental lapses, sloppy ball handling, nonexistent defense, and ugly shooting once again plagued the Pelicans tonight, but in spite of that, Darius Miller still had a chance to tie the game as he rose up for a three-pointer with nine seconds left. The ball rolled out, and Utah secured the rebound (and eventually a […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans at Utah Jazz
Should I even pretend? Honestly, this is the question I find myself asking as I try to preview this game. The goal of this site is to dig deep into the numbers, the matchups, and the trends so that our readers don’t have to search through all the minutia just to get a few gold […]
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Do Coaches Really Matter?
Whether you like it or not, one of the main storylines of this offseason will be Monty Williams. More specifically, should Monty Williams retain his job as the Pelicans head coach? It seems like most Pels fans think that Monty has had enough time with the team and has shown too little. Some have even […]
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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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Should Dell Wait for the Summer of 2015?
This team is close. Forget about the record and look at the talent GM Dell Demps has assembled. There are four key pieces who area all locked into contracts for multiple years that have played fantastically together when they have been on the court. There are also young pieces on bargain contracts who show solid […]
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Pelicans out-worked by Kings
I could waste time complaining about the same things we always complain about. It’s getting a bit old, however, and why dwell on why certain guys are getting minutes? Instead, let’s focus on the real reason the Pelicans lost that game: They rarely had more than one rebounder out there – and the Kings were […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 177: More Wins and Neck Surgery
Michael and I talk about a pair of gutty wins, pretend the game in San Antonio never happened, and enjoy the hell out of CP3 losing. As usual, we can’t avoid talking Eric Gordon – despite him not playing a minute, and we also talk Ajinca’s situational value, Darius Miller’s big game, Michael loves on […]
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Short Handed Pelicans Destroyed by Red Hot Spurs
Most have us grew up fascinated with the tale of ‘David and Goliath.’ The world felt enormous when you were growing up and there was no better feeling than knowing that, if push came to shove, maybe you could take down giants fifty times your size like David did if ever forced to. It’s a […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans at San Antonio Spurs
The Spurs and Pelicans each come into this game with winning streaks; The Pels are at 5, while the Spurs streak is at 16. Yep, The San Antonio Spurs have not lost in the month of March, and have glided past the Thunder, Heat, and Pacers to the best record in the NBA. And while […]
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Pelicans Drop Jazz, AD Leaves with Injury
The good news is that the Pelicans managed to hold off the struggling Jazz. The bad news is that Anthony Davis went down with an ankle injury. Luckily, it didn’t appear to be anything major. Jen Hale reported that it is thought to be wear and tear. This is just another piece of bad news for a […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans vs. Utah Jazz
I don’t know whether to be confident or scared to death. The injury-maligned Pelicans have struggled against teams with winning records all season, yet they just posted a 4 game win streak in perhaps their toughest stretch of the entire season. It has been an uncharacteristic stretch of play and their recent good fortune makes […]
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Pelicans role players down Clippers
This is one of those games that just leaves you scratching your head. No Holiday, Gordon, Anderson, Smith, Rivers, or Roberts. Darius Miller played long stretches of the game as a point guard. Anthony Davis couldn’t stroke any of his midrange shots, scoring just 16 points on 19 shots. Tyreke scored 10 points on 16 […]
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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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Five Takeaways Monty Williams Will Take From This Season
To get this out of the way, Pelicans Head-Coach Monty Williams will be back next season. Whether you think he should or not does not matter, your opinion on this will not affect the outcome. Maybe after next season, but as of right now it bears little in the discussion of building for this basketball […]
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Video Recap: Pelicans fight back in second half, cut down Nets 109-104 in OT
Mason Ginsberg and Jake Madison give their takes on the Pelicans’ come from behind victory against the Nets in New Orleans tonight. Below the video, you can find some of the themes of our conversation. Quick Hitting Highlights: After starting Davis and Babbitt against a team with no true center (Miami) on Saturday night, the […]
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Game On: Nets @ Pelicans
Tonight, the Pelicans host the Nets for the only time this season, getting their chance to avenge their early February loss in Brooklyn in which New Orleans trailed 51-28 at halftime and never recovered. Fortunately for the Pels, the Nets played a tightly contested overtime game in Dallas last night, beating the Mavericks 107-104. Brooklyn […]
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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 […]