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In The Land of Rupp, The One-Browed Man is King (but the Pels lose)
Davis put up a 19pt, 8reb, 3stl stat-line on 7/15 shooting, hitting 2/4 3’s, and Cousins put up 19pts, 5rebs, 5TO’s on 4/12 shooting before fouling out, and the Pels fell to the Kings 107 to 98 in Rupp Arena tonight. Both big men looked good tonight, but Boogie’s right hand man Rudy Gay put […]
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Kings @ Pels in Rupp Arena Match Up of Kentucky Big Men
The New Orleans Pelicans host the Sacramento Kings in Rupp Arena tonight (10/17) at 7 ET in a preseason match up of former Wildcat big men. Demarcus Cousins (drafted 2010) and Anthony Davis (drafted 2012) are two statistically dominant big men who always make a good show. The Pelicans have been plagued by injuries again so […]
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The Second Tower Falls
And unlike the falling of Orthanc of Isengard and Minas Morgul of Mordor, this is not a good thing. Pelicans’ Center Omer Asik is set to miss 3 weeks with a right calf strain, becoming the second Pelican Center who signed a multi-year deal this summer to get injured this preseason. Obviously this is not a […]
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Confidence
I have always been a somewhat optimistic person, in fact the first piece I ever wrote for BourbonStreetShots a year ago was about this team’s 2014-15 playoff hopes. I’m glad that the Pels proved me right on the last day of the regular season, but I can’t say that I have always believed in this […]
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Alexis Ajinca To Miss 4-6 Weeks
Pelican Center Alexis Ajinca strained his right hamstring in the first half of this past weekend’s preseason game against the Indiana Pacers and is expected to be out for 4 to 6 weeks. This is not too much to fret about, the backup could be back in time for New Orleans’ season opener in Golden State, […]
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Darren’s Detailed Defense
The Pelicans had offense in mind when they hired Alvin Gentry. However, offense was not Gentry’s main concern when answering questions at his introductory press conference. When asked about what he needed to do in New Orleans to get a Pelicans Parade down Canal St. Gentry answered: We have to become better from a defensive […]
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Pels Bring Back Alexis Ajinca
Alexis Ajinca and the Pelicans reached an agreement on a four-year deal worth $20.2 million. Here is what a rounded yearly breakdown might look like: 2015-16 – $4,540,000 2016-17 – $4,880,000 2017-18 – $5,220,000 2018-19 – $5,560,000 The 27 year old will be entering his 6th year in the league. This past season was a […]
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A Little Bit About Ryan Anderson
The Playoffs, game 3, the first playoff game in New Orleans since the team rebranded. The Pelicans blow a huge lead in the fourth enroute to an OT loss. I throw a chair. While incredibly disappointing in the result, the game itself was fantastic, they left everything out on the court against the league’s […]
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How Gentry Can Get More Out of Davis
One of the main talking points around the hiring of Alvin Gentry was that he showed the Front Office that Anthony Davis was being “underutilized.” It was one of his points of emphasis to the Pelicans organization throughout the hiring process to show how the franchise player could be used more often and more […]
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Season in Review: Quincy Pondexter
A Summary Quincy Pondexter is one of 4 players on the Pelicans who is under contract beyond next season (the other 3 being Evans, Holiday, and soon to be Davis). He was brought in for his second stint in New Orleans on January 12th, 2015 in a 5-player trade that sent out Austin Rivers to […]
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Pelicans Lose a Battle, but not the War!
Despite leading at the break, the Pelicans couldn’t hold on in the 2nd half and they fell to the Houston Rockets 121-114. The first half the Pelicans played about as well as they could have hoped, leading by 10 at one point. It seemed they had an answer for every Rocket run. The ball was […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Rockets
So it comes down to this. With just 3 games left the Pelicans remain neck and neck with the Oklahoma City Thunder as the season comes down to a photo finish for the two playoff-hopefuls; and right now, the Pels have their noses out in front. The next hurdle comes in the form of a […]
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All Aboard the Run It Back Train
“I do think that consistency in an organization is critical. If you want to have a chance to have success you have to have consistency; and it is consistency at the top management level, at the ownership level, but really the coach, I think, very much needs to build around a core group of key players […]
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Pelicans Lose to Trail Blazers
The Pelicans lost 99-90, their first in 5 games, dropping them to 1 game behind the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Pels got off to a hot start, leading 14-4 after 5 minutes, but couldn’t sustain it, as the Blazers closed the the first Q on a 9-4 run to close it to 24-22. In the […]
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Game On: Pels at Blazers
What a week for the Pelicans. Just last Friday the Pels were coming off a 4 game losing streak and sat 3 and half games behind OKC. That night the Pels got a much needed win against the Sacramento Kings to stay within striking distance of the 8th seed. Then just last night the Pelicans ran […]
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Pelicans Rally From 18 Down to Stun Grizzlies
The Pelicans rallied back from as many as 18 down to beat the Southwest Division-leading Memphis Grizzlies to equal their win total from last season with 19 games still to play. The win moves New Orleans within a half game of Oklahoma City and the 8th seed, and brings their South West Division record to […]
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Game On: Pels Host Grizzlies
The Pelicans host the Memphis Grizzlies tonight in the Smoothie King Center, tip off is for 6CT. Both teams are coming into the second of a back-to-back, tho Memphis won their game against the Lakers while the Pels fell last night to Boston. The Pelicans remain a game back from the playoffs while Memphis sits […]
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Pelicans Blow Chance to Pull Even with OKC
Another night another disappointing loss for the Pelicans against a sub-.500 team from the East. Looking at the stat sheet the Pelicans out shot, out rebounded, and assisted more than the Celtics did, but 18 big turnovers and 10 more FT attempts for Boston led to the Pels falling 98-104. The loss keeps the Pels […]
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Game On: Pels Host Celtics
Lost amid the MVP race, the mounting the number injuries to big name players, game-changing calls, and other national story lines, is the race for the Western Conference Playoffs. Tying into the MVP discussions, Russell Westbrook’s recent statistical performances have overshadowed the fact that the Pelicans, who hold the head-to-head tie-breaker over the Thunder this season, […]
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My House of Cards’ Inspired Case for Tyreke Evans
Spoiler Alert House of Cards fans* “Imagination is its own form of courage,” Frank Underwood states coolly to us before turning back toward author Thomas Yates. They are in discussion of the content of his soon-to-be written novel on Frank’s presidency. Underwood is talking about his self-proclaimed bold and revolutionary new jobs program that […]