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Pelicans play hard in second half
Now THAT was a game of runs. Portland put the Pelicans in an early hole, running out to a 28-15 lead in the first. The Pels then spread the floor with Babbitt, Anderson and Frazier coming in and they cut the deficit to 32-28 before finishing the quarter only down 6. Then things got a […]
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Game On: Trailblazers @ Pelicans
Portland comes into tonight’s game in a bit of a schedule-driven funk. They’ve planed 9 of their last eleven games on the road, played last night in San Antonio – and still have to look forward to a stop in Dallas before finally arriving home for a few days. Considering that – and that they’ve […]
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In the NO Episode 249: No Way to Escape Lottery Balls
Graham McQueen joins me to talk about the last two weeks of bad basketball, injuries that we are nearly numb to at this point, and whether we are full on Tank lovers now. We talk Jrue Holiday playing off the bench still, pick the most appalling Pelican Stat line, and try to figure out if […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 248: Let down
Mason Ginsberg joins me by phone to talk about yet another bizarre week to Pelicans basketball, complete with wins against OKC, a loss to the Timberwolves, and a craptastic mess in Houston. Also, we talk about injuries again, with Bryce DeJean-Jones going down immediately after being signed. Sigh. Oh, and the baby face in the […]
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Can the Pelicans put a Free Agent next to Davis?
It’s nothing new to hear that this off-season will be crazy. Teams will have something like 500 million dollars to spend across the league, and anyone who watches the NBA can tell you that in any given year, only a few teams have the patience to keep the powder dry if they can’t find a […]
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Pelicans sans Davis can’t hold on
Davis injured his foot in shoot around (designated a sprained big toe during the game) and with that the Pelicans were back to having only one of their projected started five again. One. The Pels then went ahead and did everything they could to get a win in that game – taking advantage of really […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 247: 59 and Trade Deadline wrap-up
I’m joined by Nick Lewellen to talk about Anthony Davis’ 59 point monster and my frustration that it wasn’t more. We also talk about the Trade Deadline – the deals that were and weren’t made, Jrue Holiday’s strong play, Anthony Davis and the All NBA team, the standings, and whether stockpiling tons of draft picks […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 246: Western Conference Trade Targets
Jake and I rip off a long podcast for you. First we talk the Tyreke Evans news, Ryan Anderson testing free agency, and a fake ESPN trade. We also address BDJ not re-signing right away, and Anthony Davis at the All-Star weekend. Then we get to what you all wanted – the Trade Market in […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 245: Eastern Conference Trade Targets
Jake and I rattle through the eastern conference teams – assess which teams are buyers or sellers, and talk about players and trades we could see happening or would like to happen. Hopefully you’ll hear something that tickles your fancy! Enjoy! Want it on Itunes? Direct download? RSS Feed? Like the Show or the Blog? […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 244: Done with Gentry?
Jake Madison joins me as we give a brief recap of all the games that have happened since the last pod – including the four game losing streak – and then I lay into Gentry. Jake tries to point out I may be being unreasonable. What do you think? Then we set things up for […]
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Pelicans thrash the Wolves
In a rare blowout win this season, the Pelicans put 63 on the Wolves in the first half and were up 95-70 to start the fourth. The final score of 116-102 came when the Pels put in their scrubs with 3:30 to go and ceased to play hard. The game ball needs to go to […]
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Pels fall to Spurs
It was a pretty good game until the last five minutes or so. That was when the Spurs unleashed their true team – rolling with Parker-Green-Manu-Leonard-Aldridge – with Mills doing some offense-defense rotations with Manu. The Pels couldn’t figure out what their counter would be. They tried Anderson, but decided he couldn’t guard Kawhi and […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Spurs
The Pelicans best win of the year was probably their defeat of San Antonio back at the end of November. Tonight they hope to repeat that outcome on the road, ending the Spurs undefeated streak at home. The Spurs, for their part, have looked simply very good without Tim Duncan to anchor their backline defense. […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 243: One Shining Moment
Graham McQueen joins me this week to talk another winning week for the Pelicans! That’s two winning weeks now! Despite our usual trashing of members of the Pelicans team, we do pick out one shining moment from each of the five games we cover. One of those shining moments may or may not have been […]
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Pelicans bury Bucks in threes
The first half of this game was pretty rough en route to a 52-51 halftime lead for the Pelicans. The half had multiple little 10-2 runs from both teams, as each squad took turns looking very mortal offensively and turning the ball over. The Bucks, in particular, came out hard on Davis – doubling him […]
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Game On: Bucks @ Pelicans in Defenseless bowl
Expect a pretty high score tonight as two of the three worst defenses in the league clash tonight in New Orleans. Both of these teams have been disappointments after their surges last year, but in some respects the Bucks have actually had the largest decline. Bringing in Monroe for Zaza and dropping Jared Dudley for […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 242: Can the Pels be bad OR good enough?
Nick Lewellen joins me as we recap the week – a winning week(!) – and show ourselves to be terribly conflicted by talking down most of the team while doing so somehow. Sheesh. Then we play “20-20 Hindsight”, “Which team is worse”, and “Stop me when you hear a player you wouldn’t trade Eric Gordon […]
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In the NO Wrathcast: Ep 241
Shamit Dua joins me in a wrathcast as we tear apart what happened in that Lakers game. We talk how bad the team has been defensively, the inexplicable line-ups, and fail utterly in coming up with reasons why Gentry would play those particular line-ups. Enjoy the podcast! Want it on Itunes? Direct download? RSS Feed? […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 240: Blow it up?
Chris Trew of Trew to the Game (and our own BSS) joins me to talk about an 0-3 week that pushes this team further and further from respectability. We then talk about whom Chris likes to heckle the most, who talks trash the most, and come to realize Chris is a big softie. We also […]
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Pelicans lose Davis, and then a sloppy, sloppy game
The last meaningful shot the Pelicans took was a fitting epitaph for the game. With the Pelicans down three, Gordon received the ball in the corner with space to shoot. He pump-faked, realized he still had room, leaned back, and vomited a three pointer that missed the rim by five feet. It wasn’t blocked […]