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The Top Free Agent Target for the Pelicans Should Be Obvious
Last offseason, everything was on the table. David Griffin was essentially building a roster from scratch, knowing he had to trade his cornerstone Anthony Davis while simultaneously building around his new franchise player Zion Williamson. This offseason is a little different, as Griffin knows what he has in guys like Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart, […]
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An Outside the Box Approach to the Offseason for David Griffin and the Pelicans
Go young. Get Vets. Trade Jrue. Move Lonzo. Get more picks. Trade away picks. You ask 5 people and you will get 5 totally different philosophies and ideas on how David Griffin should approach this offseason for the Pelicans. Well, here is a 6th….one you haven’t heard yet — Attack free agency aggressively. But how, […]
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It’s Time To Slow Things Down
As I watch the Portland Trailblazers get hammered by the first seeded Lakers on national TV, I can’t help but think how far away the Pelicans are from competing. The NBA hiatus allowed a Blazers team, which had reached the Western Conference Finals the year prior, to get healthy and steal the 8th seed from […]
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Quick thoughts: Looking back and forward for the Pelicans
Believe it or not, I gave a shit when the NBA bubble restarted play for the New Orleans Pelicans. I wanted the eighth seed. I wanted Zion Williamson to steal the show. I wanted Lonzo Ball to dish out like he was John Stockton. I wanted the Pelicans to exhaust teams with their fast pace […]
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Kiss my ass, COVID-19. It’s Pelicans Day
This year has sucked. I don’t need to recap 2020 to make my point. You already know everything about it. I’m tired. You’re tired. We’re all tired. What I did not expect to happen in the middle of all this shit is actually meaningful professional sports games being able to take place. There are zero […]
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The Pelicans Playoff Window Might Be Closed Very Soon
Pelicans, Grizzlies, Kings, and Spurs fans all go through the same process every morning. First, they take a glance at the standings. Then, they do a little arithmetic to calculate how many games their teams have left before going to their teams schedule page. After that, they head over to the schedule page of the […]
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Marching through March
The New Orleans Pelicans sit at 28-36 with 18 games to play. In years past, the fan base would be eyeing the draft hard and decrying losses. This season, however, the 8th seed in the West is competitive, looking like a sub-0.500 team may make it into the Playoffs. Let’s take a look at the […]
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In the N.O. Episode 69: Zion Meets the Lakers and More
Shamit and Mason recap the recent slate of games, including the two match-ups against the Lakers. They discuss what the team needs to accomplish going forward to make the playoffs, and then have some fun with hypotheticals.
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10 Pelicans Things I Think I Think at the All Star Break
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. More specifically, Quentin Tarantino says, “Steal, steal, steal.” So with that in mind, I see no better person to blatantly steal from than the best NBA writer in the game today – Zach Lowe, whose ’10 Things’ column is one of the most enjoyable, thought […]
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In the N.O. Episode 67: Zion Bashes the Blazers
Shamit and Mason react to a big Pelicans win against the Portland Trail Blazers. Can Zion still win Rookie of the Year? What happened at the trade deadline? All that and more.
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A Small Win for the Pelicans at the Deadline
The 2020 NBA trade deadline came and went and the Pelicans did not participate in a single transaction. You maybe wonder, how do the Pelicans “win” if they didn’t do anything? Well sometimes the actions of other teams just create fortunate situations for your team. During this deadline, the free agency market for Derrick Favors […]
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In the N.O. Episode 66: An Inside Look at the Trade Deadline with Dan Purcell
Shamit & Mason interview Dan Purcell, a former Pelicans basketball operations manager who spent several seasons with the team. They get an inside look at the thought process behind the trades, how deals develop, and have some very interesting draft talk.
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Living at the Deadline
Update: Now that we know the Pelicans did not get involved in a trade, keep in mind that the Pelicans can use the DPE ($3.625m) to make a waiver claim on a player in the last season of his deal. They can waive someone to make room. Frank may be the prime candidate there, but […]
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In the N.O. Episode 65: Trade Deadline Primer
Shamit and Mason discuss potential Pelicans players on the market and work their way through mock trades, giving their predictions as to what will happen by Thursday’s NBA trade deadline.
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The Two Step
Apparently, “Let’s Dance!” is referring to a two-step. The return of Zion Williams has been, overall, what I expected. He’s showing quickly that the hype is justified, and that Zion is certainly a talent to watch as one that might be the best player in the NBA one day. I certainly need to see what […]
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A Deeper Look Pt.2
1. I like to call this photo “The assassination of Bigby Williams”. I know it sounds like the title of a book that you had to read in middle school, but what it actually is is a dunk that happened during pregame scrimmage. Before this image happened, Bigby was WORKING Jax in every way you […]
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Trade Deadline: Buyers? Sellers? Why Not Both?
With so many podcasts available these days, how is a Pelicans fan supposed to know who to believe? In the span of five days, you could download the Brian Windhorst podcast and hear him speculate about the Pelicans becoming buyers at this trade deadline or tune into the Lowe Post and hear its host imply […]
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In the N.O. Episode 64: Zion Has Returned
Shamit and Mason discuss all the questions around Zion’s return. How was his fit? How was his performance? Is there anything that foreshadows what the Pelicans should do in the future?
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A Deeper Look
If you follow Bourbon Street Shots, or myself, on Instagram or Twitter you would know that I take a lot of pictures in the time that I can before games & at practice…A LOT of pictures. Roughly 600 photos per game. Out of those 600, about 80 meet my standards and are good enough to […]
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How to Sustain This?
The New Orleans Pelican enter the Zion era at 17-27, winning 11 of their last 16. Those 11 games were not against chumps, and some were key games against teams battling the the 8th seed. I’ve used the specific term “unsustainable” to describe some of the performances of the Pelicans in this stretch. While this […]