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Spurs Contemplate Resting Players While Pelicans Lay Players to Rest
I must admit the image above isn’t 100% accurate, the Pelicans signed James Ennis to a 10-day today. The 6′ 7″ 2013 second round pick has played a couple minutes for Miami and Memphis this year, and most recently the Iowa Energy of the D-League. Tonight could mark his 11th appearance of the season as the Pelicans […]
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Pels Out-Tanked in 99-91 Win over New York
Not a lot of defense and not a lot of good offense led to competitive match (on the scoreboard at least) between two teams who seem to have called it a season early. But to the Pelicans credit, their bad defensive possessions and offensive struggles didn’t stem from motivational issues, the team came out and […]
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Tank-Mania Monday Edition: 6th Place Pels v Now 8th Knicks
The New Orleans Pelicans (26-46) host the New York Knicks (30-44) tonight in the Smoothie King Center, tip off is for 8/7CT. Alvin Gentry is finding it hard to field a team these days, he is up to 35 different starting lineups used and the team is up to 253 games missed to injury by […]
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Video: Trying out for the New Orleans Pelicans
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Watch Party Wednesday 3/30 @ Tracey’s!
Alright, the Pelicans season is almost finished. Playoffs aren’t happening. You wont see Anthony Davis, Tyreke Evans, and maybe Ryan Anderson for the rest of the season. So, why even watch? Let me tell you. The future. There is A LOT to dive into as we head to this offseason. Will Dell Demps keep his […]
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The Pels Have Not Gone Gently
What’s left of the New Orleans Pelicans (26-46) lost to the Toronto Raptors (49-23) predictably. As empirical probability is inexorably overcome by mathematical certainty, the half-team from New Orleans can do little to resist. Playing literal D-League players and none of their high power, high pay, high offense guys, it’s a testament to something that […]
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New Orleans Pelicans v Toronto Raptors
The New Orleans Pelicans (26-45) host the Toronto Raptors (48-23) tonight at the Smoothie King Center at 6 pm CT (UTC -5). The game will be on Fox Sports New Orleans and the Pelicans Radio Network, 99.5 FM locally. The Pelicans starters will be players under contract, but I’m not sure the details matter at […]
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Not Enough Pelicans to Defeat the Pacers
The New Orleans Pels (26-45) fell to the Indiana Pacers (38-33) in Indianapolis tonight in a 92-84 loss that was a tick closer than it might appear. It’s possible the Pelicans could have won, but, alas, they did not have enough healthy letters. The Pelicans were without anyone who can really lead a team to […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Pacers
There is a difference between tanking and not being good enough to win. Tanking implies losing on purpose, throwing in the towel, waving the white flag, not trying. If you’re rooting for that then I think you’ve lost sight of something. Having an injury list of Anthony Davis, Tyreke Evans, Quincy Pondexter, Ryan Anderson, while […]
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Tankathon 2016: The Home Stretch
With just 12 games left in the Pelicans season, and nearly every relevant player hurt and/or shut down for the season, there is only one thing that gives this fan base any hope – ping pong balls. And despite a truly horrible season, the number of ping pong balls they will receive is far from […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 250: Simply Injuries
Graham McQueen and Jason Calmes join me to talk about the injuries – not just in a “holy crap, injuries!” sort of way, but in a “how is this franchise dealing with them, and why are they making the decisions they are now.” We talk long term with Evans and Pondexter, wonder where Cole went, […]
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Pelicans Crumble Under the Heat
Jrue Holiday is a good player and a tough competitor, but burdened with the ultimate green light he struggled mightily. As a number one option a lot of his shots looked forced tonight, and it showed in the stat sheet and on the scoreboard: 7/23 shooting and a loss by 14. He got it going […]
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Game On: Pelicans Host the Heat
While it seems the plug has been pulled on the season, there are still 13 games left to play and tonight the New Orleans Pelicans host the 40-29 Miami Heat. The previous matchup was one of the ugliest games ever witnessed on Christmas Day, and it somehow went to overtime. Forcing people to watch more […]
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Short Handed Pelicans Hold On to Defeat Los Angeles Clippers
It’s been a long, brutal season for the Pelicans and their fans. The news didn’t get any better today as Alvin Gentry announced that they would be shutting down Anthony Davis for the season, just as their former franchise centerpiece – Chris Paul – came to town. But how embarrassing is it for the Clippers, […]
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Should Davis be shut down?
Last night yet another minor injury that pushed Anthony Davis out of part of a game. In the post game interviews, per Justin Verrier, Gentry responded to a question about whether they should shut Davis down for the rest of the season with: “I wouldn’t say no to that. I wouldn’t say no to that,” Gentry […]
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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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Pelicans Sweep Kings, Now Know They Aren’t THAT Bad
Well the Pelicans put together a really good performance tonight. Ball movement, great debuts, whacky lineups, and, well, not a lot of defense, led to a pretty entertaining night overall. Davis had 27-14-2-2, just a typical night for him these days. Anderson found his groove, as I mentioned in the pre-game a trip back home […]
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GameOn: Pelicans Travel To Sacramento with Season Series in Hand
The Pelicans have won all 3 matchups with the Kings so far this season but sit 2 games behind them in the league standings. What a season it has been, with just 18 games left a top 5 draft pick is within grasp. One win in their last 9 has put the Pels just 3.5 […]
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Warriors Blow Out the Pelicans; Sun Will Rise in the East Tomorrow
You know, for a minute there it seemed like the New Orleans Pelicans might stay in this game against the Golden State Warriors. Though, that wasn’t exactly due to the Pelicans playing well as the Warriors missed a handful of three-pointers to start the game. The Pelicans even had a 40-38 point lead halfway through […]