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Podcast: Ashley Burns, Uproxx writer/Orlando Magic fan
On this week’s podcast I have Orlando Magic superfan and top notch funny guy sportswriter Ashley Burns. We discuss what he would trade for Anthony Davis, Elfrid Payton’s New Orleans roots, and how much he misses Ryan Anderson. It’s a quick and dirty 20 minutes – enjoy!
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans vs. The Orlando Magic
The Pelicans have had a rough start to the 2015-16 season. The Orlando Magic know the feeling. Both teams have started 0-3 and look to get back on track tonight at 7 PM central time in the Smoothie King Center. The Orlando Magic The Magic are coming off of 3 close losses to the Wizards, […]
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Week in Review: Thoughts on the Pelicans’ Rough Start
Nick Lewellen: Well, that was a trying week for Pelicans fans. We’ve played three games, and we’ve collected three losses. Relative sample sizes aside, I think we both have things to say about the Pelicans’ new fast-paced look and their first week. So, I’ll start off easy. Give me some of your impressions, take-aways, comments, […]
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In the NO Podcast EP. 231: Real Games . . . Occur
Michael and I talk about the three L’s and rate how bad/good they were – along with what good things we did see in those games. That part wasn’t very long. Then, Michael profanes Larry Bird, we talk about injury news, wonder at Davis’ demeanor and preview the upcoming week. Enjoy the podcast! Want it […]
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Recap: Pelicans Lose Home Opener to the Warriors
The New Orleans Pelicans (0-3) lost their home opener against the Golden State Warriors (3-0) 134-120. Steph Curry led the Warriors scoring 53 points on 17/27 shooting. He made 8/14 shots from beyond the arc and all 11 of his free throws. Draymond Green made four of five shots from beyond the arc on his […]
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Moleskin Moments: Warriors beat the Pels in Home Opener
First Quarter 7:41 Like a flurry during a prize fight, every time Davis gets matched up with Curry the audience holds their breath. 6:09 in the 1Q 17-17. Thompson just picked up his second foul. Toney Douglas comes in for Jrue Holiday after 6 minutes. Holiday was 1/4 for 2 points with 2 assists. 5:13 […]
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Game On: Warriors v. Pelicans
The New Orleans Pelicans come into tonight’s home opener 0-2, after a couple of roughing outings in Oakland and Portland. Here are the keys to the game in order to avoid an 0-3 start as they take on the Golden State Warriors: Get Anthony Davis Going: This may be the most important and easiest key […]
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Bah, Humbug: These Christmas Day Uniforms are a Disaster
While most NBA fans seem to be beaming with glee over the new Christmas day uniforms revealed earlier today, this NBA fan is putting his stocking down. These uniforms do not capture the Christmas day spirit. They are part of the “Season’s Greetings” collection and I don’t feel welcome. At all. What was Adam Silver, […]
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Anthony Davis has his streetcar operating license
The Pelicans debuted a new video intro, theme song, and possible battle cry last night before tip-off in Portland. If you missed it, get caught up: PELICANS OPEN 2015 from FSN Creative Content Group on Vimeo. It’s a huge improvement over hype videos of the past. For one, it has multiple locations. Adding a local […]
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Pelicans Mount Furious Comeback but Fall Short in Portland
It was over almost as soon as it began. In almost a carbon copy of last night’s demolishing by the defending champs, the Pelicans out did themselves, getting blown out by the Portland Trail Blazers. It took New Orleans a half to get to where Portland was after the one quarter, as the Pels got outscored […]
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Game On: Trail Blazers Host Pelicans on Second of Back-to-Back
The Pelicans look to bounce back after a shaky start to the season in Oakland against theTrail Blazers in Portland Wednesday night (tip off for 9CT). The Blazers lost 4 starters from last season to the competition this summer, while the Pelicans are missing 4 regular rotation players of their own to injury (Omer Asik, […]
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The Warriors get their Rings and a Win on Opening Night
It’s never fun to write about these types of games. First, it’s a loss, and no one enjoys that. Second, it was just a weird game. AD was off. Kendrick Perkins was on. Ish Smith looked like he’d gelled with the team despite signing yesterday. It was just… strange. Still, it’s hard to be too […]
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Game On: New Orleans Pelicans vs. Golden State Warriors
And we’re back! Welcome to the first Game On of the 2015-16 NBA season. The Pelicans are taking on their familiar 1st round foe the Golden State Warriors. Let’s get right into it. The Golden State Warriors There’s been a lot of off-season talk about the Warriors and their place in history, but there is […]
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How Tyreke Evans Injury Can Become a Blessing in Disguise
Let’s get one thing clear – the rash of injuries that have plagued the Pelicans the last few weeks are a bad thing. There is no way around that. If given the choice, any Pelican fan, coach, player, etc. would choose to have an injury free team as we enter the season. But where some […]
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For All the Wrong Reasons: Omer Asik
It’s been several weeks since the New Orleans Pelicans 2015 offseason action, for the most part, came and went. The offseason has been met with mixed reviews. I do think that the offseason is correctly judged as mixed: I see it as good from some perspectives, bad from others. On the surface, then, I agree […]
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Pelicans Scoop: Season Preview Edition
1) The big story out of training camp was injuries. How do you see these early season injuries affecting the Pelicans both in the short and long term? Can they stay afloat? Ryan Schwan: I want to say “crippling” but that’s overstating the case. It is more like . . . losing a toe? The […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 230: The Grand Adventure Begins
The Journey to the MVP begins this week for Anthony Davis against the Defending Champs. How will it turn out? Michael and I talk what we saw this pre-season, who we did and didn’t like, talk about the REAL impact from all the injuries to the Win-Loss record, and play 2nd Best and Ryan Guesses […]
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Pelicans Squeak Out a Win Against the Heat in Preseason Finale
Anthony Davis and Eric Gordon combined for 47 points and the Pelicans beat the Miami Heat 93-90 in their last preseaon game on Ochsner’s Breast Cancer Awareness Night at the Smoothie King Center. In a game that saw a lot of starters see a lot of minutes, the short-handed Pels managed to hold on to […]
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Pelicans Play the Heat in Final Preseason Game
In the final warmup for the regular season the Pelicans play the Miami Heat tonight at the Smoothie King Center, tip off for 7pm CT. Tonight is all about one thing: get through the ******* game without injuries. The Pels have had the luck of Marsellus Wallace, who, while out shopping for donuts, just happened […]
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The Development of Anthony Davis 2.0
Last year, I wrote my favorite piece ever for BSS called The Development of Anthony Davis. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to run it back this year. The original post was long and detailed. I’m not going to repeat a lot of the set up or analysis here. If you have questions, […]