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Pelicans Injuries Could Create Ample Opportunites For Role Players
There was a time when Danny Green was an afterthought on the San Antonio Spurs roster. When George Hill was just a surprise first round pick from a school nobody had ever heard of and Patty Mills was a nice international player who couldn’t play in the NBA. When Festus Ezili was just the guy […]
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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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In the NO Podcast Ep. 224: The Pelicans are back!
Pelicans basketball is back! With a pre-season game in the books, the team roster essentially set, training camp well and truly rolling and the NBA ready to get started, we return as well! We talk Cole, Perkins and Seth leaving, and then handicap the trainee camp invitees. Then we get to the important stuff – […]
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Recap: Pelicans take down Pacers 110-105
Your New Orleans Pelicans started the preseason off with a bang. Anthony Davis and Luke Babbitt led the Pelicans with 18 and 16 points apiece, while Paul George poured in 18 for the opponents. While the game wasn’t televised locally by either team, footage was available on International League Pass. Kudos to the readers abroad […]
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Pelicans Basketball is Here: Pelicans @ Pacers Preseason Opener Preview
Hooray! The doldrums of the offseason have passed. We now get real live Pelicans basketball to watch….er I mean listen to! Even if it is game 1 of the preseason, you can bet we will analyze it to a pulp. Tonight at 6pm central the Pelicans will face off against the revamped Indiana Pacers […]
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Bill Simmons Calls New Orleans A Contender
On Bill Simmons new not-ESPN podcast (The Bill Simmons Podcast), Simmons called the New Orleans Pelicans a title-contender. The topic came up when talking with his buddy Joe House about championship odds for this upcoming season. Simmons remarked how Miami was an interesting dark horse at +4000, but how the team that he was most […]
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Who Will Be the Pelicans Second All-Star?
As progressive and forward thinking as most of us think we are, when we project forward, we tend to predict a future very similar to the past. How do most of the experts think the West will shake out this year? Well, pretty much like it did last year. The East? Um, Cavs again. And […]
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Media Day: Everything’s Gravy
It’s good to be back. Fall is upon us and that means basketball is back and ready to rock your world. Media Day is very often a lot of fluff–Player X worked on Skill X this summer, Player Y did that. It’s what should be expected and any deviation from the fluff is usually a […]
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Projecting a Pelicans Rotation With a Limited Holiday
Alvin Gentry confirmed yesterday what we had all expected for quite a while – Jrue Holiday will be limited to start the season. Specifically, he stated that the plan for now is that Holiday will get around 15 minutes a game until January. At that point you would assume that he will be re-evaluated and […]
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Meet & Greet with Pelicans Head Coach Alvin Gentry
One of the really great things about the world of professional sports is its ability to inspire and deliver philanthropic activity on many levels. That philanthropy can come directly from sports teams and/or players, but it can also manifest itself through the assistance of a third party. A strong local example is the Touchdown Club, a non-profit organization connected with the New […]
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Handicapping the Race for the Final Two Spots at the End of the Pelicans Bench
With Norris Cole finally signing his qualifying offer, the Pelicans have 13 guys who are a lock to make the final roster – barring a trade between now and the beginning of the season. That means there are (at most) two spots left up for grabs, and at least five players who will be competing […]
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Trew 2 the Game: The Louisiana Basketball History Museum
On the latest episode of Trew 2 the Game, I am joined by Jason Calmes to fantasize and speculate about the upcoming Louisiana Basketball History museum in the Smoothie Kind Center. Stream the podcast right here at Bourbon Street Shots (look to the right!), right here on It’s New Orleans, Stitcher, or subscribe on iTunes.
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Mining the Numbers: Pumping the Brakes on Davis
Alright guys, it’s time for a reality check. I know it’s hot and sexy to see boundless potential for the upcoming season, and I’ve heard a lot of reasons why: Alvin Gentry is going to implement a system that turns Eric Gordon into Eric Gordon, and Darren Erman will make Omer Asik into Dikembe freakin’ Motumbo! […]
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Alvin Gentry Observations from :07 Seconds or Less
While this Jack McCallum book was published way, way back in 2007 (back when New Orleans gave Morris Peterson 4 years 23 million) it’s an addicting read of a basketball team that most states not named Arizona don’t bother banking in the memory. It’s extra relevant to us, Pelicans fans, as Chief Pelican Alvin Gentry was […]
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Mining the Numbers: Quincy, Cole and Cunningham
Friggin’ Utah. They are always trying to crap all over our parade. First, they aren’t Jazzy. Second, Deron Williams never was, at any point, under any condition, AT ANY TIME, better than Chris Paul. EVER. Now, once again, they have to get all uppity and try to one-up us again. “19-10 in the last 29!!!” […]
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What if New Orleans Beat San Antonio in the 2008 Playoffs?
It’s still a sore subject amongst hypothetical water coolers in New Orleans, so let’s put on our What If Spacesuits and dive into the outer space possibilities that the Pelicans Hornets defeated the Spurs in that dastardly Game 7. Now what? Ryan Schwan joins me for a trip down memory lane. Stream the podcast right here at Bourbon […]
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Breaking Down the New Orleans Pelicans 2015-16 Schedule
While we spend the majority of our time discussing free agent acquisitions like Jason Terry, trade possibilities like Markieff Morris, and re-signings like Norris Cole at this time of year, the truth is that none of those things will likely move the needle this season when it comes to the win column. The Pelicans are a team […]
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Mining the Numbers: The Dark Side of Ryan Anderson
I love me some threes. LOVE Them. It’s partly why I hate the Warriors, because all the threes belong to them. It follows then that I’d love Ryan Anderson . . . and I do. When he was signed for a criminal 8mil per, despite being a restricted free agent, I was a bit like this guy […]