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In the NO Podcast Ep 195: No Gordon, No Asik, No Problem?
Michael and I talk about . . . 43 points! INJURIES?!? OMG!!!! What do we do!!! Or – we break down no less than 6 games and give a brief preview of the week to come. We talk everything – replacements for Gordon, the weakness of the bench, whether Tyreke is never going to hit […]
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Pelicans get the Win, and AD gets a new Career High
This game felt strange. It wasn’t something in particular. Just everything about it felt odd. First off, the Pelicans didn’t have their own guys broadcasting the game. If you got anything, you got the Utah broadcast. Then, it was a late west coast game on a Saturday night in November. There is never a lot of […]
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Pelicans at Jazz Open Thread
Hey Pels fans! Sorry to get this up so late. There was a misunderstanding on my part. The Pelicans (6-5) take on the Jazz (5-8) tonight. Again, we will be missing Asik. Let us know your thoughts on the Pelicans and the game in the comments below.
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On the Fly v 1.0: Welcome!
Welcome to On the Fly, Bourbon Street Shots’ new podcast. At the site, we are always trying to find new, creative ways to cover the New Orleans Pelicans.. and after a lot of conversations, Jake and I stumbled upon the idea of a new podcast. The premise of the podcast is simple- we bring […]
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Observations: Pelicans at Nuggets
The Pelicans did something new every quarter tonight. Each quarter, they lost in a slightly different way. In the first, after racing out to a quick lead, they decided they wanted to turn the ball over more than they ever had. In the second, the deployed an offense that consisted of pick and rolls that […]
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Pelicans at Nuggets Open Thread
The 6-4 New Orleans Pelicans continue their road trip out West against the Denver Nuggets, who currently sit at 4-7 on the season. The Nuggets have won their last 2 and hope to capitalize on their momentum after an abysmal start to the season. Questions 1) Ty Lawson had an absolutely dominant stat line last […]
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Anthony Davis: Destroyer of the Basketball-Reference Play Index
The Pelicans are now 10 games into the 82-game NBA season, sitting at 6-4 after splitting a road back-to-back in Portland and Sacramento. The biggest single contributor to New Orleans’ winning record, of course, is the incredible play of Anthony Davis. While trying to measure just how great he has been so far, we can point to lots of raw […]
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The Perfect Pelicans Pick-and-Roll
I like to keep up, as best I can, with everything going on in the NBA. Like most of the writers at BSS, I’m not just a fan of the Pelicans. I’m a fan of the game. One thing I’ve been hearing recently from national commentators is that this Pelicans offense isn’t nearly as good […]
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Moleskin Moments: New Orleans Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings 11.18
Monday night’s heartbreaker is the kind of loss that, as a fan, you have nightmares about. The kind of game you overthink about the implications of despite the fact that it’s only November. So coming into Sacramento to play the Kings on the second night of a back-to-back, the Pelicans were hoping to bounce back. […]
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New Orleans Pelicans @ Sacramento Kings: Open Thread
The New Orleans Pelicans tip against the Sacramento Kings tonight at 9:00 CT, and the game is in Sacramento. The game is on 105.3 FM, Fox Sports New Orleans, and NBA TV. The Kings are 6-4 while the Pelicans are 5-4. The Pelicans are clearly coming off a horrendous loss in Portland following a total […]
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Weakside Eyes: Reviewing the Anthony Davis (Audio)
Gerry talks about Anthony Davis, his improvement, and looks at the Spurs game for some examples. V on Davis’ Improvement V on Davis in the Spurs Game Gerry V is a 21-year NBA analyst, 17-year talk radio host, a 16-year coach . . . also hosts “News Talk” on 99.5 FM WRNO New Orleans 5 […]
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Observations: Pelicans @ Blazers
For the second time this season, the Pelicans held all the cards through the first three quarters – and then sputtered in the fourth and lost the game. Really – the Blazers didn’t change their defense much – it’s just that the Pelican guards started missing. I mentioned in the game preview that the Blazers […]
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Game On: Pelicans @ Trailblazers
I’m hoping Aldridge shows up for this game since he’s listed Day to Day. While that would make the game somewhat more difficult than otherwise, I currently have two Pelican plays I enjoy more than any other – A Ryan Anderson step back three – and Anthony Davis blocking shots that no other player in […]
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Stats v 1.0: The Starting Five
Stats are fun. And though the season is young, some patterns are starting to emerge for the Pelicans, particularly in the starting unit. So I decided to put together a couple of stats that I found interesting and provide a little explanation as to why I found them interesting or what seems to be causing them. […]
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In Search of an Eighth Man for the New Orleans Pelicans
Prior to the season starting, our own Mason Ginsberg wondered whether a 7th man would emerge. Austin Rivers clearly has, but unfortunately there is still a gaping hole on the wing and ideally it will get plugged up as the Pelicans race towards a playoff spot in the competitive Western Conference. Some may say that […]
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Tyreke Evans and Small Sample Sizes
I’ve been known to get a little salty about how NBA fans, especially those of the Twitter variety, talk about and use statistics. I am by no means a statistics expert, but I’ve studied it enough to know that often what we refer to as “statistics”, as basketball fans, is just arithmetic. But that is […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Set Records Against the Timberwolves
Good teams defeat the teams that they should beat; great teams demolish them. After playing a terrible final four minutes against the Lakers on Wednesday, it was clear that they were not going to let up off the gas if they got a big lead tonight. The lead became double digits early on, then hit twenty […]
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Timberwolves at Pelicans Open Thread
The New Orleans Pelicans take on the Minnesota Timberwolves tonight, who will be without Ricky Rubio (injury) and Thad Young (passing of mother.. prayers to Young and his family). The Pelicans enter tonight with a 4-3 record and the Timberwolves are currently 2-5. Questions for tonight: 1) Nikola Pekovic is a bear in the paint.. […]
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Observations on Pelicans v Lakers
109-102 is the final score. Looked at without context, that’s probably a bit disappointing. The Pelicans are trying to be hot stuff, and the Lakers are simply an incubator for lots of shots from Kobe. The Pels should rock that team. Well they did. Until the last five minutes of the game the Pelicans were […]
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Game On: Lakers @ Pelicans
The Lakers come rolling into town tonight to take on the Pelicans in the hopes of grabbing their second win of the season. So far, despite a torrent of moderately ineffective field goal attempts from Kobe, the Lakers have executed a team-wide commitment to attacking the basket, earning them a league average offense. 28 free throw attempts per […]