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Patience is paying off for the Pelicans
It remains to be seen if consistency will be sustainable for the rest of the season but the ability to practice patience and not panic is the key to the most recent stretch of success for the New Orleans Pelicans as they have won 5 of their last seven games. It was hard for Pels […]
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Brandon Ingram is filling a void left by Anthony Davis in New Orleans
Another NBA season in New Orleans is underway after much anticipation and fans find themselves in the same situation once again as the best Pelicans player is putting up historic numbers without a significant number in the wins column to show for it. Except what is different about this situation is that very few saw […]
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The Promise of Zion: Summer League Provided Brief Glimpse of Elite Skill
Fans were only treated to a brief glimpse of Zion Williamson as an NBA player now that he has been ruled out for the remainder of NBA Summer League action in Las Vegas, but Friday night was the Hollywood trailer we’ve all been waiting for. Williamson was impressively efficient, producing 11 points in 9 minutes […]
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Chaos A.D.: Draft Night
The New Orleans Pelicans came out of draft night with the franchise cornerstone, cleaner books, and assets. The path David Griffin, Trajan Langdon, and Bensonia envisioned is becoming clearer to us all. The result of draft night is summarized below along with the current assets. As it stands, the Pelicans will go forward with Jrue […]
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The false narrative of Gayle Benson’s interest to sell the Pelicans is somewhere in between ignorant and intentional
“There is no way I am going to sell that team ever,” Pelicans owner Gayle Benson It’s just been a little over a full calendar year since Tom Benson died and current New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson is still having to answer questions about whether or not she will sell her NBA […]
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Paying your own, starting with Randle.
There are two ways a team can decide to operate going into the summer: as a cap space team, or as an over-the-cap team with only exceptions at their disposal. How cap space teams allocate their cap room varies depending upon the goals of an organization, and for all intents and purposes the Pelicans will […]
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Pelicans Maintain Flight Path Despite Rotation Disarray
Photo Credit: Andrew Smith Through 13 games, the Pelicans sit at 7-6 and in a 3-way tie for 9th place in the Western Conference. They are also 10th in the NBA in Net Rating per Cleaning the Glass’ stats database (which removes “garbage time”) at +3.1 points per 100 possessions (6th in the West), and have […]
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Born to Run: Pelicans fly higher than Rockets in season opener
If you are fan of New Orleans sports and you felt confident enough in the Saints that a few months ago you told people not to judge the team by their preseason performances, then you can apply that same rule to the NBA. After going winless in preseason, the Pelicans open the season with a […]
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After postseason success, Pelicans look to keep pushing
The Golden State Warriors shocked the world when they added to their basketball monopoly this offseason by signing All-Star Center DeMarcus Cousins to a one-year, $5.3 million dollar deal, despite having a $40 million, two-year deal previously on the table from the New Orleans Pelicans. The West is wild. Shortly after, the world would come […]
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Despite Hawks loss, recent stretch of games prove Pelicans still deserve your support
On January 1, The Advocate published an op-ed by New Orleans Pelicans beat writer Scott Kushner that explained why fans of the franchise deserved better than what has currently been offered. Considering that the Pelicans have only won one playoff series in the last 15 years, and have displayed nothing but inconsistency since adopting their […]
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From scrub to sub: Pelicans’ Darius Miller is a bench weapon
As if he were the protagonist in an ancient epic, small Forward Darius Miller was released from the New Orleans Pelicans on November 30, 2014 and has now emerged as a top reserve player in his first season back with the team that let him go. Miller struggled to crack into the rotation in his […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 225: Eastern Conference Preview Part 1
Michael and I spend the first part of the podcast talking about Asik and Ajinca’s injuries and the impact, and then we get into previewing the Eastern Conference! We group the teams into tiers, and I quickly find I hate the Eastern Conference a lot more than Michael does. Part 2 will follow this weekend. […]
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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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In the NO Podcast 194: Davis Triumphant, Gordon not
Michael and I give our first game reviews of the season, blasting through what we’ve seen from the team. We spend time on Asik, Evans, Rivers, Anderson, and, of course Gordon. And we spend very little time on the unbelievably amazing Anthony Davis. I mean, what is there left to say? MVP? Then we preview […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 173: Anthony Davis turning into a Monster
Michael and I don’t sing the praises about Anthony Davis enough. Well, we do it for a while tonight. The guy is amazing. We also talk Tyreke, the total lack of any defense played against Los Angeles, poke our usual fun at Monty’s rotations, and then are shocked at the rotations we like showing up […]
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Clippers bury Pelicans under the Three Ball
Well, the Clippers certainly do have a high-octane offense. Paul still can get wherever he wants, and he can hit from midrange whenever he feels its his time. Still, the Pelicans could have handled that if they had slowed the rest of the Clippers. It didn’t turn out that way. The Pelicans would go on little […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep. 171: Fire Monty?
Michael and I address all the losing and the fact he’s joined the Fire Monty club. How hot should Monty Williams seat be? We also spend some time on Carmelo in the Knicks game, and a bit of time on Tyreke Evans and if he’s worth his contract, as well as rank the various Pelican […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 169: Evans wants a Role
Michael and I cringe about the Brooklyn game (Why do we always do podcasts after losses?) talk about all the good stuff we saw in the previous game, and then focus on Tyreke Evans’ comments about not knowing his role with the team. Michael also semi-apologizes to Brian Roberts, we both take turn grumbling about […]
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Pelicans drop threes to take down Timberwolves
Through three quarters, the Pelicans were being grinded slowly to death by the Timber wolves defense. When they got into the paint, the shots they get were tough or just plain bad. They had trouble keeping their dribble alive as the Timberwolves simply packed the paint, denying easy shots at the rim. On the opposite […]
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Game On: Timberwolves @ Pelicans
It seems like the Pelicans have played the Wolves frequently – but each time neither team has fielded the same team. The Pelicans didn’t have the Unibrow for the first game and was missing most of the team for the second tiff, starting Roberts, Gordon, Aminu, Stiemsma and Ajinca in perhaps the worst starting line-up […]