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Pelicans Sign Jerome Jordan
The Pelicans announced today that they signed center Jerome Jordan to a contract, which brings the Pelicans roster total to 19. The terms of the deal have not yet been released, though Marc Spears tweeted yesterday that it was a “make-good” contract. In other words, the deal is probably at best partially guaranteed, but it […]
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Pelicans Continue to Install New System Against Hawks
The New Orleans Pelicans lost a preseason game to the Atlanta Hawks Friday night, 93-103. As with most preseason games, the loss does not matter in terms of predicting measuring regular season performance because so many minutes were assigned to players who would not normally get minutes, even if they stay on the team. Here […]
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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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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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A View from the Outside — Truehoop
((In order to give some perspective on the franchise from the outside, I had a short discussion with Eric Goldwein of Hoop 76. Eric is Hoop76’s founder and editor-in-chief. You can follow him on Twitter @ericgoldwein. His work has been featured on TrueHoop, the Slate/Deadspin NFL roundtable and Yahoo’s ThePostGame.)) Jason: Eric, our teams have […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Free Agency and the Tax
The New Orleans Pelicans have had a busy start to the new season without creating much of a new look. The team replaced Monty Williams and at least some of his staff with Alvin Gentry and new assistants, but thee have not placed any players under contract yet who were not under contract last season […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Reportedly Bringing Back Omer Asik
The New Orleans Pelicans have reportedly agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent center, Omer Asik. The contract is for 5 years with an aggregate total value of around $58,000,000, along with incentives throughout and some non-guaranteed money in the final year. General Notes Asik was acquired by the Pelicans for a first round pick […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Likely Will Operate Over the Salary Cap
For the first time in a number of year, the New Orleans Pelicans will likely operate above the salary cap for the entire season. I know what you are saying: The Pelicans have been above the cap. You guys just got finished telling me how much Benson spent last season, and it was well over […]
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Not Yet a Succession Success
Yesterday, an important ruling was handed down in a legal case with enormous implications for the New Orleans Pelicans, New Orleans Saints, and the rest of Tom Benson’s Empire. The ruling denied the attempt to declare Tom Benson incapable of running his various business entities. This denial, however, does nothing but keep the succession battle […]
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Pedal to the Metal?
Update: Gentry is the hire. More below. The New Orleans Pelicans fired Monty Williams as Head Coach a couple of weeks ago now. I admit that I was caught by surprised by move. I’ve thought about the firing and the enduing coaching search for a bit now, and I wanted to give my thoughts. Looking […]
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The New Orleans Pelicans’ 2014-2015 Season Is Over
After the downs and ups and downs, the 2014-2015 Season of the New Orleans Pelicans is over. The 109-98 loss to the Golden State Warriors completes the sweep by the exceptional Warriors. I could dissect the game ad infinitum, but Chris has given a good feel of the game anyway, and there’s just not too […]
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Pelicans-Warriors Game 4 Preview: Johnny Chan
“Don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched” -Someone, somewhere, probably talking about a Pelicans game I got lost in the moment on Thursday night. I was bedazzled. The Pelicans were up 20 points against the best team in the NBA. The defense looked great. The offense looked great. The New Orleans basketball scene was resurrecting before our […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 216: Warriors in the Blender
We talk over game 2, addressing some bad play by Anderson and Ajinca, Jrue’s injury, and Anthony Davis playing 45 minutes and if that was a mistake. All that, plus Tyreke Evans playing hurt, Gordon being an amazing shooter, Cole being weird, and our predictions for game 3. Enjoy the Podcast! Want it on Itunes? […]
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Pelicans Battle Tremendously, but Fade Down the Stretch in 97-87 loss to Warriors
If you are not extremely proud of this Pelicans team after watching the game tonight, then stop reading now, because you must be on the wrong team’s website. For 44 out of 48 minutes, this 45 win, 8th seed New Orleans team battled the 67 win, league-best Warriors to practically a draw (88-86). For the last four minutes, a lack of experience, […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 215: On to Game 2
Michael and I talk about what we saw in Game 1 – including what we would like to see exploited, what we would like to see less of, and who our game-time heroes were. We then make predictions for game 2! Enjoy the Podcast! Want it on Itunes? Direct download? RSS Feed? Like the Show […]
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Weakside Eyes: Facing the Warriors
Straight away, Anthony Davis must have a superb series or the Pelicans will find them themselves gasping versus a Golden State team that leads the NBA in pace. GS soars and stretches you both North – South & East – West . . . superb spacing blessed with superior firepower. Davis will be now introduced […]
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In the NO Podcast Ep 214: The Warriors Await
We talk Spurs, then we talk Warriors. The fire-eyed maid of smoky war All hot and bleeding will we offer them. Enjoy the Podcast! Want it on Itunes? Direct download? RSS Feed? Like the Show or the Blog? Follow @BourbonStShots
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Pelicans return to the Post Season by ending Spurs Win Streak
Every team that makes the leap has a few moments you can look back on and remember clearly. Games or moments that tested their mettle and honed them rather than broke them. I can’t predict the future – I thought we were experiencing this back in 2007. This could go that way and be soured – […]
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Game On: Spurs @ Pelicans
Most of the time when I break out one of these game previews, an opponent has a few glaring issues that the Pelicans could attack in particular – A team that can’t protect the boards that can be eaten by the Pelican’s glass dominance, or a team that relies on turnovers for cheap points can […]