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SF Prospect: Al-Farouq Aminu (Signed)
Update: Reports are that Aminu has signed a 1 year deal with the New Orleans Pelicans for $3.7m. It is perhaps the maximum they could offer him, $3,749,601, the value of his declined option. New Orleans Pelicans fans, at least the ones that were here before the Holiday and Evans trades, will be quite familiar […]
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New Orleans Pelicans to Acquire Tyreke Evans
New Orleans Pelicans and Tyreke Evans Sacramento Bee writers are reporting that the New Orleans Pelicans and the Sacramento Kings have agreed on a sign-and-trade deal for Tyreke Evans, as expected and noted last evening. The Pelicans will be sending last season’s starting center, Robin Lopez, and starting point guard, NBA’s Most Improved Player Award […]
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How to Watch New Orleans Pelicans Free Agency
Free Agency is normally a time of excitement for teams with a enough cap space to land a difference-maker, as the New Orleans Pelicans do. Many fans even enjoy, at least on some level, watching other teams’ moves as they reshape the NBA. With Dell Demps at the helm, this gets taken to a higher […]
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Free Agency is a sideshow: Anthony Davis will be a Superstar
With all the craziness about the draft and the opening of Free Agency, I wanted to make us all step back and remind everyone of one thing. Anthony Davis is the present and future of the Pelicans. It is not the guys we traded for, the guys we sign this summer, or the guys we […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 142: The New Orleans Pelicans Free Agency Targets
Michael and I get together as Free Agency officially begins to talk about the reported prime targets of the New Orleans Pelicans: Kevin Martin, Andre Igoudala, Tyreke Evans and Chase Budinger. We talk about each, how we feel they’d fit with the team, salary possibilities, and what other free agents we like for the squad. […]
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Taking a Holiday
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies This is the dawning of the rest of our lives On holiday — Green Day, Holiday New Orleans Pelicans News The biggest news of the week is the trading of Nerlens Noel, drafted with the sixth pick, along with a protected first round pick in […]
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SF Prospect: Martell Webster
The Basics Height: 6-7 Wingspan: 6-11 Weight: 230 Experience: 8 years (Age: 26) Teams: Trailblazers, Wolves (sorta), Wizards Quick Hits Excellent Shooter Can put the ball on the floor to escape Has never been handed big minutes Average Defender His Offensive Game Once the draft target that got the Trailblazers to pass over Chris Paul […]
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New Orleans Pelicans Court Design Revealed July 1
Update: The court and more now at pelicans.com New Orleans Pelicans Press Release: The New Orleans Pelicans will debut the first ever rebranded New Orleans Arena court design for the upcoming 2013-14 season tomorrow, July 1 at Pelicans.com. Fans can visit the team’s website starting at 6:00 a.m. to get a sneak peak at the […]
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SF Prospect: Chris Copeland
The Basics Height: 6’8″ Weight: 225 NBA Experience: 1 year (age 29) Teams: New York Knicks, NBDL, Euro Quick Hits Great from deep Decent Finisher at the rim Defense is poor Not clearly a power forward or small forward High professional character Offense Copeland was 14th in the NBA last season in 3P% among players […]
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A Detailed Look at the Market for Greivis Vasquez
As much as we loved Greivis Vasquez giving his all for the New Orleans Pelicans last year, the writing appears to be on the wall for the league’s Most Improved Player runner-up. Greivis Vasquez will be moved at some point this summer. With the trade for Jrue Holiday and the selection of Pierre Jackson, combined […]
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SF Prospect: Chase Budinger
Photo Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-US PRESSWIRE The Basics Height: 6-7 Wingspan: 6-7 Weight: 218 Experience: 4 years Teams: Rockets, Timberwolves Quick Hits Lives on the 3 point line on offense Has never started the majority of his games Once a high-flying athlete. Has his knee healed? Good defender His Offensive Game Budinger’s offense stems from his […]
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Quick New Orleans Pelicans Salary Cap Room Analysis: Jrue Holiday
The Draft Night Jrue Holiday trade the New Orleans Pelicans participated in will affect their vaunted Cap Space, clearly. With the Free Agency negotiations starting on July 1 and deals commencing on July 10, it is imperative to know the Cap situation going into that mess, as if the NBA Cap is ever not a […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 141: Pelicans trade for Jrue Holiday during NBA Draft
Michael and I get together to talk the aftermath of a crazy NBA draft. We talk Nerlens Noel, the value of that 2014 draft pick, Jrue Holiday and Pierre Jackson. Then we consider the salary cap implications, what the trade means for Vasquez, what Demps is signalling to all of us about his plans for […]
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The Bourbon Street Shots NBA Draft Big Board
Presenting the Bourbon Street Shots Writer’s Big Board for the New Orleans Pelicans Names in red indicate a Tier 1 Prospect. Names in blue are a Tier 2 Prospect, and Tier 3 are in green. The Tiers mean the writers don’t see a tremendous difference between the guys in a tier, and that they […]
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Sixth Pick Tournament Finals: Otto Porter, Jr. vs. Alex Len vs. Ben McLemore
The New Orleans Pelicans are just minutes away from going on the clock in the 2013 NBA Draft, and it looks like Alex Len, Ben McLemore, and Otto Porter are still on the board. That is the premise our writers are working with in this final piece of the Sixth Pick Tournament. You, the readers, […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 140, Part 2: Amin Elhassan on NBA Draft and Pelicans
Amin Elhassan, former Assistant director of Basketball Operations for the Suns and current ESPN writer joins us to talk about the Draft, some of the players we hate and love, general drafting philosophies and what advanced analytics really means for the NBA. Take a listen, he had me questioning my analysis. Ah, ignorance, why must […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 140, Part 1: NBA Draft Big Boards for the Pelicans
Michael and I debate our top ten guys – and unsurprisingly, have some pretty big differences. Particularly, my board is right, and his isn’t. We also talk rumors about McLemore and/or Oladipo falling, Chad Ford not putting anyone into Tier’s 1 and 2 in this draft, and generally what we think most of the rumors […]
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Despite the Best Intentions
Where the sky begins the horizon ends Despite the best intentions And a big ol’ man goes up for sale He becomes his own invention Oh the days go slow into the changing season Oh bought and sold for all the wrong reasons Oh down they go for all the wrong reasons — Tom Petty […]
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In the NO Podcast Episode 139: Gerry V, the Finals, Draft Workouts
Gerry V joins Ryan and Michael to talk about the Finals, what the team can take away from these games, and what they need to be looking for this off-season. Then Ryan and Michael talk about the workouts that have happened so far, the strange lack of Eric Gordon’s name in the team’s draft press […]
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New Orleans: Keystone of (Team) USA
I live in America I live in America You may not be looking for the promise land But you might find it anyway Under one of those old familiar names Like New Orleans, Detroit City, Dallas, Pittsburg P.A. New York City, Kansas City, Atlanta, Chicago, and L.A. — James Brown, Living in America News In […]