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Earlier this summer, New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin said point guard Jrue Holiday could win the MVP award next season. Griffin said Holiday can have a similar MVP campaign like Steve Nash, who won back-to-back MVP awards with the Phoenix Suns. With Anthony Davis gone, the Pelicans are officially […]

CLUTCH Summary: New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson is a player everyone wants to see in the Slam Dunk Contest. Many fans have grown tired of the Slam Dunk Contest over the years, especially with the lack of star players being involved. Williamson enters the NBA as the most hyped player since LeBron James, specifically […]

Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart were traded to the New Orleans Pelicans this offseason, but Kyle Kuzma sees it as a blessing in disguise for his former Los Angeles Lakers teammates. The incoming third-year forward, who has remained friends with Ingram, Ball and Hart, told Arash Markazi of the Los Angeles Times that […]

Denver Nuggets rookie Bol Bol appears to be a pretty opinionated individual when it comes to how teams will be shaping up next season. This was a summer to remember, with all the landscape-shifting moves that went down this offseason, and it seems the 19-year-old is well aware of how things stand in the league […]

Summer League started off with a bang for Kevin Knox and the New York Knicks. In a much-anticipated early July matchup in Las Vegas against Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans, the Knicks’ 2018 lottery selection was quickly made mincemeat by the NBA’s first overall pick. Knox was on the wrong end of a […]

Those excited to watch the Lakers and Clippers battle for Los Angeles supremacy won’t have to wait very long to see the first matchup, as those two teams will open up the regular season by going head to head on Oct. 22, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Also getting opening night billing will […]

After signing a lucrative endorsement deal with sneaker brand Jordan, under the Nike umbrella, New Orleans Pelicans power forward Zion Williamson will be getting his own signature shoe sooner rather than later. The wait for Williamson’s signature pair of sneakers may be less than a year, with ESPN’s Nick DePaula reporting the Zion shoe could […]

Zion Williamson is about to embark on one of the most highly anticipated rookie seasons in NBA history. However, it has come with a notion that the big man is locked in to be a star and excel from the get-go. These are unfair and, quite frankly, unrealistic expectations for Williamson to meet as a […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis is set to return to New Orleans on November 27th, a quick return to the franchise that housed him for the first seven years of his career. Sources: Notable superstar return games on 2019-20 NBA schedule: Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard at Toronto: Dec. 11Lakers‘ Anthony Davis at New Orleans: Nov. […]

The NBA’s Christmas Day slate for the 2019-20 campaign has been leaked, and as per usual, we will be treated to five games. So, without a further ado, let’s jump right into the five contests and rank the matchups. 5. New Orleans Pelicans vs. Denver Nuggets Gonna be honest: the intrigue around this one is […]

Not long after his final game at Duke, shoe brands prepared to make their best pitch to soon-to-be No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson, who would land with the New Orleans Pelicans during the 2019 NBA Draft. Puma, which had just resurfaced last season by signing top overall pick Deandre Ayton, along with several familiar […]

New Orleans Pelicans executive vice-president of basketball operations David Griffin expects to be aggressive once the trade deadline comes around, already expecting his team to be a buyer in the market. “People are gonna be like, ‘What the f*** are they doing?’” said Griffin, according to Jake Fischer of Sports Illustrated. “We’re trying to win […]

Although New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has not been in town very long, he has already gotten well-acquainted with the city’s biggest star in New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. Despite what appear to be vast differences between the two, they have already formed quite a bond. According to Brett Martel of The Washington […]

Blake Griffin is among the NBA players who vehemently disagrees with Steve Kerr’s perception of the Anthony Davis saga and how he chose to go about his trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Detroit Pistons forward was infamously traded by the LA Clippers only six months after they sold him on the thought of […]

Atlanta Hawks power forward Jabari Parker has more than a few things in common with New Orleans Pelicans rookie sensation Zion Williamson. Both were highly-recruited from high school, and both guys ended up playing for Duke under the tutelage of the great Mike Krzyzewski. Moreover, both Parker and Williamson were selected very early on in […]

At the ripe age of 34, it’s amazing to think that Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James still remains one of the best players in the game today. However, if you were to ask current New Orleans Pelicans vice president of basketball operations David Griffin — a man who was a firsthand witness to LeBron’s […]

Despite losing their former cornerstone superstar Anthony Davis this summer, New Orleans Pelicans Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin still believes that this is going to be a good year for his team. There is no doubt that the Pelicans took a huge hit when they parted ways with the irreplaceable Davis, but nevertheless, […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry isn’t happy about the fact that NBA players are asking to be traded at a higher frequency. And furthermore, he believes contracts “don’t really mean anything anymore.” Today’s NBA players have a lot more ways to communicate with one another. With the implementation of the internet, cell phones […]

The landscape of the NBA has been rocked with what has been arguably the most action-packed offseason in the history of the league. This summer was perhaps the pinnacle of what has long been coming — a growing ethos in which both players and teams no longer value loyalty as much as they did not […]

Ian Clark, who played the last two seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans, is headed to China to continue his basketball journey. According to Emiliano Carchia of Sportando, the 24-year-old guard has signed with the CBA team Xinjian Flying Tigers. Ian Clark has already signed the contract with CBA team Xinjiang Flying Tigers, I am […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball is hyping up his teammate Josh Hart’s video game skills. Ball spoke about Hart’s pixelated tenacity in a feature on NBA stars’ involvement in esports via Tyler Erzberger in ESPN.com: “The biggest gamer I know personally is Josh Hart,” said Lonzo Ball at PUBG Mobile’s Team Up Superstar […]

New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson has signed a multi-year partnership deal with NBA2K, the company announced on Monday. According to a report from Ryan Ward of ClutchPoints, the former No. 1 overall pick will be integrated in various game initiatives, consumer events, brand creative and social activations. .@NBA2K announced they have signed #Pelicans’ rookie […]

Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett have dreamed of a potential partnership in the pros, and that could have become a reality if New Orleans Pelicans trading up for the No. 3 overall pick to bring the Duke teammates together under one roof. That obviously didn’t happen, as the Pelicans wound up trading the No. 4 […]

The fine designers at 2K and Visual Concepts have been revealing the ratings for the players who will be included in NBA 2K20. Pelicans No. 1 overall draft pick Zion Williamson was given an 81 overall, and he’s more than happy with that score. Williamson, who recently signed a shoe deal with Jordan Brand, sat […]

Zion Williamson sees great potential in new teammate Lonzo Ball, who will have a chance to restart his career in New Orleans with the Pelicans. How high a potential? Williamson thinks he can flourish in a faster pace, even to the point of becoming the best point guard in the league: “That is in his […]

Zion Williamson has high expectations for himself and his team’s first season with a rebuilt squad. The No. 1 overall pick could see the New Orleans Pelicans hitting a ceiling as high as the championship in the near future, but knows that won’t come without its share of hard work: “Me being confident in my […]

The recent departure of Anthony Davis opened the way for No. 1 overall selection Zion Williamson to carve his own legend in The Big Easy, but that big a power comes with its share of responsibility. It didn’t take long for Williamson to face the reality of the NBA and the free-agency process, including questions […]

New Orleans Saints teammates Drew Brees and Alvin Kamara welcomed Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson to training camp on Monday. As part of the honorary visit, Brees put together a bit of a skills challenge: “We’ve got a little combo match here,” Brees said before kicking off the skills contest. “It’s going to involve shooting baskets, […]

An executive who works for the New Orleans Pelicans wants No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson to “work as hard as he can and be a sponge from our veterans.” The Pelicans have surrounded Williamson with three solid veterans in Jrue Holiday, JJ Redick and Derrick Favors. New Orleans GM David Griffin has already said […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Jrue Holiday says his injury woes make summer workouts a lot of fun because “you know exactly why you’re doing it.” Holiday missed the final 15 games of the 2018-19 season due to a core muscle injury which required surgery. The Pelicans’ floor general missed 90 games from 2013 to […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Jrue Holiday was fifth in the NBA last season in minutes per game. He actually led the NBA in minutes played before last year’s All-Star break. Holiday missed the final 15 games of the season due to a core muscle injury which required surgery. With Anthony Davis now on the […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Jrue Holiday plans to organize a mini training camp in August since New Orleans has so many new players on the team. The Pelicans acquired Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart from the Los Angeles Lakers in the Anthony Davis trade, acquired veteran big man Derrick Favors from the […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr received some mixed reactions following his decision to criticize new Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis for the superstar’s unwillingness to see out his contract with the New Orleans Pelicans. Jared Dudley, himself a newcomer to the Lakers, came to the defense of his teammate, saying Davis had […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are not quite ready to hand Zion Williamson the keys to the franchise as a rookie in the league, with executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin still sold on giving veteran star Jrue Holiday the reins for the time being, as he first said in his post-draft press conference. […]

An opposing NBA executive believes that the New Orleans Pelicans can make the playoffs in the upcoming season. Per Keith P. Smith of Real GM, an unnamed NBA executive shared his thoughts on the new-look Pelicans, noting that they got a pretty good haul after trading away Anthony Davis. For him, the Pelicans have lots […]

For months now, NBA personnel have been attempting to find a comparison for New Orleans Pelicans rookie and 2019 No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson. Blessed with a unique combination of strength, speed and dynamic athleticism, Williamson is a physical specimen unlike any that the league has seen before. While some have compared him to […]

Zion Williamson barely played one half of basketball during the 2019 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. For some analysts, this is reason for concern. After Williamson suffered a bruised knee in his first exhibition with the New Orleans Pelicans, his former coach–Mike Krzyzewski–indicated that Williamson likely should not have suited up at all. The […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will be entering this upcoming season with what many may consider to be somewhat of a contingency lineup. They took their shot (and failed) on Kawhi Leonard, and in truth, it’s hard to blame them for giving it a go. However, the problem is that in the process, the Lakers missed […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo Ball has reportedly sold Big Baller Brand’s distribution warehouse in Los Angeles, according to a report by the LA Times’ Neal Leitereg. The 14,635-square-foot building was used as a distribution center for Big Baller Brand, a clothing and footwear company launched in 2016 by Ball’s father, LaVar Ball. Lonzo […]