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One of the main 2024 NBA Draft storylines concerns LeBron James and Bronny James, but every prospect has the same story. No matter who your father is, every NBA dream is stacked against longshot odds. New Orleans native Latrelle Jones is no different in that regard, but the former Nicholls State star has spent the […]

The actual playing of games is all over for every NBA team except the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics. Most of those organizations know what they will be working with as a core to start next season, though, especially those with NBA Finals aspirations. The New Orleans Pelicans are among those playoff contenders largely thanks […]

The NBA Finals are still being contested but every other team is focused on next season. The executive and coaching carousels are starting to spin with a bit more speed now that UConn’s Dan Hurley has shunned the Los Angeles Lakers. The New Orleans Pelicans have been one of the most affected franchises in this […]

Every front office in the league besides the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics is 100% focused on the 2024 NBA Draft. They are not all operating from the same positions of strength, however. The San Antonio Spurs have four picks coming this June while others like the New Orleans Pelicans are working with a single […]

No matter who you think is going where during the NBA Draft, you will always be wrong because trades always cause a domino effect. In a weaker draft compared to previous years, one would think teams wouldn’t be as inclined to move up and down the draft board on June 26. However, that won’t be […]

Every relationship whether personal or professional goes through ebbs and flows. Honest analysis and compromising when necessary are just two elements to those partnerships surviving the toughest times. Even when things are going well, one party might be more internally motivated or influenced by outside factors than the other. There’s always a give and take […]

There are plenty of fires stoked and smokescreens created in the weeks before the NBA Draft. Intriguing details to seemingly enticing offers are trickled out by agents and front offices only for the full details that killed the deal to be revealed years later. Some of those scenarios go actually come to fruition, though, leading […]

Every organization is scrambling for the last scraps of information on the 2024 NBA Draft class leading up to the June 26-27 event. The NBA Draft Combine was the first chance front offices got a hands-on look at the prospects but pre-draft workout season is now in full swing. Tulane’s Kevin Cross Jr. has been […]

The NBA Finals are in full swing and the Boston Celtics have a 1-0 advantage over the underdog Dallas Mavericks. The play on the court this time of year usually gets all of the attention, but NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was stuck in the unenviable spot of trying to spin what might be the end […]

NBA 2K24 players can pick up a free Dark Matter Brandon Ingram for a limited time in MyTEAM. For the next six weeks, you can grind your way to unlocking the Pelicans’ Small Forward, and 2nd overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft. While Ingram hasn’t quite wowed the league since he started, he had […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have been very hit-and-miss with their draft picks since EVP David Griffin took charge of the organization. Trey Murphy III, Herb Jones, and Jose Alvarado have boosted the team’s ceiling. Players like Kira Lewis Jr., Jaxson Hayes, and Didi Louzada were sent packing for next to nothing in return. Others, like […]

The New Orleans Pelicans face a critical offseason decision regarding their frontcourt situation. Replacing the on-court production of Jonas Valanciunas, last season’s starting center, has to be one of the top priorities. Valanciunas was a force in the paint, providing steady scoring, offense-facilitating passes, rebounding, and more rim protection than most perceive. However, the Pelicans […]

The 2024 NBA Finals have yet to kick off, but the league has announced a fresh start on the broadcasting side. The NBA’s new TV deal, which was announced on Wednesday, will bring in around $76 billion to be split among the franchises and their players. This explosion in revenue is a defining moment for […]

“You are either all the way in or all the way out. There is no in-between.” Those were EVP David Griffin’s words after coming on to lead the New Orleans Pelicans. They were addressed to Anthony Davis in 2019 but apply to the front office now. Most of the team’s trade chatter concerns Brandon Ingram […]

There are two types of NBA players according to one particular scouting trope. In one box are the 82-game regular season guys and in the other are 16-game playoff-ready contributors. Some All-NBA talents have a reputation for waiting until the NBA Playoffs begin to ramp up their efforts. Jimmy Butler can get away with that […]

The NBA Draft tips off on June 24 but the New Orleans Pelicans were on the clock regarding a 2024 pick from the Los Angeles Lakers. The Pelicans could have either kept the 17th overall pick from the Lakers or deferred the last draft asset remaining from the Anthony Davis deal to 2025. The consensus […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are coming off their second-best record in franchise history at 49 wins, and most since they rebranded themselves as the Pelicans. For the most part, they managed to stay healthy until the very end of the season when Zion Williamson went down during the team’s play-in game against the Los Angeles […]

The Los Angeles Lakers ended their 2023-24 season with a first-round playoff loss to the Denver Nuggets. Los Angeles is revamping their roster in hopes of future improvement. Anthony Davis, the star center who came to LA via trade in 2019, is at the center of discussions before the NBA Draft but not as a […]

There are only two teams with their NBA Finals title hopes still alive. Everyone else is watching from home and waiting for the 2024 NBA Draft. Well, not waiting exactly. The NBA Combine has wrapped up but the private pre=draft workout season has just begun. The New Orleans Pelicans have been linked with a few […]

As the NBA class of 2024 begins taking part in private workouts ahead of the draft, the class of 2023 is already going into a contract year. Only the first two seasons of a player’s first NBA contract are guaranteed. Now, Jordan Hawkins will have his third-year option picked up, there is no doubt. However, […]

Where is Karl-Anthony Towns going to end up this offseason if he does not return to Minnesota? There are a few trade options to make. He recently signed a contract extension last summer, but the Timberwolves could decide that they have had enough and want to go in a different direction and trade Karl-Anthony Towns. […]

The New Orleans Pelicans do not have the first pick in the 2024 NBA Draft but the front office is definitely on the clock. EVP David Griffin is under pressure to build a contender around Zion Williamson. By most accounts that roster revamp starts with finding a point guard and a big man to replace […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were swept out of the NBA Playoffs after barely surviving the NBA Play-In Tournament gauntlet without Zion Williamson. The Philadelphia 76ers lasted six games with a hobbled Joel Embiid against the New York Knicks. The Minnesota Timberwolves are on the brink of elimination in a Western Conference Finals series against the […]

The New Orleans Pelicans entered the 2023-24 NBA season with high hopes and a roster brimming with talent. The combination of young stars like Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram, along with a solid supporting cast, had fans thinking about a deep playoff run. However, despite a promising start, the Pelicans found themselves ousted in the […]

Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks are currently coming off of what was a disastrous 2023-24 season that culminated in a Play-In game loss to the Chicago Bulls in April. While Young continued to put up excellent statistics and earned another All-Star nod this year, the Hawks as a whole were the victims of an […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were seen as a team in a state of limbo entering the 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament. A handful of big wins have raised the stakes this offseason as the Pelicans look to improve upon their first round exit from the 2024 NBA Playoffs at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder. […]

Just days after Trajon Langdon departed for the Detroit Pistons, the New Orleans Pelicans have found his replacement – promoting Bryson Graham to general manager, per Adam Spolane of Sports Radio 610: “Source tells  @SportsRadio610 the New Orleans Pelicans are promoting Bryson Graham to general manager. Graham worked his way up from intern to assistant […]

Where is Jarrett Allen going to end up this offseason if he does not return to the Cavaliers? There are a few trade options available to him. Allen was a big factor in the Cavaliers’ success this past season, especially on defense. He averaged 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds per game, 2.7 assists per game, and 63.4% from the field. He also averaged […]

For years, Zion Williamson has been criticized as a result of his fitness levels and overall health. Entering the 2023-24 season, he had played in just about 50 percent of the New Orleans Pelicans’ games since being drafted first overall in 2019. That is why Zion playing 70 games during the 2023-24 season is a […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have been prioritizing having high-character human beings in the team since EVP David Griffin took over the organization’s leading role. Bringing in CJ McCollum to steady a young, inexperienced locker room was part of that process. After a few years in town, it’s safe to say that investment by the team […]

Smart front offices find ways to squeeze every drop of value out of every single asset that passes through the building. It is the only way for small-market teams allergic to the luxury tax to stay competitive. The New Orleans Pelicans are getting squeezed out of the Western Conference’s top-six conversation by the day though. […]

The NBA Draft Combine is a wrap and the postseason is down to the final four teams. Every other franchise is scheduling private workouts and starting to push for information to use in the trade market. The New Orleans Pelicans are in the middle of action with many league media members assuming Brandon Ingram will […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are holders of the 2024 NBA Draft’s 21st overall pick but the front office is most assuredly on the clock. The Western Conference is wide open for all takers next season and Zion Williamson will be back for another run. The front office is operating with an urgency to improve according […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were swept out of the NBA Playoffs largely due to injuries, sure. Brandon Ingram was not quite at 100% when returning from a knee issue suffered a month before the postseason tipped off. Zion Williamson went days just days before a possible NBA Playoffs debut, pulling up with a hamstring problem […]

The Sacramento Kings already have one obviously talented yet objectively limited seven-foot center from Lithuania on the roster. Would pairing franchise stalwart Domantas Sabonis with fellow countryman Jonas Valanciunas this summer really be an optimal move for Sacramento? Let’s just say the oddsmakers in Vegas don’t share your skepticism. As Valanciunas’ foray into free agency […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are expected to be one of the teams that helps dictate the flow of the 2024 NBA offseason. After all, wholesale changes may be coming to the Cavs after an inescapable sense of disappointment appears to be plaguing the franchise at the moment. And the New Orleans Pelicans are among the teams […]

The Chicago-based combine has produced a few storylines to follow before the 2024 NBA Draft (June 26-27) decides where the newest batch of prospects will start their professional adventures. The fates of many soon-to-be draftees depend largely on the trade market brewing up for All-Stars like Brandon Ingram. The New Orleans Pelicans may not have […]

Neither the New Orleans Pelicans nor the Cleveland Cavaliers finished the season the way they wanted to. Both teams entered this season with lofty expectations for their young cores but fell flat in the playoffs. The Pelicans barely even made the postseason before getting swept by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round. The […]

After the Cleveland Cavaliers exit in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, there was one glaring piece that was missing in the latter part of their playoff run. Jarrett Allen sustained a rib injury in Game 4 of their Round 1 series causing him to miss the last eight contests of the postseason. Furthermore, there were some […]