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After putting away the pesky Detroit Pistons 128-121, the Cleveland Cavaliers are on the road to face the Memphis Grizzlies in the second game of a back-to-back. Memphis is banged up, bloodied, and bruised heading into this matchup. The Grizzlies will be without Steven Adams (knee), Desmond Bane (ankle), Brandon Clarke (Achilles), Luke Kennard (knee), […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were going into their third road game in four nights without a two-time NBA All-Star and one of the most respective defensive stoppers in the league. The visitors had neither Zion Williamson nor Herb Jones against the Houston Rockets but still came out ahead 110-99. Willie Green’s locker room gave most […]

The NBA’s February 8th trade deadline is just a week away and a couple big deals have already been made. OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam found new basketball zip codes so the Toronto Raptors can fanally jumpstart are rebuild. The New Orleans Pelicans got in on that early action, too, sending former lottery pick Kira […]

The New Orleans Pelicans take on the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. Unfortunately, they will be without the services of star forward Zion Williamson. Williamson was initially downgraded to questionable before being ruled out by the Pelicans as he deals with a left foot injury: Herb Jones (right adductor soreness) and Zion Williamson (left foot […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have eight games remaining before going into the NBA All-Star break but the franchise finds itself in a familiar position. The franchise is once again fighting to get above the NBA Play-In Tournament’s cutoff line as the Western Conference playoff race takes shape. The standings are starting to sort themselves out, […]

The New Orleans Pelicans started this season with a revamped coaching staff and a clear message to the locker room: look to take more 3-pointers. Now in his third year in charge, Willie Green has to match that strategy with a new directive coaching-wise: play more shooters or risk getting run out of the gym, […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have now lost three consecutive games albeit to three of the best teams in the NBA and are looking to right the ship when they head down south to Houston to take on the Rockets in this Wednesday night showdown. This game will continue our NBA odds series as we hand […]

Brian Scalabrine pulled no punches when calling Monday night’s game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Boston Celtics. The NBC Boston broadcaster, an 11-year veteran sporting an NBA Finals championship ring no less, called out Willie Green’s lineups. It’s not the first time the Pelicans’ lineup decisions have been under the microscope, and it came […]

New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson, after Monday’s 118-112 road loss to the Boston Celtics, shared a heartwarming story about how Jayson Tatum helped him adjust to college life in Durham. Although Williamson and Tatum never played together with the Duke Blue Devils, as the latter went to Duke two years earlier than the former, […]

Mental toughness is hard to define, but it’s apparent in the game of Boston Celtics guard Derrick White. On Monday night against the New Orleans Pelicans, White went 1-for-7 in the first half and missed four shots from beyond the arc. But, instead of fading away in the final frame, White got red hot down […]

Wait, where’d all those draft assets go? The New Orleans Pelicans can be forgiven for not knowing the Milwaukee Bucks have a front office capable of pulling off magic trick trades. Now that Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetoukoumpo have teamed up, Pelicans Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin is getting a raw deal […]

The Boston Celtics have championship aspirations this season, so it’s no surprise that they’re being extra careful with injuries. Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis, who sprained his ankle on Thursday against the Miami Heat, is now questionable for Monday’s matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans. Porzingis didn’t play in Boston’s previous game versus the Los Angeles […]

The New Orleans Pelicans find themselves in a promising position halfway through the 2023-24 NBA season. They boast a commendable record of 26-20. However, to bolster their prospects for a deep playoff run, the team must execute strategic maneuvers at the 2024 NBA trade deadline. The Pelicans’ 2023-24 NBA Season So Far As the season […]

The New Orleans Pelicans go on the road to take on the Boston Celtics Monday night. Below we will continue our NBA odds series with a Pelicans-Celtics prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Pelicans are 26-20 this season, and they have lost three of their last […]

What a difference two games can make in changing the water cooler talk concerning the New Orleans Pelicans. Third-year head coach Willie Green was celebrating a franchise record 153 points in a win over the surprisingly competitive Utah Jazz to start the week. Unfortunately, the Pelicans are now traveling to face the Boston Celtics having […]

It’s time to have a discussion about the state of scoring in the NBA, and let me tell you, I’m very happy that someone as astute and thoughtful as CJ McCollum was one of the first to weigh in during a week when we’ve seen four 60-point performances, including two of the ten 70-point performances […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have been alternating wins and losses over their last few games as they come into this back-to-back when they head out on the road in the first game of their road trip to take on the Milwaukee Bucks in this Saturday night showdown. This game will continue our NBA odds series […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are rolling with the punches and climbing the standings over the last month. They have good reason to confidently chirp at the opponents most nights as Willie Green’s group usually has a lead. The locker room even took a vote to determine the team’s biggest, loudest trash-talker on the team. Unsurprisingly, […]

Third-year head coach Willie Green is getting ‘artistic’ with the rotations a few weeks before the New Orleans Pelicans split for the NBA All-Star break. Switching up what is working for a team 26-18 squad sitting tied for fifth place could ruffle some feathers in some locker rooms. Not in the Smoothie King Center though. […]

The New Orleans Pelicans under third-year head coach Willie Green are in the same spot as last season but have a far brighter outlook. This year’s 26-18 start matches the last but there are a few big differences. First, Zion Williamson and the rest of the Pelicans’ roster are relatively healthy. Secondly, after surviving two […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have 11 games left on the schedule before the NBA All-Star break and that slate is no cakewalk. First is a visit from the Oklahoma City Thunder. Then the Pelicans have eight road games over 17 days with a home date with the Toronto Raptors right in the middle. Willie Green’s […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder hit the road to take on the New Orleans Pelicans Friday night. This game will continue our NBA odds series as we hand out a Thunder-Pelicans prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Thunder are having an excellent season as they are not […]

The February 8 NBA Trade Deadline is just a few weeks away and the New Orleans Pelicans rumor mill is operating at full capacity. For instance, Herb Jones was reportedly being shopped one day and off the table for any negotiations the next. Cutting through the morass and finding a middle ground is difficult but […]

The NBA Trade Deadline is just around the corner and the rumors mills are churning out possible deals, both the practical and the fantastical. The New Orleans Pelicans haven’t been front of center in the trade market but rather have been working the margins looking for possible updates. They’ve already ducked under the NBA’s luxury […]

Willie Green’s New Orleans Pelicans of the past two years were noticeably hamstrung by their lack of three-point shooting. The front office kept the core of the team together this summer but brought in James Borrego to overhaul the offensive approach. The roster remained mostly intact, but everyone knew they’d be tested on two big […]

The New Orleans Pelicans got one of their most impressive wins of the season on Tuesday, catching fire from beyond the arc en route to a 153-124 victory over the Utah Jazz. Zion Williamson was the only Pelicans regular not to take a three-pointer, but his fingerprints were still all over New Orleans’ most potent offensive […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have yet to reach the top spot in the Western Conference like they did last season, but they are holding steady and potentially positioning themselves to peak at the right time. Such a surge, however, hinges on the health and consistency of Zion Williamson. Although he is not enjoying the production […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have a long list of grievances and reasons to play the visiting Utah Jazz with revenge on the mind. First, the Crescent City’s fans want the franchise on the other side of the Rocky Mountains to remove the word Jazz from their vocabulary. More importantly, the Jazz have beaten the Pelicans […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are currently sitting in fifth place in the Western Conference but they’d be battling for the top spot in the standings if not for a few glaring, exploitable weaknesses. Third-year head coach Willie Green broke down what the team has to deal with as this locker room learns to play with […]

The New Orleans Pelicans made an under-the-radar move on Monday when they added a G League scoring machine to the roster, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. “The New Orleans Pelicans are signing G League forward Malcolm Hill on a 10 day contract, sources tell ESPN. Hill has averaged 25.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have had a new look since leaving Las Vegas with an embarrassing 44-point loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on their record. Willie Green’s squad is 13-7 since leaving Sin City and though everyone is deserving of credit, and court time, one player’s return has really allowed the squad to play […]

The Utah Jazz take on the New Orleans Pelicans Tuesday night for the final time during the regular season. Below we will continue our NBA odds series as we hand out a Jazz-Pelicans prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Jazz had their winning streak snapped a […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are getting to enjoy a few extra rest days at home before tackling a tough 12-game slate before the NBA All-Star break. It’s been a welcome reprieve considering the team just spent two weeks on the road and has played one of the league’s toughest first-half schedules. Fortunately, the squad is […]

Rumors about the New Orleans Pelicans’ interest in Cleveland Cavaliers big man Jarrett Allen persist. As the February 8th trade deadline fast approaches, the former All-Star center has reportedly been “commonly associated” with the Pelicans as management scours the league for a long-term option in the middle next to Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram. “Jarrett […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are in the thick of the NBA Western Conference playoff picture, sitting in fifth place with a 25-18 record. Despite this, the Pelicans could be looking to shake things up a little bit as the NBA trade deadline nears. While the team isn’t looking to move off of stars Zion Williamson, […]

Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker took over in the team’s recent victory against the New Orleans Pelicans. Booker recorded 52 points on the night, adding five assists and four rebounds. The trip to New Orleans was important for Booker since it features the closest stadium to the town where he played high school basketball. He […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have a reputation for playing paint-pounding bully ball, but the team is starting to lean more heavily into their three-point barrage battle tactics. It’s working wonders in opening up what was a ‘congested’ offense a few weeks ago. The Pelicans even set a franchise record in Wednesday’s 132-112 win over the […]

Brandon Ingram had a bit of a wacky Wednesday individual stat line in a lopsided 132-112 home win over the Charlotte Hornets, but the New Orleans Pelicans were downright historic shooting from beyond the arc. The cause and effect is obvious. Coach Willie Green’s pairing of Jordan Hawkins and Trey Murphy III has been getting […]

The Phoenix Suns are on the road to take on the New Orleans Pelicans Friday night. Below we will continue our NBA odds series with a Suns-Pelicans prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Suns are 22-18 this season, and they have won their last three games. […]