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New Orleans Pelicans rookie Jordan Hawkins has experienced a whirlwind of an NBA season after just 24 games. He got the first career start just three games into the schedule, sank seven three-pointers (31 points) against the defending champion Denver Nuggets, then poured in 25 points to beat the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA In-Season […]

The New Orleans Pelicans look to win their second game in a row against one of the worst teams in the league, the Washington Wizards. It is time to continue our NBA odds series with a Pelicans-Wizards prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Pelicans nearly made the NBA in-season tournament championship game, as they made it […]

Zion Williamson has been a target of criticism recently, mostly concerning his supposed lack of discipline and conditioning. Enter his teammate and New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard CJ McCollum, who defended the former No. 1 overall pick amid swipes from fans and the media. “They don’t talk about players that aren’t good… If he was […]

Weight has always been the issue with Zion Williamson ever since he entered the New Orleans Pelicans system. His body and quickness look like a far cry from what it used to be when he was still with Duke. One of his most staunch critics is Stephen A Smith. He caught the response of the […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are a tough team to figure out this season. While they have basically their entire core healthy for once and have seen some big offensive performances recently from Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram, the Pels have gone just 4-4 in their last eight games. With some favorable matchups ahead of them, […]

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch said of a December 11 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, “The story was 40 free-throw attempts and 19 of them in the third quarter. I think 28 in the second half. So, a lot of fouling. A lot of foul calls.” That’s just the gameplan Pelicans head coach […]

Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans had one chance to show their home fans an embarrassing loss to the Los Angeles Lakers was a fluke. The team had just gotten home from a 10-day road trip and would be gone for another week after a visit from the Minnesota Timberwolves. They needed a counterpunch […]

Zion Williamson’s weight has been a regular source of issue among New Orleans Pelicans fans. Many think that the former Duke Blue Devils star’s struggles with staying healthy are tied up with his seeming inability to control his weight. Enter former NBA big man Channing Frye, who wondered aloud on X about the idea of […]

New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson has come under fire in recent days for his lack of conditioning. The Pelicans’ disappointing performance in their NBA In-Season Tournament semifinal clash against the Los Angeles Lakers made Williamson quite the convenient lightning rod for criticism, with the likes of Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, and even Stephen A. […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves carried an impressive six-game winning streak into Louisiana as they took on the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. The Timberwolves had a chance to improve to seven straight wins, which would tie their season-best streak. Instead, Minnesota fell short, 107-121, as they were without Anthony Edwards after aggravating his hip injury […]

With the In-Season Tournament in the rearview mirror, the NBA campaign marches on as the Minnesota Timberwolves battle the New Orleans Pelicans in a Western Conference showdown. Join us for our NBA odds series where our Timberwolves-Pelicans prediction and pick will be revealed. Who saw this one coming? After being a fringe playoff team a year […]

Stephen A. Smith didn’t mince words on First Take this morning when talking about Zion Williamson’s diet. Per Smith, sources have told him that chefs love Zion because he “eats the table”. “It is shameful. You got chefs in New Orleans…I’m not exaggerating. I’m quoting people. You got chefs in New Orleans who love him. […]

Nobody could have predicted the first-ever NBA In-Season Tournament being as successful as it was. There was so much chatter about if players would actually compete and if there was enough motivation early on in the season for everyone to care about this in-season tournament, yet here we are wondering how the NBA is going […]

The 2023-24 NBA season is already a quarter of the way gone and, though slightly premature, conversations about awards have started to take shape. The New Orleans Pelicans will be well-represented on the All-Defense team so long as Herb Jones stays healthy. The team also has a dark horse Rookie of the Year candidate who […]

The Crescent City is a frustrated sporting town currently. Practically the whole Gulf South region is agitated sporting-wise. The Saints are dealing with hostile home crowds, Tulane just lost the football program’s best coach following an ugly loss, and LSU lacked a defense to support the most recent Heisman winner. This impatience with underperforming teams […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have had a few days to lick their wounds after a humiliating 133-89 NBA In-Season Tournament semifinal loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Now comes the hard part: a positive response in front of an agitated home crowd. Zion Williamson, Willie Green, and David Griffin’s front office will face Smoothie King […]

Shaquille O’Neal and the New Orleans Pelicans, shocker, aren’t the only ones dismayed by Zion Williamson’s level of conditioning and commitment in wake of his dispiriting performance against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday with a berth to the in-season tournament title game on the line. JJ Redick called out his former teammate […]

It’s been a bumpy season for the New Orleans Pelicans so far. One minute they look unbeatable then they turn around and completely flop. The same can be said for Zion Williamson, as he hasn’t quite looked like the superstar-caliber player the team hoped he would be. Rumors now suggest that he’s ignoring the advice […]

As the saying goes, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” The New Orleans Pelicans should leave whatever that putrid stinker of a performance was during their NBA In-Season Tournament semifinals game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Quite frankly, Zion Williamson and the Pelicans did not deserve to be there. Not after their showing on […]

At the end of the 1st quarter on Thursday night, the New Orleans Pelicans led the Los Angeles Lakers by the score of 30-29. It looked like we were due for a second consecutive nail-biter in the semi-finals of the NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament. And then, in the blink of an eye… The LeBron James-led […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were steamrolled by the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA In-Season Tournament semifinals on Thursday night, falling 133-89 to their inter-conference rivals — and Zion Williamson blamed himself for the loss. “I got to be better,” he explained after the embarrassing defeat, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. “I got to be more […]

In a rather anticlimactic semifinal matchup, The New Orleans Pelicans were blown out of the water by the Los Angeles Lakers. Led by LeBron James, the Lakers advance to the NBA-In Season Tournament finals. As for the Pelicans, their poor showing didn’t sit well with NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, who went after big man Zion […]

It seems Los Angeles Lakers icon and four-time NBA MVP LeBron James is getting better with age. His teammate D’Angelo Russell made that observation following the Lakers’ 133-89 rout of the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA In-Season Tournament on Thursday. D’Angelo Russell marveled at LeBron James, who has shown no signs of slowing down […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are on a quest to win the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament as they take on the New Orleans Pelicans in the quarterfinals on Thursday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The spotlight will undoubtedly be on LeBron James and Anthony Davis as they look to lead the Lakers, who are […]

Zion Williamson took a ‘back seat’ and head coach Willie Green had to experiment with the rotations but the New Orleans Pelicans have made it to Las Vegas. They are one win away from playing for the first-ever NBA In-Season Tournament championship trophy. It’s safe to say they would not be in the position if […]

The New Orleans Pelicans will face the Los Angeles Lakers in the semifinals of the NBA In-Season Tournament in Las Vegas. We’re here to share our NBA odds series, make a Pelicans-Lakers prediction, and pick while showing you how to watch. The Pelicans defeated the Sacramento Kings 127-117 in the quarterfinals of the NBA In-Season […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are set to take on the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday as part of the semi-finals of the NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament. An X-Factor for a Pelicans victory vs. the Lakers was revealed recently. Pelicans Coach Willie Green, a former Sixers and University of Detroit Mercy Titans guard, shared his thoughts […]

When the concept of the NBA In-Season Tournament was first revealed, it was met with a mixed reaction from fans and media alike. But it’s safe to say that the inaugural edition of the tournament has been a huge success. In one semifinal matchup, the New Orleans Pelicans will look to advance to the finals […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are 5-0 in the NBA In-Season Tournament and have outscored their opponents by 77 points. LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and Austin Reaves — with a major assist from the officials — helped the Lakers secure a spot in the semifinals (and a $100,000 cash prize) via a nail-biting victory over the […]

The NBA In-Season Tournament has been a major success. Competition in the early months of the season is way up compared to years past and the tournament has given an opportunity to smaller market teams to showcase their talent that is not normally accessible to NBA fans unless they have NBA League Pass. One of […]

Lady Luck came up aces in Sacramento and the New Orleans Pelicans are now sitting pretty in Sin City. Willie Green’s squad landed in Las Vegas just hours before the Los Angeles Lakers booked their ticket. Now the NBA In-Season Tournament Semifinals are set.  The championship experience of Anthony Davis and Lebron James meets a […]

Thirty teams started in the NBA In-Season Tournament, but only four teams remain. We are down to the semifinals in the In-Season Tournament, which means that there are only three games left. In this article, we will explain how to watch the semifinals, as well as preview what to expect from the next round of […]

Injuries and dysfunction. These are the two words that have been associated with the New Orleans Pelicans over the last couple of seasons due to the fact that they have never seemed to have their full core group heathy. By the time health was no longer a factor in recent years, the cracks in the […]

Heading into the NBA in-season tournament quarterfinal round, Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum was the favorite to win the MVP award. Once Tatum and the Celtics were eliminated after losing to the Indiana Pacers, a new favorite emerged in New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram. Brandon Ingram has been a standout throughout the tournament, averaging 23.7 […]

CJ McCollum made a name for himself as one of the most electrifying scorers for the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA as a sidekick to All-Star guard Damian Lillard. He was once named the NBA Most Improved Player of the Year. But in 2022, McCollum’s tenure in Portland ended after the Blazers traded him […]

The New Orleans Pelicans may be on their way to the top, as they recently saw the returns of CJ McCollum and Trey Murphy from injuries, but their 2023-24 season hasn’t exactly been a cakewalk. They have a 12-10 record at the moment, and earlier in the season, they lost five consecutive games. A more […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have plenty of exciting individuals, including Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson. To many, the Pels will still go as far as where the tandem of Ingram and Williamson take them, and based on the team’s metrics when those two former Duke Blue Devils are on the floor, it appears that New […]

The New Orleans Pelicans’ stock is on the rise. Now that CJ McCollum has returned from a collapsed lung and Trey Murphy hasn’t taken much time in re-acclimating himself back from a torn meniscus, the Pelicans have more depth than ever. In fact, the Pelicans were as healthy as ever during their 127-117 win over […]

The New Orleans Pelicans appeared to start off their NBA In-Season Tournament matchup against the Sacramento Kings in an anxious manner; they went down by double-digits early on in the game, with the Kings’ shooters running wild against the Pelicans. But the Pelicans’ bench came in and straightened things out, and it may be thanks […]