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The New Orleans Pelicans are one of the weirdest teams in the NBA. They have a solid collection of young talent and two All-Stars in Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram, yet they are more than a few games away from the play-in game. The 2020-21 Pelicans season is at a crossroads, as with only 30 […]

With the NBA trade deadline quickly approaching, teams around the league are making some last-minute offers before March 25th. With multiple playoff-caliber organizations for ways to improve their roster, there may be a few trades in the coming days and the Los Angeles Clippers might be active. Lonzo Ball of the New Orleans Pelicans has […]

The desire the Los Angeles Clippers have to upgrade the point guard position before the trade deadline passes is well-documented. Names like Kyle Lowry, Ricky Rubio, Terry Rozier and George Hill, among others, have been floated around as potential names to keep tabs on for the Clippers. Marc Stein of The New York Times now reports another […]

By now, we all know that a Zion Williamson dunk is an inevitable occurrence in every New Orleans Pelicans game. The Portland Trail Blazers are well aware of this fact ahead of their matchup at Moda Center on Thursday. But they still had no answer for what was coming. Around the nine-minute mark of the […]

LaVar Ball is clearly unhappy with the role his son, Lonzo Ball, has been handed with by the New Orleans Pelicans. In true LaVar fashion, the always-outspoken Ball family patriarch completely went off on the Pelicans, which included a lengthy rant about their two stars in Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram. LaVar did not hold […]

Lonzo Ball is among the names that have been mentioned as a possible trade candidate ahead of the NBA trade deadline. With a few moves expected to happen in the coming days, LaVar Ball hopes Lonzo is traded from the New Orleans Pelicans, via an interview with ESPN 710. "I don't know what they're gonna […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are hosting the New Orleans Pelicans again tonight to close out their two-game set after they had come back late in the fourth quarter Tuesday night to win the game against the Pelicans. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Pelicans-Blazers prediction and pick. The Pelicans are currently […]

It has been an up-and-down career so far for Lonzo Ball, but he has shown steady improvements despite some criticisms. He’s having a solid season so far, averaging 14.2 points, 5.5 assists, and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 38.9% from beyond the arc. For that reason, it sounds as though the New York Knicks are interested […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have had a knack for the late game theater this year, and often times they’ve ended up on the wrong side of the coin. Last night was no exception, as the Pelicans were coasting through three quarters before the Portland Trail Blazers outscored them 43-29 in the 4th frame to edge […]

Tuesday’s game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the New Orleans Pelicans had to be decided in the final moments. Damian Lillard drained a free-throw to give his team a one-point lead with 1.2 seconds left. The Pelicans had no timeouts left so it would be safe to assume that the Blazers would end up […]

The Portland Trail Blazers beat the New Orleans Pelicans in crunch time, 125-124 via Damian Lillard’s free throws on Tuesday. Lillard and clutch shooting have become synonymous and opposing teams know that when it’s Dame Time, they’re really in trouble. Draymond Green is one guy who knows this story well. The Golden State Warriors forward […]

With the NBA trade deadline looming large, Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner’s name has popped up as some teams look to solidify or boost up their frontcourts. While J. Michael of the Indianapolis Star reports the Pacers are not shopping Turner, it hasn’t stopped teams from calling. The Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, New […]

The Orlando Magic are listening on trade offers for athletic forward Aaron Gordon, as reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic. Charania reports the Minnesota Timberwolves and Portland Trail Blazers as trade suitors, while  Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report has more details on suitors and a pair of deals that fell through earlier this season. Fischer reports the […]

Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers suffered their sixth loss in their last nine games on Sunday night. The New Orleans Pelicans’ 135-115 win over LA marked the third-worst loss of the season for the Clippers, who have struggled to right the ship the last few weeks. Injuries haven’t helped, as Serge Ibaka left […]

Jaxson Hayes and the New Orleans Pelicans had one of their most impressive wins of the season on Sunday after beating the Los Angeles Clippers, 135-115. Hayes undoubtedly had memorable highlight after posterizing Clippers guard Reggie Jackson in one of the best dunks of the year. However, while the second-year big man admitted that the […]

Jaxson Hayes just baptized Reggie Jackson with a filthy poster that has everything you need in a Dunk of the Year candidate. The New Orleans Pelicans youngster executed a pick-and-roll to perfection and caught a body as he sent the Los Angeles Clippers guard sliding to the baseline. Hayes now owns Jackson after that crazy […]

Sunday night featured a matchup between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Los Angeles Clippers. Pels big man Jaxson Hayes made sure he had a say in the proceedings as he came up with a huge rejection on Clippers star Paul George in the second period of action. Here’s Hayes emphatically erasing a PG lay-up […]

The Los Angeles Clippers travel to the Big Easy to take on the New Orleans Pelicans for the second time this season. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Clippers-Pelicans prediction and pick. The Clippers hold the fourth-best record in the Western Conference at 25-14, and they are 21-18 against the spread. Their […]

The New Orleans Pelicans allowed eligible players to receive their first dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday. The organization partnered with a local hospital and consulted with team doctors in order to successfully roll this out. Via Andrew Lopez of ESPN: “The Pelicans support the state’s vital efforts to encourage everyone to receive the […]

Charlotte Hornets rookie LaMelo Ball has taken the NBA by storm, while his older brother Lonzo Ball is coming into his own for the New Orleans Pelicans this season. With the two Ball brothers playing well, Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma is spending his free time wondering just what a backcourt feature Lonzo and […]

New Orleans Pelicans center Steven Adams has never had a shortage of comedic postgame conferences. Following a lopsided win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, Adams added to his memorable moments montage. When asked about Zion Williamson’s impression of Stan Van Gundy, Adams took a slight jab at Van Gundy’s hygiene, via The Athletic’s Will Guillory. Steven […]

New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson continues to land in the record books after he amassed 16 consecutive games where he scored 20 points on 50% shooting from the field. The sophomore’s latest feat allowed him to join an exclusive list bannered by Shaquille O’Neal, Karl Malone, and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players who […]

New Orlean Pelicans big man Zion Williamson may not have been apart of the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest this past weekend, but that doesn’t mean the forward can’t throw it down with the best of them. Playing in the team’s opening game of the second half of the season, Zion posterized Minnesota’s Jake Layman with […]

Things continue to get from bad to worse for JJ Redick this season. The New Orleans Pelicans have just announced that the veteran sharpshooter will be out indefinitely after undergoing a non-surgical procedure on his right foot. This statement on JJ Redick comes directly from the Pelicans via Twitter: JJ Redick underwent a non-surgical procedure […]

Forward Larry Nance Jr is one of the more compelling trade candidates on the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are 14-22 this season. While he has missed the last four weeks due to a finger injury, Nance should return to the floor in the coming weeks and therefore could be a rotation player for an NBA contender. […]

New Orleans Pelicans stud Zion Williamson was making his first-ever NBA All-Star Game appearance on Sunday night and he made sure to make an impact on the contest early on. Zion finished with authority on an epic alley-oop play from a pin-point dish from Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics. Here’s a look at the […]

New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson was selected to the first All-Star Game of his career, representing Team Durant this Sunday evening. The young superstar out of Duke had a very humble reaction when he first found out that he was going to Atlanta, as he himself couldn’t believe it, via NBA TV: "It was […]

New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson was recently asked on the podcast hosted by his teammate JJ Redick on the player that he admires the most in the association. The first name he mentioned is Carmelo Anthony and how big a fan of his he was growing up. Last year Zion was able to be […]

The Miami Heat travel to the Big Easy to take on the New Orleans Pelicans in a rematch from Christmas Day. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Heat-Pelicans prediction and pick. The Heat hold a record of 17-18 overall, and are 15-19-1  against the spread. Miami is coming off a loss […]

In just his second year in the league, New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has aligned himself with NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar through an awesome statistic. Per ESPN, Williamson has scored at least 20 points on 50 percent shooting in 14 consecutive games. This ties Abdul-Jabbar for the longest streak by any player in his […]

After a horrendous free throw shooting night in their loss to the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday, New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson didn’t waste time putting in the work. Williamson shot 8-of-16 from the charity stripe in their 128-124 defeat to the Bulls. Some of his misses came in the last two minutes of a […]

After earlier reports confirmed that New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson has decided to turn down the league’s invitation to participate in the Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star Weekend, the NBA has now released the full list of names that will be taking part in the highly-anticipated exhibition. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo […]

A couple of years ago, a video of an 18-year-old Zion Williamson went viral. The New Orleans Pelicans star, who at that time was still in high school with the Spartanburg Day School, was matched up against an extremely undersized kid during a basketball game against a rival team. Williamson recently shed some light as […]

Zion Williamson will be headed to Atlanta to participate in the 2021 NBA All-Star Game. He will not, however, be one of the contestants in the Slam Dunk Contest. Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports reports Williamson has declined to participate in the competition. New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson will not participate in the Slam […]

Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans took down the team with the best record in the NBA, the Utah Jazz, in a thrilling 129-124 win on Monday night. Williamson fearlessly attacked Utah’s towering defensive presence Rudy Gobert all night, as he led New Orleans’ third quarter charge to give them an 11-point lead heading […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were able to upset the Utah Jazz on Monday and they didn’t earn the victory in a normal fashion. Following their win over the Jazz, it was revealed that the Pelicans beat Utah despite their discrepancy in three-point attempts during the game, via StatMuse. The Jazz took 43 threes tonight. The […]

Anthony Davis is quite aware that the New Orleans Pelicans’ future is looking bright with 20-year-old Zion Williamson beginning to emerge as a top-tier NBA force. Zion is gradually understanding the nuances of winning basketball. The second-year forward has been incredible, to say the least, in his sophomore stint for the Pelicans as he continues […]

The New Orleans Pelicans managed to upset the Utah Jazz on Monday, 129-124. After the game, Donovan Mitchell claimed that Utah had a well-thought-out game plan against the Pelicans but just failed to execute. Per Eric Walden of The Salt Lake Tribune, Mitchell pointed out that the plan was to contain the Pelicans from scoring […]

Zion Williamson just brought Rudy Gobert to the weight room. Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans hosted Gobert’s league-leading Utah Jazz on Monday and the young NOLA superstar didn’t back down The first overall pick of the 2019 NBA Draft flexed his muscle on Gobert numerous times as the Pelicans shocked the Jazz with a […]