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New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard JJ Redick didn’t play particularly well in their Christmas Day game against the Miami Heat, which the Pelicans lost, 111-98. The veteran guard, in his 15th season, finished with eight points and two rebounds but shot just 1-of-7 from the field. His lone made basket, however, was a 3-pointer, which […]

Despite being one of the most beloved players in the NBA, New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick isn’t afraid of dishing out some tough love. Speaking with reporters about the development of teammate Lonzo Ball, Redick revealed the strong words he had for the guard over his reticence to shoot open attempts. Let’s just say, […]

Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul was the latest guest on New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard JJ Redick’s podcast. The two reminisced about their days on the Los Angeles Clippers together, during which Redick threw in a joke about Paul George when CP3 brought up Doc Rivers. Last week, George said Rivers didn’t use him […]

It’s no question that Miami Heat rising star Tyler Herro is one of the best young offensive players in the NBA right now. Defensively though, the 20-year-old knows he still has a ton of work ahead of him if he wants to be a true superstar in the league. Earlier in the week, Herro spent […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James took to social media to react to New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick’s hilarious response to playing for Stan Van Gundy again. Van Gundy coached Redick on the Orlando Magic and is famous for having rugged training camps, something Redick is not looking forward to since he’s 36. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 […]

Washington Wizards All-Star Bradley Beal has been the subject of never-ending trade speculation, even after signing a $72 million extension in October 2019. On a recent episode of “The Old Man and the Three” with JJ Redick, Beal discussed the interest he has been receiving from other teams and how being a constant in the […]

Everyone has been talking about the New Orleans Pelicans and how head coach Stan Van Gundy almost came out of nowhere to land their head coaching job. Though not a lot of players in the current Pelicans roster know their newly acquired head coach on a personal level, it’s been reported that his former player […]

New Orleans Pelicans teammates in Josh Hart and JJ Redick recently had a friendly banter on Twitter with the former saying that he hated the latter back in his collegiate days. Redick then jokingly responded that Hart wasn’t the only one to do so. You weren’t the only one. https://t.co/QXBnBfAohu — JJ Redick (@jj_redick) October […]

JJ Redick still isn’t letting go of his hard feelings for his former squad, the Philadelphia 76ers. In the latest episode of his podcast with special guest, newly crowned WNBA champion Sue Bird, the New Orleans Pelicans guard took a jab at Sixers fans: “When the Golden State Warriors would go on a run, and […]

In his 14-year career in the NBA, JJ Redick has donned several jerseys. According to him, however, his first year with the New Orleans Pelicans has been the best thus far. Redick spoke with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson on the All The Smoke podcast where they talked about anything and everything basketball. Sans the […]

JJ Redick’s Buckets on Buckets segment for KFC recently had the honor of guesting the legendary Boban Marjanovic, and unsurprisingly, the Dallas Mavericks big man did not disappoint with his air time. Redick, who currently plies his trade with the New Orleans Pelicans, asked Boban to show his huge hand to the camera, and as […]

NBA veteran JJ Redick is not buying the whole “reverse racism” claims after the Luka Doncic-Montrezl Harrell feud during the first-round series between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Clippers. Appearing as a guest on the All The Smoke podcast hosted by Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes, the 36-year-old guard claimed that Harrell’s quip […]

The “Lob City” era of the Los Angeles Clippers, led by Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, JJ Redick and head coach Doc Rivers, were one of the most exciting teams to watch in the regular season year after year. However, the group never got past the second round of the playoffs despite having talent […]

New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard JJ Redick believes Zion Williamson will make the Hall of Fame one day, assuming he stays healthy. On the latest episode of “All The Smoke” with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Redick spoke about how special Williamson is. “It’s All-NBA, All-Star, Hall of Fame. That’s his ceiling,” JJ Redick said […]

The Philadelphia 76ers chose not to re-sign JJ Redick during the summer of 2019, allowing the sharpshooter to sign a two-year deal with the New Orleans Pelicans worth $26 million. While Redick is happy to be playing for the Pelicans, the veteran guard admitted to Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson on All The Smoke that […]

New Orleans Pelicans guard J.J. Redick has been around the block throughout his tenured NBA career. Then again, even the tested veteran has to admit that Pelicans rookie sensation Zion Williamson is unlike any other player he’s ever had the privilege of paying with. Redick recently opened up about what he thinks Williamson needs to […]

On his recent podcast, New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard JJ Redick told a hilarious story about his wife trolling him about possibly never winning an NBA title. Redick, who missed the playoffs in 2019-20 for the first time in his NBA career, says his wife told him about ninth months ago that maybe he’s not […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar forward Kevin Durant, formerly of the Golden State Warriors, recently went on New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick’s podcast. During the episode, Redick asked Durant if he took the easy way out to win titles by signing with the Warriors, who won an NBA record 73 games the season before Durant joined […]

New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard JJ Redick isn’t happy that point guard Jrue Holiday didn’t make the first or second All-Defensive team. Redick took to Twitter to voice his frustrations, pointing out how the eye test and players’ praise for Holiday should hold more weight in the voting process. When it’s nearly unanimous amongst your […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has taken some heat during the team’s underwhelming 2019-20 season for not always seeming completely locked in. The Sixers All-Star acknowledged a degree of dejection after the team lost key wing players Jimmy Butler and JJ Redick last summer. Via NBC Sports Philadelphia: “During the season I was not myself,” Embiid […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have been officially eliminated from playoff contention, ending JJ Redick’s 13 consecutive postseason appearances. The Blazers won against the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, 124-121. With that, the Pelicans are now two games behind the Blazers, leaving them with no hope to even make it to the play-in series. JJ Redick's playoff […]

Washington Wizards combo guard Bradley Beal has established himself as one of the elite talents in the NBA over the course of the last two seasons. On the other hand, while New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick is certainly a valuable player, he has hardly been a superstar-caliber player like Beal. Before Beal became a […]

The Utah Jazz and the New Orleans Pelicans made a crucial statement, collectively kneeling during the national anthem as players, coaches, and staff got down in one knee in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, hoping to bring awareness to social and racial injustice. Naturally, this brings us to Donald Trump. Pelicans sharpshooter JJ […]

Of course, it comes down to Rudy Gobert. In the official start of the 2019-20 NBA season in Orlando, the man whose positive COVID-19 test prompted the league’s hiatus, hit two game-winning free throws with 6.9 seconds remaining to give the Utah Jazz a 106-104 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. Utah started strong, but […]

Not many are able to recognize the invaluable contribution Oklahoma City Thunder veteran and current NBPA president Chris Paul has provided in order for the NBA bubble idea to come to life. Recently, the All-Star point guard revealed how he got teary-eyed upon realizing that all his hard work had paid off. Paul opened up […]

New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard JJ Redick defended Golden State Warriors superstar point guard Stephen Curry against ESPN analyst Bomani Jones. Jones, who called Curry the greatest system player ever, went on Redick’s podcast and told the veteran guard that Curry isn’t a guy he trusts to get his own shot off the dribble. That’s […]

New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick has confirmed that some NBA superstars are getting special treatment inside their hotel rooms in the Orlando bubble. In a recent appearance on Global Kid Power Hour with Vedant Gupta, JJ Redick spoke about some of the special treatments the superstars are getting inside their hotel rooms. “I’ve seen […]

New Orleans Pelicans veteran JJ Redick sees a high ceiling for his young teammate and former No.2 overall pick Lonzo Ball. During his media availability on Saturday, the Pelicans sharpshooter heaped praised on both Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball, two former Los Angeles Lakers players who were sent to New Orleans in the Anthony Davis […]

Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans had to leave the NBA “bubble” in Orlando, Florida ahead of teams returning to action in two weeks, and his teammate JJ Redick discussed what he told the rookie after Zion was forced out of the bubble due to a “family emergency.” “I reached out to Zion and […]

Life in the bubble for NBA players has been different, to say the least. After all, being quarantined in an isolated space without any access to the outside world can pose its own set of challenges. As it turns out, keeping themselves entertained has become one of the issues guys like JJ Redick and Meyers […]

If you want to see New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard JJ Redick shotgun a beer live, then you have to hope his tweet gets at least 10,000 retweets by 5 p.m. on Sunday. While Redick was playing golf at Disney World on Saturday, he had a beer with him since the water fountain wasn’t operating. […]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ray Allen, Oscar Robertson, Sidney Moncrief, Giannis Antetokounmpo. These are the names that first come to mind for most when asked about the greatest Milwaukee Bucks players of all time — and rightfully so. Ever since being established in 1968, the Bucks have had quite an intriguing history. Their most successful era came […]

On the most recent episode of “The JJ Redick Podcast,” the New Orleans Pelicans guard spoke about his admiration for Golden State Warriors All-Star Klay Thompson. Thompson, who will return to the court for the Warriors in 2020-21 after missing the entire 2019-20 season rehabbing his ACL injury, is one of Redick’s favorite players in […]

Longtime NBA veteran JJ Redick had a long conversation with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks, tackling all aspects of racism in the United States, including — yes, “The Decision.” The New Orleans Pelicans sharpshooter argued that the free-agent decisions that LeBron James (2010) and Kevin Durant (2016) took received major backlash due to white people being […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were not one of the top eight teams in the Western Conference at the time the 2019-20 NBA campaign was suspended back in mid-March, but because they were within striking distance of the No. 8 seed, the league invited the Pelicans as a bubble team for the season’s restart at Disney […]

The Golden State Warriors’ $17.2 million trade exception (TPE) is set to expire on Oct. 24. The franchise received the TPE as part of the Andre Iguodala trade with the Memphis Grizzlies last summer. The Dubs were forced to trade the former Finals MVP to Memphis in order to create cap space to sign D’Angelo […]

JJ Redick recently went on “The Bill Simmons Podcast,” and predictably, the pair had to discuss Redick’s New Orleans Pelicans teammate Zion Williamson. We all know how Williamson possesses a freakish combination of speed, strength, and athleticism — factors that will likely contribute to him becoming a great player in the very near future. However, […]

New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick blasted United States president Donald Trump for showing off the supposedly packed crowd at his electoral campaign on Saturday. The veteran NBA sharpshooter dared Trump to show the entire arena, adding that LeBron James had even more fans attending his high school games than Trump’s campaign. Show the rest […]

New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard JJ Redick knows exactly why everything that was said on the NBA conference call about resuming the 2019-20 season got leaked to the public. During an interview with Bill Simmons of The Ringer, Redick revealed that NBA reporter Shams Charania — who works for The Athletic and Stadium — was […]