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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 […]

Speaking to Bill Simmons on his The Ringer podcast, New Orleans Pelicans veteran JJ Redick has claimed that star forward LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers teammates have been secretly scrimmaging in a Bel-Air mansion. Via SB Nation’s Silver Screen & Roll: Bill Simmons: Have you heard, there’s this L.A. rumor right now and I […]

President Donald Trump says he won’t watch NFL games during the 2020-21 season if players kneel during the national anthem. NBA players have reacted. Count New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard JJ Redick and Boston Celtics All-Star small forward Jayson Tatum as guys who simply don’t care. No one cares if you don’t watch. https://t.co/UI5a7FMwVV — […]

Malcolm Brogdon recently guested on the The JJ Redick Podcast, and one of the things they covered was how Redick himself believes that his former team, the Los Angeles Clippers, should have drafted Brogdon in the 2016 NBA Draft. According to Redick, he actually pleaded with the Clippers to take a chance on Brogdon with […]

It’s not all sunshine and rainbows at the happiest place in the world. NBA players have shown some resistance to the league’s plan to restart the season at Walt Disney World in Orlando, a motion that comes only days after the National Basketball Players Association voted in favor of the resumption of the 2019-20 campaign. […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are taking the next step in fighting all forms of racism in the wake of the recent death of George Floyd, as well as several other acts of oppression that has mired the nation of late. The organization has just announced that they will be establishing a Social Justice Leadership Coalition […]

New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick just offered some insights into what the format of the 2019-20 NBA season could look like if and when it resumes. Speaking on “The JJ Redick Podcast” on The Ringer, the Pelicans sharpshooter revealed what he’s heard about the NBA’s proposed schedule format. “The scenario I’ve heard…the top six […]

The disgraced former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling, was ousted and banned for life from the NBA once allegations about his racist behavior were proven true. All of this was occurring when the Clips were experiencing some of the most sustained success in the franchise’s history during the feted Lob City era […]

For the most part of their history, the New Orleans Pelicans have built mainly through the draft with their selection of franchise stars in Chris Paul and Anthony Davis. Nonetheless, the Pelicans, who started out as a franchise in 2002 following the then-Hornets’ relocation to New Orleans, have been the destination of choice for some […]

JJ Redick has played for five different teams over his 14-year NBA career. However, for the veteran sharpshooter, one past destination has separated itself from the rest. In an interview with The Athletic’s ‘Sixers Beat’ podcast, Redick spoke very highly of Philadelphia as a sports town and what makes it different than the other cities […]

Miami Heat guard and former Philadelphia 76ers star Jimmy Butler has been vocal about in his criticisms about the team and head coach Brett Brown. But Butler’s former Sixers teammate–and current New Orleans Pelicans guard–J.J. Redick defended Brown, saying he would play for his former head coach again while also indicating Brown is not to […]

Joel Embiid is at his best when he can control the paint. Ben Simmons is a big point guard who excels in the open floor and can make plays at the rim, but he is hesitant to shoot the ball from the perimeter. As such, there have been questions about whether the Philadelphia 76ers can […]

New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball recently went on The JJ Redick Podcast, and one of the topics that they covered was his memorable alley-oop plays involving rookie sensation Zion Williamson. Redick praised Ball’s passing ability, noting how impressed he is with Lonzo’s extremely accurate half-court lobs which beautifully falls in the hands of a […]

The NBA world was not having the NBA HORSE Challenge on Sunday night, as four NBA players, two NBA legends, and two WNBA players faced off in a remote edition of the popular blacktop game. The outcome was not what the NBA expected, as the footage was no better than the funny handheld clips shown […]

Trust the process. This is the mantra that the Philadelphia 76ers have lived by over the past few years, as they practically built their team from the ground up. With Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons now approaching the respective peaks of their careers, it does seem as though that this very process is likewise nearing […]