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Mardi Gras and the NBA’s Trade Deadline are creeping up quickly, with Valentine’s Day just around the corner. Unfounded rumors get thrown around more than beads but even a hint of being on the trade block can spark the end of a complex relationship. Fans of the New Orleans Pelicans need not worry about any […]

Third-year head coach Willie Green’s first two years were mostly spent stitching together patchwork rotations from skeleton crews, yet he kept the New Orleans Pelicans in the postseason conversation. Now with a revamped staff and relatively healthy roster around two former All-Stars, Green has guided the team to one of the best starts in franchise […]

When he first came into the league, Zion Williamson was hyped up as a one-of-a-kind star. The New Orleans Pelicans star has a unique blend of size and athleticism that we’ve almost never seen in the NBA. Now, we’re seeing another unique talent blossoming in the NBA: San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama. After the […]

On Friday, the New Orleans Pelicans garnered a nail-biting win over the San Antonio Spurs, 114-113. Behind Zion Williamson’s clutch heroics, the Pelicans managed to take their second win in a row. Williamson was able to seal the game by hitting an off-balance layup with 3.8 left in regulation. It all started with 12 seconds […]

The New Orleans Pelicans can win the season series over Victor Wembanyama’s San Antonio Spurs but the game is just window dressing for the main attractions. Unfortunately, hoops fans might not get to see a second round of Zion Williamson versus Wembanyama. After yesterday’s practice, head coach Willie Green shared that the 2019 NBA Draft’s […]

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, […]

On the latest edition of Podcast P with Paul George, a Wave Sports + Entertainment Production, the Los Angeles Clippers star talked about the upcoming NBA Slam Dunk Contest, and who he would like to see: "If no Mac McClung, then I'm putting [Ja Morant, Anthony Edwards, Zion Williamson, and Shaedon Sharpe]. Like all four […]

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, […]

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, […]

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 […]

Staying in shape is usually critical to succeed in the NBA. Although NBA players have a free pass to let loose for a bit during the offseason, as professional basketball players, they are also required to get in basketball shape once the training camp commences. Unfortunately, however, some NBA players just couldn’t help themselves let […]

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 […]

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 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 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 […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are headed home to Smoothie King Center for a four-game homestand with three West Coast wins in their pocket. Going 3-2 while playing back-to-back sets and fighting late-night travel logistics should be seen as a win. That is a victory, all things considered, but the way the losses are piling up […]

The New Orleans Pelicans saw the returns of some of the team’s most important players, including Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram, on Monday night against the Dallas Mavericks after a one-game rest. Sure, it did not end in victory after the Pelicans suffered a 125-120 loss, a stark contrast to the way they played during […]

Zion Williamson can consider himself lucky that he was able to walk away safe from a scary incident on the court during Monday night’s game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Dallas Mavericks. While trying to throw down an alley-oop pass from Brandon Ingram, Williamson got hit mid-air by Mavs big man Maxi Kleber […]

The Dallas Mavericks earned a 125-120 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans Monday. One specific play that stood out occurred late in the fourth quarter with Dallas holding a two-point lead. Instead of allowing the Pelicans to hold the basketball and take a potential game-winning shot to end the fourth quarter, Dallas opted to foul […]

The New Orleans Pelicans, of all teams, know how important it is for them to maintain the health of the most valuable players in their team; after all, Zion Williamson’s injury essentially doomed them during the 2022-23 season. But now, it seems like the Pelicans are pushing the right buttons, especially when it comes to […]

Zion Williamson has been ruled out for Saturday’s game versus the Dallas Mavericks, Tim MacMahon of ESPN reports. The Pelicans played on Friday night against the Denver Nuggets, so Williamson is being held out Saturday for rest. Dallas will also be without one of their superstars, as Luka Doncic is out Saturday due to an […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are one of the hottest teams in the league right now, winning six of their last seven games to move within 3.5 games of first-place in the Western Conference. Injuries have played a factor in the Pelicans underachieving through the years, but they have finally had their full repertoire of talent […]

Remember that 44-point NBA In-Season Tournament semifinal loss in Las Vegas? Well, forget about it. The New Orleans Pelicans have seemingly pulled an ol’ Sin City switcharoo. A quick trip to Southern Nevada is a fun, short getaway from the slog of business as usual for most. Well, apparently Zion Williamson’s Pelicans had to suffer […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are perhaps the hottest team on the planet regardless of sport. They have 16 wins by double-digits in the last two months and many have not been close. Coach Willie Green’s group has run out to 20, 30, 40 and even 50-point leads over expected playoff contenders in just the past […]

Duke basketball center Kyle Filipowski has been named to the midseason watchlist of the John R. Wooden Award, the team announced on its website on Monday night. The 7-footer is now a step closer to joining a couple of distinct Duke alums in Christian Laettner and Zion Williamson, who wound up winning the award in […]

The Golden State Warriors entered Wednesday’s clash with the Pelicans two games under .500, time running out in the franchise’s quest to return to its recent glory. The Warriors took on Coach Willie Green’s team without Draymond Green and found rough seas to navigate, to say the very least. Recently, Coach Steve Kerr wondered aloud […]

When they have been at full strength this season, the New Orleans Pelicans have proven to be one of the better teams in the Western Conference. After recently demolishing the Sacramento Kings by 33 points without Zion Williamson, the Pelicans now hit the road to take on the Golden State Warriors, a team with title […]

It’s hard to gain nationwide respect as a small market in professional sports. Those teams just do not equal airtime on national broadcasts as their games do not pull the viewership numbers needed for advertising. Sometimes the appearance is a disaster, an embarrassment on the schedule that counts for multiple losses in the style points […]

The New Orleans Pelicans (22-15) are one of the hottest teams in the NBA right now. Willie Green’s squad has posted an 11-5 record over the last month, winning tough games comfortably even when a key contributor or two is unavailable. Lady Luck has even beaten away most of the injury bug blues for once, […]

“You’re either all the way in or all the way out. There is no in-between.” Executive Vice President David Griffin stressed that approach during his introductory press conference with the New Orleans Pelicans back in 2019. The remark was directed at Anthony Davis but has since been applied to Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram. It’s […]

Every NBA team’s season has its ebbs and flows, some just vary more than others. Thankfully for the Crescent City, the doom and gloom around the 2023-24 New Orleans Pelicans never lasts very long. This locker room has suffered through a few gut punches and one NBA In-Season Tournament semifinal haymaker yet still they stand […]

The NBA’s 82-game schedule allows for contending teams to iron out rotational wrinkles while front offices try to find the missing piece to a championship team. Strengths are sharpened; weaknesses get exposed. Well, head coach Willie Green and the New Orleans Pelicans got a wakeup call unlike any other this season in a 111-95 home […]

Zion Williamson waved off the coaching staff after suffering a right leg contusion midway through his team’s 111-95 loss to the visiting LA Clippers on Friday. New Orleans Pelicans head coach Willie Green was not sure about the two-time NBA All-Star’s availability going into a five-game West Coast road trip after the game, even unaware […]

On Friday, the New Orleans Pelicans were overrun by the Los Angeles Clippers in a lopsided blowout that saw Zion Williamson suddenly leaving the floor early in the third quarter. He sat out most of the second half, which left spectators and analysts alike wondering why the forward wouldn’t return to the court. The Pelicans […]

New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson was ruled out for the rest of their showdown with the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday after sustaining a leg injury late in the game. Williamson surprisingly left the floor a few minutes into the third quarter of the game. Later on, the Pelicans confirmed that he’s dealing with […]