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After productive stints with the Portland Trail Blazers, CJ McCollum can hit the reset button as he joins the New Orleans Pelicans. The high-scoring guard has been linked to trade rumors in the past few years, and finally, he will have a new zip code. The Pelicans gave up Josh Hart, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Tomas Satoransky, […]

The Portland Trail Blazers sent C.J. McCollum to the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday, a move that continues their roster overhaul leading up to the trade deadline and signals the end of an era in Rip City. Larry Nance Jr. and Tony Snell are headed to New Orleans as well, with Josh Hart, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, […]

With their season going nowhere, the Indiana Pacers are conducting a fire sale ahead of the February 10 trade deadline. The Pacers have made Domantas Sabonis, Myles Turner, and Caris LeVert on the trade block. Indiana will certainly get a ton of suitors for the three Pacers stars. LeVert has garnered interest from a number […]

COVID-19 has been spreading rapidly throughout the NBA, but the New Orleans Pelicans had been one of the few teams to avoid it. That is, until now, as youngster Nickeil Alexander-Walker has just become the Pelicans’ first player to enter the NBA’s health and safety protocols, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This comes after NAW […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are an interesting team to watch heading into the season. There’s a lot of questions surrounding this team right now, most notably about their future. Let’s take a look at some of these questions and see if we can give some predictions on what will be the answer to those questions. […]

Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram have led a New Orleans Pelicans team that has been one of the more compelling non-playoff teams in recent memory. What will it take for them to finally crack the playoffs next season? That would be one of their young guards becoming a prominent scorer. There are three prime candidates […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are a dark horse team to make some noise this season. It feels as though that’s been the offseason sentiment for every year that Zion Williamson has been in the league. Could this third time really be the charm for the young Pels? Yes, they lost Lonzo Ball in free agency […]

Rumors surrounding Damian Lillard’s availability are heating up as more teams around the league have expressed interest. The Portland Trail Blazers are quiet for now, but it’s no secret the organization is looking to conduct a blockbuster trade. It’s more likely they trade CJ McCollum, but if the right offer is made for Lillard, the […]

Utah Jazz main man Donovan Mitchell sauced up New Orleans Pelicans defender Nickeil Alexander-Walker something proper in the first quarter on Thursday, and Atlanta Hawks star point guard Trae Young just had to react. 🕷 in his bag.. @famouslos32 somewhere goin crazy🤣 — Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) January 22, 2021 Young was totally impressed as Mitchell […]

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell just crushed Nickeil Alexander-Walker’s ankles on a series of filthy moves that ended with a sweet dish. Peep the clip below to see Mitchell’s array of dribbles on the New Orleans Pelicans guard. Mitchell already had Walker on the floor with his first move. But he unleashed another crossover just […]

New Orleans Pelicans rookie guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker is out indefinitely. Alexander-Walker has a right wrist hairline fracture, per the team: The Pelicans announced Nickeil Alexander-Walker has a hairline fracture in his right wrist and will be out indefinitely pic.twitter.com/d4cUZmsDwY — Will Guillory (@WillGuillory) March 7, 2020 Alexander-Walker has appeared in 41 games for the Pelicans […]

Names are an important piece to NBA culture. For players like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, a unique first name will take precedence over the last name like most players. Fans rep players by wearing their last names across their respective jerseys and for many, a mere mention of a name can spark all sorts […]

It’s always special when family members play together in the NBA. This time, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gets his turn at seeing a relative start his NBA career, as the Oklahoma City Thunder stopped a New Orleans Pelicans squad that had his cousin, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, in the lineup. The two exchanged jerseys after Gilgeous-Alexander’s Thunder won by […]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Jrue Holiday is really impressed with the way rookies Zion Williamson, Jaxson Hayes and Nickeil Alexander-Walker handle themselves. Holiday believes all three Pelicans youngsters are going to be successful in New Orleans because of how mature and professional they already are. Jrue Holiday on #Pelicans first-round picks (Zion Williamson, Jaxson […]

The 2019 NBA Summer League is just about over, and while some players failed to make much of an impact, others took advantage of the opportunity and put themselves on NBA teams’ radars. Here are the five biggest standouts from the 2019 Summer League. 5. Chris Boucher, Toronto Raptors Boucher has been a reserve on […]

New Orleans Pelicans rookie center Jaxson Hayes set the bar high for Summer League highlight of the year with a nasty poster dunk on Monday night. The dunk set social media on fire, eliciting wild reactions from all corners of the Internet. Hayes got a chance to offer his reaction to the dunk on Tuesday, […]