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The New Orleans Pelicans’ losses continue to pile up this season, and they reached a new low in their recent 130-84 blowout against the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday. The defeat marked their worst regular season loss in franchise history. Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry expressed his disappointment for his team’s effort, emphasizing that they “don’t […]

The New Orleans Pelicans suffered their worst loss in franchise history on Saturday, losing to the Dallas Mavericks by 46 points. Alvin Gentry’s squad has lost eight games in a row. After the game, Gentry said the Pelicans aren’t even competing right now. Today was the first time this season Alvin Gentry went in on […]

Last year, Dallas Mavericks rookie Luka Dončič burst onto the scene with one of the best rookie season we’ve seen in a long time. The 20-year-old Slovenian star was immediately viewed as one of the future faces of the league. What most didn’t realize is how quickly Dončič would become that kind of player. The […]

After Kristen Ledlow of TNT reported on Tuesday that New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson won’t return before the initial six to eight week projection of his knee rehab, some began to speculate that the 2019 No. 1 overall pick suffered a setback. However, Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry says he has not been made […]

New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson is coming off one of the greatest freshman seasons in NCAA Men’s Basketball history, becoming the driving force behind a dominant Duke Blue Devils team. However, though he was slated to take the NBA by storm in his first season, the 19-year-old phenom tore his meniscus in the offseason, […]

New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson is still sidelined as he recovers from knee surgery, but head coach Alvin Gentry is hoping the rookie phenom will be able to start on-court activities soon. Though they’d love to have him on the court, the Pelicans are not going to rush the process of Zion’s return, according […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry says rookie Zion Williamson is “dying to be back” on the court. Williamson was expected to miss six to eight weeks for the Pelicans after undergoing knee surgery, but Gentry says there is no return date as of now: “He’s dying to be back out here,” Gentry said, […]

When David Griffin took over as the New Orleans Pelicans’ executive vice president of basketball operations, the prevailing thought is he would remove head coach Alvin Gentry as they worked on trading Anthony Davis. Surprisingly, Gentry remained even after Davis was traded and the Pelicans entered a rebuild. However, Griffin has a good reason for […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were forced to pivot on a whim after a trade for Anthony Davis was put on hold after the deadline expired. General manager Dell Demps was fired and David Griffin was named vice-president of basketball operations soon after. While Griffin could have chosen to clean house and get a coach all […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry had nothing but nice things to say about former franchise star Anthony Davis ahead of his team’s clash against the Los Angeles Lakers. Gentry coached Davis for the previous four seasons and didn’t want to make much of the turmoil surrounding the organization or the front office in […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry had a talk with point guard Jrue Holiday on Tuesday amid the guard’s struggles to begin the season. Gentry wants Holiday to just focus on being himself. The Pelicans coach believes Holiday is putting a bit too much on himself to get everyone else involved, via Scott Kushner […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry feels that a November return might be too ambitious for Zion Williamson, according to a report from Scott Kushner of The Times Picayune. Alvin Gentry said it would be too “ambitious” to expect Zion back at the end of the month. — Scott Kushner (@ScottDKushner) November 7, 2019 […]

New Orleans Pelicans rookie phenom Zion Williamson may be back around his team in the practice facility, but that doesn’t mean he is actually going to participate. Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry says that there is no plan in place yet for Williamson to return to practice, per Will Guillory of The Athletic, which does […]

The New Orleans Pelicans dropped to 1-5 on the season with 115-104 loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry was disappointed with the way his guys handled the basketball: “We keep turning the ball over; 17 turnovers for 23 points. You just can’t survive that, especially on the road,” Pelicans coach […]

The New Orleans Pelicans may be without Zion Williamson, but that didn’t stop them from putting forth an impressive showing in their season opener against the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. Yes, the Pelicans fell by a score of 130-122 in overtime, and it’s not like the Raptors are the same team as a year […]

The New Orleans Pelicans took a blow with the news that first overall pick Zion Williamson, the stud power forward out of Duke, is expected to miss several weeks due to a right knee ailment. Nevertheless, Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry has to plan for the immediate future, including the team’s nationally televised primetime matchup […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are going to be without the services of Zion Williamson for the first few games of the 2019-20 regular season, as the No. 1 overall pick will be held out to recover from a knee injury. Despite this fact, Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry says the star forward is in good […]

Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry is confident that Jrue Holiday is primed for a breakout season. Holiday is 29 years old, but Gentry says the former UCLA standout is playing like he’s 24. Holiday was a highly-recruited prospect coming out of college. In fact, he earned Pac-10 All-Freshman Team honors with the Bruins. However, he […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are entering a new era with the start of the 2019-20 season. Despite the loss of Anthony Davis last June, the Pelicans are among the most exciting teams this year with the presence of 2019 top draft pick, Zion Williamson. Though the expectations are low for the Pelicans this year, they […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry says people shouldn’t compare Zion Williamson to Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. Williamson is garnering the same hype James did when he was a rookie back in 2003 with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Gentry says the Pelicans just want Williamson to be the best version of himself. “They […]

Zion Williamson has yet to play a full-fledged game in his NBA career, but he’s already living the dream of what it means to play in the league. The New Orleans Pelicans new star and the No. 1 overall selection of the 2019 NBA Draft is taking matters day by day and soaking in every […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry says all 20 players of the training camp roster are already at the team’s facility for voluntary workouts. It’s the first time Gentry can remember anything like it during his time in New Orleans. I spoke to Alvin Gentry today and he said all 20 of the Pelicans […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry isn’t happy about the fact that NBA players are asking to be traded at a higher frequency. And furthermore, he believes contracts “don’t really mean anything anymore.” Today’s NBA players have a lot more ways to communicate with one another. With the implementation of the internet, cell phones […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry knew his franchise was in for some trouble once Anthony Davis decided to sign with new agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports ahead of the start of the 2018-19 season. In a way, the writing was on the wall, and Davis’ choice of switching agents only spilled the […]

The landscape of the NBA has been rocked with what has been arguably the most action-packed offseason in the history of the league. This summer was perhaps the pinnacle of what has long been coming — a growing ethos in which both players and teams no longer value loyalty as much as they did not […]

New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin has some very high hopes for the current Pelicans squad. The high-ranking executive has even compared this team to the outstanding Phoenix Suns side of the 2009-10 season, which was led by the likes of two-time league MVP Steve Nash, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Grant […]

With the conclusion of the Anthony Davis trade saga and the 2019 NBA Draft, the New Orleans Pelicans’ future appears to be set. And as the roster rounds into form, so too is head coach Alvin Gentry’s preferred style of play. Gentry said that he would be “disappointed” if his team does not lead the […]

Anthony Davis swears there was no subliminal message behind him wearing a shirt that read “That’s All Folks!” to the New Orleans Pelicans’ final home game of the 2018-19 season. The six-time All-Star, in fact, insists the shirt was laid out for him to wear by someone else. It was a coincidence, basically, and even […]

New Orleans Pelicans Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin believes that Alvin Gentry is ‘exactly the right coach at the right time’ for the team. The Pelicans have exercised its team option on Gentry’s contract for the 2020-21 season. Griffin then addressed the decision, saying that they feel that Gentry is the perfect […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have reportedly picked up the team option of head coach Alvin Gentry for the 2020-2021 season, according to Malika Andrews of ESPN. Gentry has been with the Pelicans since 2015. He has a regular season record of 145-183 and a playoff record of 5-4 with New Orleans. The New Orleans Pelicans […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry reportedly loves the idea of having a Lonzo Ball-Jrue Holiday backcourt in the Big Easy, according to Andrew Lopez of NOLA.com. The Los Angeles Lakers will try and trade for Anthony Davis again this summer after failing to acquire him at the February trade deadline. The Lakers can […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are expected to go after New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis once again despite the team’s failed negotiations back in February. They are still expected to offer most of their young core plus the fourth overall pick which they have won in last week’s draft lottery. While there are speculations that […]

The New Orleans Pelicans landed the No. 1 overall selection on the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday night despite having only six percent odds of drawing the winning ping-pong ball, and Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is happy for Pelicans head coach and former Warriors assistant Alvin Gentry: That means that the Pelicans […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are undoubtedly still feeling over the moon following Tuesday night’s coup of the first overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery. New Orleans Saints executive vice president Mickey Loomis (who’s also involved with the Pelicans) has caught the Zion Williamson fever. Loomis even sent a personal message to Pelicans head […]

Now that the New Orleans Pelicans own the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, Zion Williamson is as good as theirs. The question remains: how will head coach Alvin Gentry determine his position in the pros? Gentry told The Washington Post national NBA writer Ben Golliver that it’s a good problem to have. […]

After immense hype and mammoth buildup, the New Orleans Pelicans were crowned winners of the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery. Of course, all teams with a chance at the number one overall pick were clamoring for the opportunity to draft Zion Williamson out of Duke University – a slam-dunk prospect that will likely light the league […]

David Griffin is now calling the shots in the New Orleans Pelicans’ front office, but he has decided to spare head coach Alvin Gentry. It was apparently a very easy decision for Griffin to keep Gentry: Griffin: Keeping Alvin Gentry was a no-brainer after we talked. — Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) April 17, 2019 Gentry has […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry is a favorite of the organization and is expected to return next season, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Pelicans hired former Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin on Friday as the team’s new executive vice president of basketball operations. Gentry worked with Griffin with the Phoenix Suns in […]

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry said the fallout from the Anthony Davis trade saga was the most “toxic” situation he has seen in more than three decades of NBA experience, noting his star player received “bad advice” in the process, according to ESPN’s Nick Friedell. Asked if he has seen such a toxic situation throughout his […]