After making the 2015 NBA playoffs, led by MVP candidate Anthony Davis, the Pelicans looked at to make more noise in 2016. They brought in Alvin Gentry, the assistant who helped orchestrate the Warriors offense to a championship win the year before. This years Pelicans have well, disappointed. New Orleans is currently 20-32, 12th in the … More What is happening to the Pelicans?
Tip-off: 8:00 p.m. ET Broadcast: TNT Line: OKC -12 New Orleans Pelicans (20-32) (2-3 in last 5) PG- Jrue Holiday (14.9 ppg) SG- Norris Cole (9.9 ppg) SF- Alonzo Gee (4.0 ppg) PF- Anthony Davis (23.4 ppg) C- Omer Asik (3.7 ppg) Oklahoma City Thunder (39-14) (4-1 in last 5) PG- Russell Westbrook (24.1 ppg) … More NBA Preview: New Orleans Pelicans @ Oklahoma City Thunder
The talent level at the point guard position is at an all-time high right now. When you look at every top team in the NBA they all have one thing in common, and that’s an elite point guard. They can do it all: shoot the three, distribute the ball, and breakdown their defender to get … More Isaiah Thomas gives his list of the top ball handlers in the NBA
Tyreke Evans expressed at the end of the 2014-2015 season that he was playing through “throbbing” knee pain during their first round series versus the Golden State Warriors. It seemed like a non-serious injury that would be evaluated at the end of the season. The diagnosis deemed to be worse for the Chester, Pennsylvania native. … More Tyreke Evans Undergoes Arthoscopic Knee Surgery
Anthony Davis burned Oklahoma City at the buzzer. The New Orleans Pelicans’ 116-113 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night seemed like something out of NBA 2K15. Tyreke Evans, Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis posted the gaudiest of numbers, and Davis nailed an absurd double-clutch three pointer at the buzzer to beat the … More VIDEO: Anthony Davis burns the Thunder with buzzer-beating three pointer
Before they added insult to injury by beating the Lakers Wednesday night, the Pelicans announced that their young starting point guard, Jrue Holiday may miss up to 2-4 weeks with the leg injury that had kept him out of the last 5 games. The official press release from the Pelicans website: “The New Orleans … More Pelican’s Jrue Holiday May Be Out 2-4 Weeks
Anthony Davis took himself out of Friday’s game against the Cavaliers after experiencing pain in his chest late in the first quarter. The exact cause of the injury is still unknown, but reports have speculated that it resulted from either a collision with Tristan Thompson or battling for position on a Kevin Love free throw attempt. … More Anthony Davis Suffers Chest Contusion
The New Orleans Pelicans had a large hole at the starting small forward position after they let Al-Farouq Aminu walk in free agency. They did not have much flexibility to make any large off-season moves to address it though. Heading into training camp, the Pelicans were hoping that one of Darius Miller, Luke Babbitt and … More Tyreke Evans to Start at Small Forward for Pelicans
Tyreke Evans will miss Pelicans training camp with hamstring injury. On Saturday afternoon, the New Orleans Pelicans announced that guard Tyreke Evans will be sidelined for 3-5 weeks with a strained right hamstring, which will force him to miss training camp which begins this week. Pelicans general manager Dell Demps released a statement regarding Evans’ … More Pelicans’ Tyreke Evans out 3-5 weeks with hamstring injury
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