New Orleans Pelicans

It seems that someone forgot to tell the Houston Rockets that the NBA’s 2015-16 regular season is underway. The early part of 2015-16 has no doubt been weird. Some of the usual juggernauts are juggernauting, but this year’s landscape is rife with early-season underachievers, the fast-plummeting Rockets being among them. Can Houston regain its 2014-15 [...]

Life wasn’t supposed to get any worse for the New Orleans Pelicans. But it just did. Though the Pelicans nabbed their first victory on Tuesday night, a 120-105 drubbing of the Dallas Mavericks, the win came at a cost…before it was even a win. Anthony Davis, the Pelicans’ lifeline, sat out the second half with [...]

NBA Power Rankings are back! After a short delay, the return of The Hoop Doctors’ weekly look at where the league stands is once again ready for liftoff. There are no rules here, so check your need for order at the door. These rankings, like always, are going to change from week to week. That’s [...]

Jimmer Fredette is getting another shot to stick in the NBA. We think. The New Orleans Pelicans have been overrun with injuries to start the season. Omer Asik has appeared in only one game thus far, and Norris Cole, Tyreke Evans and Quincy Pondexter are all expected to be out for at least another couple [...]

The NBA’s finally back folks! That also means that Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors are back as well. They officially began their title defense on Wednesday night during their season-opener against Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans. The results were pretty clear as the Warriors dominated in this one and basically picked [...]

Man, the New Orleans Pelicans cannot catch a break. Well, I guess that’s not entirely true. They’re just catching the wrong breaks. Tyreke Evans, the team’s second-leading scorer last season, will miss some time after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, per Brett Dawson of the New Orleans Advocate: Source: Pelicans Tyreke Evans had [...]

When the Golden State Warriors begin their title defense next Tuesday, they may do so without sophomore head coach Steve Kerr. Steve Kerr is apparently suffering from a spinal fluid leak after having two offseason back surgeries. Assistants Luke Walton and Ron Adams have been holding down the fort in the interim, and according to [...]

Nate Robinson is once again going to be employed by an NBA team. Everybody party. Especially if you’re a New Orleans Pelicans fan. Marc Stein of ESPN.com had the deets first: ESPN sources say Pelicans are signing veteran guard Nate Robinson — Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) October 15, 2015 It's a one-year veteran minimum deal for [...]

Some NBA players, many of them highly regarded defenders, would view leading the league in blocks as a luxury, an added bonus that, in the end, doesn’t mean too much. Anthony Davis is not one of those players. The New Orleans Pelicans wunderkind sent away 200 shots last season, which led the entire Association. That’s [...]

The NBA’s preseason has not been kind to the New Orleans Pelicans’ big men. First Alexis Ajinca went down with a right hamstring strain, which, per a team announcement, is expected to sideline him for the next four to six weeks. Now, to make matters worse, starting center/$60 million man Omer Asik is projected to [...]