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After Carmelo Anthony’s return to the court with the Portland Trail Blazers, the 12-time All-Star told reporters he felt thankful for the opportunity. “The greatest feeling of all was to feel wanted by a group of guys who believe in me and my talent and what I can bring to the game,” Anthony said. “It [...]

New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis has been fined $15,000 over an obscene gesture toward a fan after the Pelicans home loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday. Davis, who didn’t play against the Hornets, gave the middle finger to a fan while leaving the bench after the game. According to Pelicans Wave, the Instagram [...]

The Anthony Davis saga took an unexpected turn before All-Star break when he suffered a shoulder contusion. Many assumed that either the NBA would change its stance on insisting he play the rest of the season, or that the Pelicans would force the issue in order to protect their prized asset from injury. But that’s [...]

The league has announced that New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis has been fined $50,000 by the NBA for violating a collectively bargained rule prohibiting players or their representatives from making public trade demands. “The fine is for statements that were made by Davis’ agent, Rich Paul, in an intentional effort to undermine the contractual [...]

Once the Anthony Davis sweepstakes open, you can expect the Boston Celtics to be first in line. The Celtics have been rumored to have interest in the Pelicans big man for a while now and according to ESPN, Boston’s interest has been ongoing for years, so much so that the term “hawking” has been used [...]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Elfrid Payton is scheduled to undergo surgery on a fractured pinkie. His recovery is expected to take about six weeks. Payton was injured Friday night in the first eight minutes of the Pelicans opening quarter against the Knicks. This was also his first day back on the court after missing [...]

By holding onto Jimmy Butler for so long, the Minnesota Timberwolves were clearly hoping a surprise team would enter the running and blow them away with a massive offer. And while a dark horse did eventually enter talks, the knock-you-off-your-feet package never came. That team? The New Orleans Pelicans. Their official offer? We’re not quite [...]

Let the conjecture and rumor mill for Anthony Davis’s future begin. The 25-year-old superstar announced that he signed with Rich Paul and Klutch Sports (the agency that LeBron James has a business stake in which kind of feels like a conflict of interest) over the weekend. [tweet https://twitter.com/KlutchSports/status/1043948975097880578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] While not necessarily a dead ringer, a [...]

Kent Bazemore has an admirer in the Houston Rockets and New Orleans Pelicans. According to Rockets Wire’s Kelly Iko, both squads have shown interest in acquiring the 29-year-old from the Atlanta Hawks: Houston has been engaging teams looking for someone to take Anderson’s contract for months, and currently has its 2019 first-round pick. A package [...]

This just in: DeMarcus Cousins is all for the New Orleans Pelicans paying DeMarcus Cousins max money in free agency this summer. Go figure, right? Just a few short days after unfollowing the Pelicans on Instagram because he’s “grown,” the big man liked a comment from a fan suggesting New Orleans must offer him a [...]