Pelicans

The New Orleans Pelicans are the NBA playoff team no one saw coming. They weren’t supposed to be the first squad that secured entry into Round 2. Few people picked them to beat the Portland Trail Blazers at all. They sure as hell weren’t supposed to complete a sweep—and be the only team to do [...]

DeMarcus Cousins’ season-ending Achilles injury greatly changed the complexion of his impending free agency. Where he was a max-salary lock before, he’s now the league’s biggest question mark. Will the New Orleans Pelicans match other offers from rival teams? Will he even have substantial offers elsewhere? Do the Pelicans even want to pay him after [...]

DeMarcus Cousins is a former All-NBA performer, a 4x All-Star and one of a select few active players who has averaged at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game for his career. When you consider that and the fact that he is 27 and should be entering the prime of his NBA career, the [...]

Anthony Davis has been playing out of his mind since DeMarcus Cousins went down with a torn Achilles on January 27. He is averaging 35.9 points, 12.8 rebounds, 2.5 blocks, 2.4 assists and 2.3 steals for the month of February and has led the Pelicans to a 8-3 record for the month. He had one [...]

Anthony Davis’ latest comments will come as music to New Orleans Pelicans’ fans ears. Although The Brow recently acknowledged he’s thought about becoming the next Kevin Garnett—loyal to a fault—he followed up these thoughts by reiterating his commitment to his current team, per The Advocate’s Scott Kushner: “I’m here until 2021 and then I’ll make [...]

Anthony Davis views Kevin Garnett as a cautionary tale. Back in May 2010, a couple years after he was traded to the Boston Celtics and just before LeBron James fled the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat, The Big Ticket offered candid comments about the perils of loyalty in the NBA. He had spent 12 [...]

In a situation that we don’t see occur very often for an indoor sport, the Pacers-Pelicans game in New Orleans was cancelled Wednesday night because of a rain delay of sorts. The Smoothie King Center roof was leaking and arena crew were unable to keep the floor dry for a few hours, which led to [...]

Tyreke Evans has more likely than not played his last game for the Memphis Grizzlies. The team removed its standout wing from the lineup in advance of Wednesday’s loss to the Indiana Pacers. And the relatively sudden timing was no coincidence. Memphis is preparing to trade Evans, who will hit free agency again after this [...]

The Pelicans injury issues have crept up yet again as DeMarcus Cousins season ended last Friday night with a torn Achilles. They are still currently sitting in the No. 7 spot in the western conference at the moment though at 27-23 (0-2 since Cousins went down), and they are still fully committed to making it [...]

Breathe freely, New Orleans Pelicans peeps. Your team isn’t on the verge of trading Anthony Davis anywhere. And, yes, “anywhere” includes the Boston Celtics. Here’s what ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski had to say on the matter during an appearance on The Dan Le Batard Show (h/t Clutch Points’ Andrew Salmi): “No. I mean, New Orleans has no intention of [...]