Jim Eichenhofer
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2018 New Orleans Pelicans free agency primer
Timeline: Each summer, the NBA free-agent period begins July 1, but that only applies to the Eastern time zone. Technically, for New Orleans, free agency actually commences this Saturday, June 30, at 11 p.m. Central, when the Pelicans will be allowed to speak to players from other NBA teams who are free agents. → Read More
A special Father’s Day: Shawn Holiday on verge of having three sons in NBA
In an era when many parents spend vast amounts of money obtaining the absolute best in sports training and instruction for their children, Shawn Holiday’s perspective is in high demand. At a time when some adults possess a single-minded obsession in pursuit of a Division I athletic scholarship for their youngsters, Holiday is often treated by strangers and acquaintances as a wise sage, who… → Read More
All-Defense selections Anthony Davis, Jrue Holiday spearheaded dramatic in-season improvement by New Orleans
As opposed to the dozens (hundreds?) of readily-available statistics that measure offensive performance, basketball still has a long way to go to effectively gauge the individual impact a player makes at the defensive end of the floor. Sure, there are blocked shots – Anthony Davis again led the league in that category, with 2.57 rejections per game. Yes, there are steals – Davis ranked 15th in… → Read More
Pelicans plan to be active in free agency, build on successful 2017-18
Alvin Gentry was answering a media member’s question Thursday about the potential attractiveness of New Orleans to NBA free agents this summer, but he just as easily could’ve been giving a recruiting pitch to a player and his agent at 12:01 a.m. on July 1. → Read More
Five things to know about the Pelicans on May 6, 2018
1) New Orleans tries to even its second-round series vs. Golden State this afternoon in the Smoothie King Center. Game 4 tips off at 2:30 p.m. Central, with national TV coverage on ABC. The radio call on WRNO 99.5 FM begins with pregame coverage at 2. The game is sold out, as have been all four Pelicans postseason home contests. 2) The Pelicans practiced Saturday in their home arena. Watch the… → Read More
24 Seconds With Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry
OAKLAND – “Players’ coach.” It’s a frequently-used term in sports that can be a double-edged sword, used to compliment a coach when his team is producing excellent results, or criticize him when it struggles. Thirty years into his career as an NBA head coach or assistant coach, New Orleans’ Alvin Gentry has heard that description countless times, from both sides of the equation. While leading… → Read More
Game 1 postgame recap: Warriors 123, Pelicans 101
Warriors lead series 1-0 OAKLAND – After nearly an entire month without a defeat, Saturday proved to be a harsh return to reality for New Orleans. Facing the defending NBA champion Warriors, Golden State took advantage of every mistake by the visitors – and there were plenty – en route to a runaway win in the series opener. The Pelicans stayed close for only a period, before the Warriors broke… → Read More
Rival Report: Warriors radio broadcaster Tim Roye
OAKLAND – There may be no NBA team more thoroughly covered by the national media than star-studded, defending champion Golden State, so to gain more insight on the Warriors, we went to an insider, radio play-by-play broadcaster Tim Roye. The longtime Golden State announcer has covered each of the last three NBA Finals for the team, including two title runs by the Warriors. → Read More
Pelicans will face defending NBA champion Warriors, with Game 1 Saturday
The matchup hadn’t even officially been set yet, but after Tuesday’s practice, New Orleans five-time All-Star Anthony Davis didn’t want to make any comparisons between a 2015 playoff series vs. Golden State and one this could occur this year. That rematch was set in stone late Tuesday evening, when the Warriors eliminated San Antonio in Game 5 of a first-round Western Conference series. Game 1… → Read More
Behind the Numbers presented by HUB International: Trail Blazers at Pelicans (Game 4)
A look at three key numbers related to Saturday’s game at the Smoothie King Center between Portland and New Orleans (4 p.m., Fox Sports New Orleans, TNT, WRNO 99.5 FM): → Read More
2018 Pelicans Playoff Profile: Ian Clark
Ian Clark’s NBA education accelerated during his two seasons with Golden State, often playing key minutes as a reserve for a team that reached the Finals twice, capped by winning a championship last spring. During that two-year stint with the Warriors, the 6-foot-3, 175-pound combo guard was best known as a perimeter shooter, something that showed up again Saturday at Portland. In his playoff… → Read More
‘Playoff Rondo’ makes immediate impact in Pelicans Game 1 road win
PORTLAND – Nikola Mirotic shook his head late Saturday evening, then smiled, while sitting in front of his stall in the Moda Center visiting locker room. He’d seen this exact scenario before, roughly 365 days earlier, while playing for Chicago in Boston’s TD Garden: Rajon Rondo controlling a road playoff game, in the point guard’s unique and incomparable way. → Read More
Defensive rebounding, limiting turnovers among keys for Pelicans vs. Trail Blazers
PORTLAND – In a 10-second span after Friday’s practice, Anthony Davis managed to cover numerous critical areas that the sixth-seeded New Orleans Pelicans will focus on in their first-round Western Conference series against the No. 3 Portland Trail Blazers. “Their guards are a handful – they can score at will,” Davis said of Portland’s explosive backcourt pairing of Damian Lillard and C.J.… → Read More
2018 Pelicans Playoff Profile: Anthony Davis
The numbers and the highlights spoke for themselves – Anthony Davis is an incredibly talented, perennial NBA All-Star. But when Solomon Hill signed with New Orleans as a free agent in the summer of 2016, what he didn’t know about Davis, he decided to ask his good friend Jrue Holiday, a fellow native of the Los Angeles area. Hill loved the feedback. → Read More
Five things to know about the Pelicans on April 9, 2018
1) New Orleans (46-34) can punch its ticket to the NBA playoffs by winning either of its final two games. The Pelicans’ first opportunity comes tonight, when they visit the Los Angeles Clippers (42-38) at 9:30 p.m. Central. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN; Fox Sports New Orleans will return to game coverage Wednesday vs. San Antonio. Pregame coverage on WRNO 99.5 FM begins at 9. → Read More
Five things to know about the Pelicans on April 4, 2018
1) New Orleans (43-34) plays in another vital game in the Western Conference playoff chase Wednesday, hosting Memphis at 7 p.m. Tickets are available here. → Read More
Behind the Numbers presented by HUB International: Thunder at Pelicans (4/1/18)
A look at three key numbers related to Sunday’s game at the Smoothie King Center between Oklahoma City and New Orleans (5 p.m., Fox Sports New Orleans, WRNO 99.5 FM): → Read More
Five things to know about the Pelicans on April 1, 2018
1) Happy Easter. Eighth-place New Orleans (43-33) will play one of its most important games of the regular season Sunday, hosting sixth-place Oklahoma City (44-33) at 5 p.m. At last check, a very limited number of tickets were available for Pelicans-Thunder, the team’s third-to-last home game of 2017-18. → Read More
Pelicans shootaround update presented by HUB International: Rajon Rondo questionable to play vs. Trail Blazers
Rajon Rondo is listed as questionable to play Tuesday vs. Portland due to a sprained right wrist, but the point guard was making the best of the situation this morning when he discussed the injury with media members. With the exaggerations thick, Rondo first explained how the injury occurred Thursday against the Lakers. → Read More
Five things to know about the Pelicans on March 27, 2018
1) They’re all important games at this stage of the season, but Tuesday’s is a particularly notable one for fifth-in-the-West New Orleans (43-31), which hosts third-place Portland (45-28) at 7 p.m. in the Smoothie King Center. Tickets are available here. → Read More