Pelicans Add Dynamic Duo McCollum and Jones to Growing Injury List
2 months, 1 week ago

Pelicans Add Dynamic Duo McCollum and Jones to Growing Injury List

Associated Press  

The New Orleans Pelicans have been hit with a series of injuries, with starting guards CJ McCollum and Herb Jones joining the growing list of sidelined players. Both players have suffered right adductor strains, while Jones has a right shoulder strain and a small low-grade partial thickness tear in his rotator cuff. The team is still hopeful that Murray will be back soon, but they will need to adjust to playing without their top offseason acquisition for an extended period.

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Pelicans’ injury troubles compounded as leading scorer Brandon Ingram goes down with sprained ankle
1 month ago

Pelicans’ injury troubles compounded as leading scorer Brandon Ingram goes down with sprained ankle

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Just when it appeared the New Orleans Pelicans were beginning to regroup after a wave of injuries, leading scorer Brandon Ingram went down Saturday. Ingram landed awkwardly on the foot of Oklahoma City’s Lu Dort early in the third quarter of Saturday night’s 119-109 loss to the Thunder and severely twisted his left ankle. Ingram had missed …

Pelicans lose guard Jose Alvarado for at least 3 weeks because of a hamstring injury
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Pelicans lose guard Jose Alvarado for at least 3 weeks because of a hamstring injury

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado has a left hamstring strain that is expected to sideline him at least three weeks, the team said Tuesday. The injury occurred during Monday night’s 107-105 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, New Orleans’ fifth straight defeat and eighth in nine games. Alvarado, a fourth-year pro out of Georgia Tech, started the …

Hawks complete deal to send Dejounte Murray to Pelicans for package including 2 first-round picks
6 months ago

Hawks complete deal to send Dejounte Murray to Pelicans for package including 2 first-round picks

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks completed a trade Saturday that sends high-scoring guard Dejounte Murray to the New Orleans Pelicans for a package of two first-round draft picks and three veterans. The Murray trade comes after the Hawks were unable to win a playoff series in his two seasons joining Trae Young as the team’s high-scoring backcourt. “Dejounte is among …

Hawks trade Dejounte Murray to Pelicans for 2 first-round picks: Sources
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Hawks trade Dejounte Murray to Pelicans for 2 first-round picks: Sources

New York Times  

By Shams Charania, Hunter Patterson and Will Guillory The Atlanta Hawks have traded guard Dejounte Murray to the New Orleans Pelicans, league sources confirmed Friday. Pelicans are moving Larry Nance Jr. and two first-round picks to the Hawks for Dejounte Murray, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. — Shams Charania June 28, 2024 Murray averaged 22.5 points, a career-high 6.4 assists, 5.3 …

Pelicans-Hawks trade grades: Is New Orleans a contender with Dejounte Murray?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pelicans-Hawks trade grades: Is New Orleans a contender with Dejounte Murray?

New York Times  

The New Orleans Pelicans promised to make changes to keep up in the loaded Western Conference, so they’re hitting the trade machine before free agency begins Sunday. New Orleans is acquiring Dejounte Murray from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Dyson Daniels, Larry Nance Jr., E.J. https://t.co/MgzfZmW3Aq — Shams Charania June 28, 2024 Source tells me that EJ Liddell was …

Pelicans’ CJ McCollum aiming to return this week from small lung collapse: Sources
1 year, 1 month ago

Pelicans’ CJ McCollum aiming to return this week from small lung collapse: Sources

New York Times  

The New Orleans Pelicans are finally getting closer to having all their pieces back and on the court. Pelicans guard CJ McCollum is targeting a return to game action this week after missing his last 11 games with a small pneumothorax in his right lung, league sources said. Pelicans and CJ McCollum, out since Nov. 4 due to small lung …

How a team meeting forced Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram and Pelicans to find their chemistry
1 year, 1 month ago

How a team meeting forced Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram and Pelicans to find their chemistry

New York Times  

NEW ORLEANS – The story of this New Orleans Pelicans team will always begin and end with Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram. Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson getting some extra work in on their pick-and-roll game after practice pic.twitter.com/iaLNFtEqvW — Will Guillory November 16, 2023 Herb Jones joined them after Tuesday’s practice, serving as the point guard while Williamson and …

Pelicans’ CJ McCollum diagnosed with small collapsed lung, will undergo additional examination
1 year, 2 months ago

Pelicans’ CJ McCollum diagnosed with small collapsed lung, will undergo additional examination

New York Times  

New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum has been diagnosed with a “small pneumothorax” in his right lung, the team announced Sunday. Here’s what you need to know: According to the Mayo Clinic, a pneumothorax “can be a complete lung collapse or a collapse of only a portion of the lung.” McCollum will undergo additional examination in the next 48 hours …

How Pelicans are ‘elevating’ their offense around Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram
1 year, 3 months ago

How Pelicans are ‘elevating’ their offense around Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram

New York Times  

NEW ORLEANS — Willie Green’s biggest acquisition of the 2023 offseason didn’t come from free agency or the NBA Draft. So Green knew Borrego would be the ideal addition to help modernize the Pelicans’ offense and help bring the most out of a team that’s still learning the best way to use Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram and C.J. “We feel …

Pelicans’ Brandon Ingram’s return from injury was defined by frustration and rust
1 year, 11 months ago

Pelicans’ Brandon Ingram’s return from injury was defined by frustration and rust

New York Times  

NEW ORLEANS — Once Brandon Ingram released his 3-pointer on the right wing just before the halftime buzzer, it felt like one of those shots that’s supposed to go in. The hope was Ingram’s return from a two-month absence due to a toe injury would ignite the Pelicans and stem the tide as they suffered through the most challenging stretch …

Herb Jones, the ‘old soul’ stopper who raises the Pelicans’ ceiling, is busy getting better
2 years, 2 months ago

Herb Jones, the ‘old soul’ stopper who raises the Pelicans’ ceiling, is busy getting better

New York Times  

Herb Jones loves being in the gym – preferably an empty one. “I didn’t understand why he wanted us to play against older guys at first,” Herb recalls thinking. “I wouldn’t change anything about what we did back then.” As a seventh grader, Herb starred on the varsity team at Sunshine, starting at point guard, while Walter Jr. was a …

By acquiring CJ McCollum, Pelicans are pushing for significant change and a potential Play-In Tournament spot
2 years, 11 months ago

By acquiring CJ McCollum, Pelicans are pushing for significant change and a potential Play-In Tournament spot

New York Times  

The Pelicans are finally making their move. In one of the biggest moves leading up to this year’s NBA trade deadline, New Orleans acquired veteran combo guard CJ McCollum from Portland with hopes of adding some punch to a team making a serious push for the Play-In Tournament. Inserting McCollum gives the offense an alternate option that should vastly improve …

Zion’s health, Herb Jones’ breakout, offseason regrets and an eye on the Play-In Tournament: Where do things stand for the Pelicans?
3 years ago

Zion’s health, Herb Jones’ breakout, offseason regrets and an eye on the Play-In Tournament: Where do things stand for the Pelicans?

New York Times  

The Pelicans were in a dark place at the start of the season, but they’re feeling pretty good about themselves as 2021 winds down. Guillory: Let’s get back to Ingram, because he was the real catalyst for the Pels getting their act together after that ugly 3-16 start. Guillory: Considering Zion’s health history and the lack of leverage on the …

The Pelicans’ dynamic defensive duo of Hart and Herb have sparked a hot streak
3 years ago

The Pelicans’ dynamic defensive duo of Hart and Herb have sparked a hot streak

New York Times  

Before the season, anyone tasked with listing the Pelicans’ most important players would’ve gone through at least a handful of names before getting to Josh Hart. On Nov. 24, first-year coach Willie Green featured Hart and Jones for the first time next to the team’s top three offensive weapons — Brandon Ingram, Jonas Valančiūnas and Devonte’ Graham — in the …

Brandon Ingram’s connection with new Pelicans coach Willie Green has led to improved play: ‘There are times when he’s just taking over the game’
3 years, 1 month ago

Brandon Ingram’s connection with new Pelicans coach Willie Green has led to improved play: ‘There are times when he’s just taking over the game’

New York Times  

When Willie Green took the job to be the new head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans in July, the first task on his to-do list was clear: get on the same page with the two stars of the franchise, Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram. Green’s recent playing career and strong relationships with stars like Chris Paul, Devin Booker and …

‘Not on Herb’: How Pelicans rookie Herb Jones has become one of the NBA’s top up-and-coming defenders
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Not on Herb’: How Pelicans rookie Herb Jones has become one of the NBA’s top up-and-coming defenders

New York Times  

There are several physical traits teams try to identify when looking for potential shutdown defenders. That’s what I care about the most.” Jones, whose favorite player growing up was former Grizzlies defensive specialist Tony Allen, was mostly an afterthought coming into the season as a 23-year-old rookie second-round pick from Alabama. Jones will have to answer those questions throughout the …

Herb Jones goes to the New Orleans Pelicans: Here’s what they’re getting
3 years, 5 months ago

Herb Jones goes to the New Orleans Pelicans: Here’s what they’re getting

New York Times  

Herb Jones is a 6-foot-7 point forward with a 7-foot wingspan, the best player and defender in the SEC last season, a guy who nearly had a triple-double against Kentucky, torched Tennessee in the league semifinals and made the decisive bucket and game-saving block against LSU in the conference championship game. But ask his Alabama coach, Nate Oats, for a …

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