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• Pelicans' Anthony Davis, David Griffin expected to meet next month
When David Griffin was formally introduced as the new head of basketball operations in New Orleans last week, one of the first things he said was that he’ll make every effort to convince Anthony Davis that he can win with the Pelicans. It sounds like he’ll a chance to make that pitch fairly soon, as Scott Kushner of The Advocate hears from sources that the two sides are expected to meet next month...2019
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• Jrue Holiday still set to receive $255K bonus
Although he has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2018-19 season, Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday will still receive a $255K bonus for appearing in at least 66 games and averaging at least 7.3 assists per contest, ESPN’s Bobby Marks notes. Holiday averaged 7.7 APG in 67 games, and also achieved three separate bonuses for his games played, total minutes and rebounds per game. As a result of flipp...2019
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• Nikola Mirotic finding a groove in his return to Pelicans
Pelicans forward Nikola Mirotic has regained his rhythm, returning to the lineup this past week after missing 12 games with an ankle injury. He scored 26 combined points in his first two games back, draining a handful of threes as an off-ball threat. “He was trying to get himself going early and I just kind of wanted to tell him to let it come to him,” Anthony Davis said of Mirotic following Wedn...2019
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• Pelicans coming up short in crunch time
As all of the attention surrounding the Pelicans is on Anthony Davis and the potential for him to find his way to the Lakers, Scott Kushner writes for The Journal Times that New Orleans more pressing issues to solve, most notably its inability to close out games. As Kushner points out, the Pelicans are the worst clutch team in the NBA, as they are 5-11 in games that are within five points in the f...2018
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• Pelicans' Anthony Davis reportedly parts ways with agent
Pelicans star Anthony Davis has parted ways with longtime agent Thad Foucher, according to Brian Windhorst and Ramona Shelburne of ESPN. Players are required to file paperwork with the players’ union and wait 15 days before changing agents, they added.Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, who represents LeBron James, is reportedly a “leading contender” to became Davis’ new representative.Davis, 25, has two ...2018
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• Pelicans lacking a wing player
A bigger issue with the Pelicans this upcoming season may be the absence of a reliable player on the wing rather than the loss of Rajon Rondo or DeMarcus Cousins, as newcomers Julius Randle and Elfrid Payton are capable of replicating their production, at least in part, writes Scott Kushner of The Advocate.Kushner opines that nobody on the Pelicans’ roster is capable of being a solid “3-and-D” pla...2018
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• Southwest Notes: Pelicans' plans without Cousins; Conley's surgery
The season-ending injury to DeMarcus Cousins hasn’t changed the Pelicans‘ plans to add talent by the February 8 trade deadline, according to Scott Kushner of The Journal Times. The loss of Cousins, who was averaging 25.5 points and 12.9 rebounds per game, leaves a big hole in the lineup and New Orleans will be aggressive on the trade market to try to compensate for his absence.The Pelicans, who ho...2018
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• DeMarcus Cousins helps Pelicans in film room despite injury
DeMarcus Cousins is continuing to be a strong leader for the New Orleans Pelicans despite suffering a devastating injury.Cousins suffered a torn Achilles’ tendon during Friday night’s game, which will require season-ending surgery. The injury is a crushing blow for the Pelicans, who had been on a roll and were starting to move up the standings.Even though he is injured, Cousins is still trying to ...2018
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• Report: Rajon Rondo could miss a month with sports hernia injury
The New Orleans Pelicans’ atrocious injury luck is continuing into 2017-18.Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry said on Sunday that Rajon Rondo, who just signed with the team earlier this offseason, has a sports hernia injury and will be seeing a specialist, per team radio producer Daniel Sallerson. Scott Kushner of the New Orleans Advocate adds that initial estimates are that the former All-Star guar...2017
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• Report: DeMarcus Cousins played pivotal role in recruiting Rajon Rondo to Pelicans
DeMarcus Cousins and Rajon Rondo are reunited, and it feels so good.Scott Kushner of The Advocate reports on Saturday that Cousins was “pivotal” in recruiting Rondo to the New Orleans Pelicans. Cousins and Rondo were previously teammates on the Sacramento Kings in 2015-16, a year that saw Cousins average 26.9 points per game (a career-high for him at the time) and Rondo lead the NBA in assists wit...2017