Pelicans’ Trey Murphy Tears Labrum, Out For Season

The latest Trey Murphy injury update makes for grim reading, with the Pelicans star ruled out for the remainder of the season after suffering a torn labrum in his right shoulder. Trey Murphy Injury Update Murphy suffered the injury Monday night against the Detroit Pistons, trying to recover a 50-50 ball after a bad pass […]

Vivek Jacob  •  18 Mar 2025
Pelicans open to trading injury-stricken star Zion Williamson

The New Orleans Pelicans are ready for a clearout and that could involve trading former first overall pick Zion Williamson. Pelicans listening to trade offers for two-time All-Star Williamson For the very first time, New Orleans are reportedly open to moving on from Williamson – the first overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft and […]

Joe Lyons  •  16 Dec 2024
Pelicans star Zion Williamson ‘not close’ to returning from hamstring injury

New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson is set to remain on the sidelines for the foreseeable future with a hamstring injury. ESPN’s Shams Charania reports Williamson is ‘not close’ to a return Charania broke the news on the Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday, uttering the dreaded words no Pelicans fan wanted to hear in light […]

Joe Lyons  •  05 Dec 2024
Dejounte Murray apologises to Pelicans fans after ’embarrassing’ loss to Toronto

New Orleans Pelicans star Dejounte Murray’s return to the lineup on Wednesday was less than ideal and he even apologised to fans for the ’embarrassing’ defeat. Murray fractured his hand in New Orleans’ season-opening victory over the Chicago Bulls last month and missed the team’s next 17 games before returning to the court in Louisiana […]

Joe Lyons  •  28 Nov 2024
The New Orleans Pelicans showed us how you can win with bad spacing

Key Highlights: In sports, having good spacing makes everything easier But just because you don’t have good spacing doesn’t mean you can’t win The Pelicans showed us that you can combat bad spacing through effort, physicality, and tough shot-making I’ve been watching basketball for a long time. And usually, when you do something for a […]

Mat Issa  •  04 Jan 2024
Pelicans’ GM David Griffin claims that the franchise’s relationship with Zion Williamson ‘is as good as it’s ever been’

Throughout his brief NBA career thus far, Zion Williamson has always had the spotlight on him. Anything he does or says is overblown by the media looking for clicks and views. The 23-year-old has been the subject of trade rumors throughout the offseason. That may not be the case according to Pelicans GM David Griffin. […]

Zach Wolpin  •  11 Jul 2023
Ahead of the 2023 NBA Draft, one source ‘guarantees’ Zion Williamson will be traded by the Pelicans before Thursday

The narrative leading up to the NBA Draft has gone back and forth for two-time all-star Zion Williamson. He’s had a rather disappointing career so far with the New Orleans Pelicans. Ahead of the 2023 NBA Draft, sources around the league have claimed that Williamson could be traded. Most recently, The Ringers’ Bill Simmons said Williamson […]

Zach Wolpin  •  19 Jun 2023
Despite conflicting reports, sources say that the Pelicans will not be trading Zion Williamson to Charlotte or Portland

At this point in the offseason, it’s difficult to know what to believe from all the rumors that arise. Earlier this week we were told by Shams Charnaia that the Pelicans want to trade up the#2 or #3 pick. He said the team would be willing to trade former #1 overall pick Zion Williamson. However, […]

Zach Wolpin  •  16 Jun 2023
NBA insiders don’t rule out the New Orleans Pelicans potentially moving Zion Williamson this offseason

Reports around the league yesterday told us that the New Orleans Pelicans want to move up to the #2 or #3 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. NBA insider Shams Charania said that the Pelicans want to make a trade-up to select PG Scoot Henderson. However, Charnaia is not ruling out New Orleans being open […]

Zach Wolpin  •  13 Jun 2023