Heading into the season, the big hang-up with Jabari Parker‘s game was his lack of peripheral stats. We knew he could score, hit the glass a bit and post a quality FG%, but he chipped in little else. However, this season we have seen a dramatic leap in 3-point attempts (0.5 3-FGA to 3.5 3-FGA) […]
Continue readingON THE FINAL night of the All-Star break, New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum, forward Brandon Ingram and coach Willie Green went out for a small, private dinner at FLINT by Baltaire in Phoenix. The Pelicans had gone 1-4 since the Feb. 8 trade that sent Josh Hart, Tomas Satoransky, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Didi Louzada […]
Continue readingExcept it isn’t from his wedding. And it isn’t his kid (he doesn’t have any). The pictures hanging on the wall of the Portland home are of Larry Nance Jr., his wife Hailey and their daughter. And that’s just the way Nance wants it. “Oh I told them he can’t take that off,” Nance told […]
Continue readingSimmons will join a Brooklyn Nets team that is left wondering “what if” in the wake of James Harden‘s departure, as he left behind a team that has lost 11 straight games. Kevin Durant has been out since Jan. 15 because of a sprained left MCL and has started doing more on-court work, but there […]
Continue readingNow 564 games later, he’s preparing to play his first for another team when he suits up for the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night against the Miami Heat. Because of the 8½ seasons McCollum spent with Portland, it gave him some say during the trade process that sent him, Tony Snell and Larry Nance […]
Continue readingGuards Josh Hart and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, whom the Pelicans traded earlier in the day to the Portland Trail Blazers along with Tomas Satoransky and Didi Louzada for CJ McCollum, Tony Snell and Larry Nance Jr., decided to sit courtside Tuesday to see their former teammates one more time before heading to the Pacific Northwest. Both […]
Continue readingNance, whom the Pelicans acquired from the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday in the deal that also sent CJ McCollum and Tony Snell to New Orleans, has not played since Jan. 5. He has been listed as out during that time with right knee soreness. If Nance comes back in six weeks, he should be […]
Continue readingThe New Orleans Pelicans have acquired guard CJ McCollum from the Portland Trail Blazers, the teams announced Tuesday. The Pelicans are sending out guards Josh Hart, Tomas Satoransky, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Didi Louzada in the deal. New Orleans is also sending a protected first-round pick and two second-round picks to Portland. The first-round pick is […]
Continue readingMedia days kick off Monday, officially ushering in the start of training camps around the NBA. The dust has finally settled from free agency, and September training camp kickoffs will mark the first normal schedule in two years. The biggest news surrounding training camp comes out of Philadelphia, where Ben Simmons has vowed to never […]
Continue readingThe peak of NBA free agency is in the rearview. The full 2021-22 season schedule has been released. Training camps can officially open on Sept 28. Still, there are a few potential moves that remain unresolved. Will the Philadelphia 76ers trade Ben Simmons? How much longer will Damian Lillard remain with the Portland Trail Blazers? […]
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