Sentences with word «pelicans»

Depending on how much the deal is for, the Pelicans might have a little bit of money left over for a shooter, though I'm not sure who's left on the market who would sign for a cheap deal.

I keep hoping the Pelicans would find a scenario that improves the team without giving up their first again.

I think the upcoming games against Dallas and Sacromento will be telling — have the Pelicans put their earlier season apathy against bad teams behind them?

The Pelicans blogs do good work, but there is still a role for professional journalists.

The team this year seems to be cutting more than any Pelicans team I can remember since I first started watching them.

I don't think I can remember seeing a Pelicans game with that much ball movement since I started following them as a team.

In the West, only the Pelicans and Spurs were in action.

Pelicans had something like 32 points off turnovers for the game.

The Pelicans managed to stay in the game far, far later than I expected before the back - to - back and short roster started to take its toll in the 4th quarter.

Scott Kushner from the Advocate, and Jim Eichendofer are about the only ones on the Pelicans beat now, and Jim's role as an employee of the Pelicans / NBA doesn't really give him the freedom to be a hard - hitting critic of the organisation.

Didn't see the Dallas game, but it looks like their shooters were on fire, and I expect the Pelicans to disappoint us at regular intervals.

Tonight I'll be watching the (15 - 16) Pelicans and big man DeMarcus (Boogie) Cousins take on the (11 - 12) Magic.

After the Pelicans added DeMarcus Cousins last season, they went just 10 - 13.

I'm sure Dell has been actively trying to unload the Pelicans» problem contracts.

It may be the prettiest offensive game I can ever remember the Pelicans playing.

Watching this game, I felt that Jrue (playing well) could be the fourth best player on a really good Pelicans team.

The Pelicans don't have cap space, or young players to use as trade chips.

Perhaps a more interesting question: How hopeful would you be of the Pelicans getting the 6th seed or better (and thereby avoiding Houston or Golden State in the first round)?

At this exact moment, I'd like the Pelicans to keep their first round pick for next year.

If the Pelicans scrape into the playoffs in eighth or miss them entirely, he might struggle to finish in the top 5.

Rondo is probably at best a placeholder until the Pelicans figure out a long - term solution.Both Nelson and Rondo have their limitations defensively.

I think the Pelicans defended Houston about as well as you can.

Most of the games have been close, but even when behind the Pelicans have dug in, and fought their way back.

The Pelicans basically need someone who can create and run the offence, provide spacing, and defend well.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED: Fed up with Cousins» issues and suddenly realizing they were staring down the barrel of giving him a massive contract, the Kings traded Cousins to the Pelicans for not very much.

We won't probably won't see the Pelicans shoot that well again all season.

I've actually seen a ton of things I like from the offence this year — lots of cutting, unselfish passing (sometimes to a fault — I think the Pelicans cost themselves a few buckets passing up opportunities to shoot).

Blazers could not control pace and tried to play like the Pelicans.

If the Pelicans rise to third or fourth position in the West, I think he could easily finish somewhere between 2 and 4 in the standings.

Pelicans add another important - but - modest piece via trade (eg Lin) 3.

People are just overreacting because the Pelicans are so damn underrated.

The Pelicans exploited a lack of focus early by the Warriors offence, and built up the lead on the back of some fun - but - unsustainably - hot shooting.Davis and Cousins delivered pretty much everything you wanted from them.

Oleh Kosel and Travis Tate from SB Nation's Pelicans site The Bird Writes join us to talk through that apprehension.

Rajon Rondo does have some skills that could help the Pelicans.

If the Pelicans had one other top - notch rebounder they'd probably be one of the best rebounding teams in the league.

Nevertheless it sounds like the Pelicans pitching him hard.

He's always looked like he has tons of potential, but I've all but given up on him realising it with the Pelicans.

He's more probably more useful as a trade piece than a player for the Pelicans at the moment.

Rookie contracts are cheap, which helps with the Pelicans salary cap situation.

The only NBA teams without G League affiliates are the Denver Nuggets, New Orleans Pelicans, and Portland Trail Blazers.

Warriors without Steph v. Pelicans to me is a toss up barring some sort of pelicans choke due to playoff pressure.

If the Spurs were to lose to the Pelicans (and tbh I have very little confidence in this year's team in that game), they are looking at the 7 or 8 seed, depending on the outcome of Wolves - Nuggets — 7 with a Wolves win and 8 with a Nuggets win.

WHAT WOULD»VE HAPPENED: The Pelicans insist Davis isn't for sale, but nobody believes them.

The Pelicans, who in their first year of play in 1870, as amateurs, lost to the Cincinnati Red Stockings 51 - 1, in 1887 issued first rain check in professional baseball (existing custom had been to take a fan's word for it that he had suffered from a rain - out), stoutly continued to play during raging yellow fever epidemic of 1905, stumbled on even when their home park was sold out from under them for a motel site in 1958.

PASSED AWAY: NEW ORLEANS PELICANS, 90, baseball club (Southern Association since 1902) that sent such notables as Shoeless Joe Jackson, Dazzy Vance, Dixie Walker and Tommy Henrich to the majors, of financial strangulation.

PDX: @ Houston; @ Spurs: @ Denver; V Jazz (projected: 1 - 3, but outside chance they lose all four if Lillard can't go) UTA: V Clippers; @ Lakers; V Warriors; @ Portland (projected: 3 - 1, but outside chance they run the table if Warriors are resting and Lillard is still hobbled) OKC: @ Houston; @ Miami; V Memphis (projected: 2 - 1) SAS: V Portland; V Kings; @ Pelicans (projected: 2 - 1)(fingers crossed they take out those Blazers) MIN: @ Denver; @ Lakers; V Memphis; V Denver (projected: 3 - 1) NO: @ Phoenix; @ Warriors; @ Clippers; V Spurs (projected: 2 - 2)

Sacramento would receive Jodie Meeks Buddy Hield, the Pelicans» 2017 first - round pick, and an additional first - round pick.

Instead, the Pelicans fell apart last year, ravaged by injuries.

The Sacramento Kings have discussed trading center DeMarcus Cousins to the New Orleans Pelicans, according to The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski, in a deal that would pair one All - Star big man with another.

Not for that price, not with their team, not with Demps on the hot seat if the Pelicans hadn't pushed back into the playoffs this year.