As we cross the one-quarter mark of the NBA season — with the Clippers in first place out West, the Kings playing .500 ball, and the Jazz and Rockets near the bottom looking up — things are starting to come into clearer focus. That clarity is more than welcome, given how topsy-turvy the league has […]
Few NBA teams in recent memory have been on the sort of roller coaster the Pelicans are just getting off of. There was the excitement that accompanied the shocking deal for DeMarcus Cousins (while the 2017 All-Star Game was being played in New Orleans, no less). A year later, there was the January night in […]
Few thought the New Orleans Pelicans could win their first-round playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers. Yet the Pelicans won four consecutive games against the Western Conference’s No. 3 seed thanks to incredible performances from Rajon Rondo, Anthony Davis and Jrue Holiday.
Few thought the New Orleans Pelicans could win their first-round playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers. Yet the Pelicans won four consecutive games against the Western Conference’s No. 3 seed thanks to incredible performances from Rajon Rondo, Anthony Davis and Jrue Holiday.
In a series with MVP candidates like Anthony Davis and Damian Lillard, or even a scorer like C.J. McCollum, Jrue Holiday wasn’t the most likely player to have the biggest impact on the first-round series between the Pelicans and Blazers. Yet that’s what is happening so far, and the New Orleans guard — who has […]