NewOrleans.Basketball - A New Orleans Pelicans Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The New Orleans Pelicans players, coaches, and brass held media day today to open the 2022 NBA season. Garrick & Raphael Rattler breakdown the highlights as well as the 2 year $64M contract extension for CJ McCollum. 

Send us Fan Mail Willie Green helped change the narrative about the New Orleans Pelicans franchise in less than 365 days, but what does he have in store for his 2nd season as the Head Coach of the Pelicans? Garrick and Raphael break down the rare coaching company that Willie is in and if he could be in line to do something that has never been done before in NBA history. Follow us on Twitter . Foll...

Send us Fan Mail The Pelicans have had the quietest free agency/off-season by signing no one and trading no one. Will internal growth be enough? Are the Pelicans done making moves? Garrick & Raphael Rattler break down the off-season and where the Pels could go next.

Send us Fan Mail Brandon Ingram opened eyes last season with the way he carried the team to it’s first playoff birth in five years & how he performed in his playoff debut. But there are still some that doubt his impact on winning. Garrick and Raphael Rattler discuss how BI compares to other stars around the league and where he ranks amongst them.

Send us Fan Mail In order for the Pelicans to live up to the hype surrounding the team going into this season, they will have to accomplish some things that haven’t been done in recent franchise history. Garrick & Raphael Rattler breakdown a few topics that will determine how successful the Pels are next season.

Send us Fan Mail The Pelicans chose consistency in their off-season approach, but will it be enough in a talented Western Conference for the team to reach the next level? Garrick & Raphael Rattler breakdown how the Pels stack up versus all the teams in the West heading into training camp.

Send us Fan Mail The Pelicans have a very young talented roster with lots of promise. Garrick & Raphael Rattler rank the importance of certain individuals to the Pels success next season.

Send us Fan Mail The Pelicans have had a quiet off-season so far with their biggest roster change being drafting Dyson Daniels at #8 in the 2022 NBA draft. Will that be enough to vault them into a top 6 team in the tough projected Western Conference? Garrick & Raphael Rattler break down how the Pelicans will look different & will be more of the same with a healthy Zion Williamson back in t...

Send us Fan Mail Garrick & Raphael Rattler break down the takeaways from Summer League as the Pelicans turn their focus towards finalizing their roster for the upcoming season.

Send us Fan Mail The New Orleans Pelicans have a shaky start to summer league, both with injury and uneven play. Garrick and Raphael Rattler break down the first two summer league games of the new NBA 2022 season.

Send us Fan Mail  After Zion agreeing to a 5 year contract extension last week, the Pelicans now turn their focus to developing their young players in the NBA Summer League. Garrick and Raphael breakdown what they will be looking for out of the rookies and who to keep an eye on going into the first Pelicans game.

Send us Fan Mail Zion Williamson is nearing an agreement on  a 5 year extension with the Pelicans to open the 2022 NBA league year. Garrick and Raphael Rattler break down what this means for him and the franchise moving forward.

Send us Fan Mail The Pelicans just added 2 versatile defenders in the NBA Draft and now will head into a “calm” free agency period. Raphael and Garrick Rattler break down some burning questions as Summer League quickly approaches.

Send us Fan Mail Description: The Pelicans selected Dyson Daniels from the G League Ignite with the 8th pick and EJ Liddell from Ohio State with the 41st pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. Garrick and Raphael Rattler break down what the Pelicans can expect from these two versatile defenders as well as the other prospects they picked up on draft night. 

Send us Fan Mail  With the 2022-2023 NBA draft being only two days away, the Pelicans have an array of directions they can go with the #8 pick. Do they stay put and watch the board fall? Do they they get aggressive with future assets for the player they love? Or do they trade back and acquire more? Garrick and Raphael Rattler breakdown some burning questions as the draft quickly approaches.

Send us Fan Mail The NBA Draft and the 2022-2023 NBA Season is around the corner. Garrick and Raphael Rattler interview the voice of the Pelicans Todd Graffagnini to talk through the year that was and the buzz around the Pelicans going into next season.

Send us Fan Mail The buzz around this Pelicans team heading into next season may be the most in NBA history for a team coming off just 36 wins. With the draft and start of the new NBA season just a few weeks away, Raphael and Garrick Rattler dive into the key things that the Pelicans need to have happen in order to live up to the hype.

Send us Fan Mail The Pelicans have 14 players under contract next season, but do they make a play to try to find an athletic big? Garrick and Raphael Rattler analyze what bigs might be options for the Pelicans as the draft and free agency quickly approach.

Send us Fan Mail The Pelicans currently own the 8th pick in the NBA 2022 draft. Garrick and Raphael Rattler analyze what guards and wings the Pelicans may be evaluating to draft with that pick and how they may fit in with the current Pels roster.

Send us Fan Mail The Pelicans landed the eighth selection in the draft lottery as a result of one of the picks received in the Anthony Davis trade. Garrick and Raphael Rattler discuss what the Pels may be looking to do with the pick, whether they keep it or trade it, as well as who they might be targeting.

Send us Fan Mail With the NBA lottery fast approaching, the Pels find themselves with an abundance of young, undersized guards in Jose Alvarado, Kira Lewis Jr. and Devonte Graham. Garrick and Raphael Rattler are back with another episode of Pels Pod where they discuss what the Pels could do with the guard position moving forward through the offseason as well as preview the lottery, #Pelicans #Pels...

Send us Fan Mail Some players, like Larry Nance Jr., C.J. McCollum and Zion Williamson will be extension eligible with the Pelicans soon. Garrick and Raphael Rattler are back with another episode of Pels Pod where they discuss who they think will get an extension, and who won't, as well as what they think David Griffin's negotiations with Zion Williamson will be like.

Send us Fan Mail The New Orleans Pelicans' 2021-2022 season came to a close with a 115-109 loss to the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 of their first round playoff series. Raphael & Garrick Rattler are back to break down how the series ended, as well as what they expect to see from the Pelicans throughout the offseason and moving forward into next season.

Send us Fan Mail Chris Paul had another fantastic 4th quarter in Game 3, scoring 19 points in the final stanza to put the Pels away, but the Pelicans had an answer for him in Game 4 in the form of Herb Jones and Jose Alvarado. Jones finished the contest with 13 points and three big blocked shots, while Alvarado scored 5 points and had 2 steals while showcasing his trademark energy. The Pelicans no...

Send us Fan Mail The Pelicans made a statement that they would not be a pushover with their Game 2 victory over the Phoenix Suns. The Pelicans defeated the Suns 125-114, and even though the Suns lost Devin Booker to a hamstring injury during the contest, the Pels needed to make clutch plays in the second half and Brandon Ingram provided them, finishing the game with 37 points, 11 rebounds and 9 as...