NewOrleans.Basketball - A New Orleans Pelicans Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The Pels lost Game 1 in the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs 110-99 Sunday night in Phoenix. The Suns had the early advantage, leading 53-34 halftime and holding the Pelicans to just 11 of 49 shooting (22%)in the first half. However, the Pelicans did make a run in the third quarter, but Chris Paul scored 19 of his 30 points in the 4th quarter to close the Pelicans ou...

Send us Fan Mail With wins over the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers, the New Orleans Pelicans secured the 8th seed in the Western Conference and won the conference's play-in tournament.  The Pels now advance to the playoffs to face the Phoenix Suns. Garrick & Raphael Rattler are back with a bonus edition of Pels Pod to talk about the huge win last night, as well as the Pels mat...

Send us Fan Mail The Pels didn't have their most successful week on the court, going 2-2. But those losses didn't matter because the Pelicans had already secured the 9th seed in the play-in tournament, allowing them to host the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday night for a chance to advance.  Raphael & Garrick Rattler return to talk about the upcoming play-in game, what making the play-in...

Send us Fan Mail With a Pelicans win over the Kings or a Lakers loss to the Suns tonight, the Pelicans will clinch a spot in the play-in tournament. Considering the way the Pelicans started the season 1-12 and have been without their best player for the entirety of the season, making the playoffs is a massive achievement for this team. Raphael & Garrick Rattler return to talk about tonight&apo...

Send us Fan Mail Before we get to THAT GAME, we want to thank everyone who watches and listens to Pels Pod. We started the podcast around a year ago and we've had a blast a long the way. There's been ups and downs with the Pels, as usual, but it's been a great ride since we've been able to begin cultivating this community with you all. That being said, last night the Pels came...

Send us Fan Mail In a season full of peaks and valleys, the Pels are hitting another peak at the perfect time of the season. The Pels have won two of their last three games...on the road...without Brandon Ingram. Guys like Trey Murphy and Naji Marshall have stepped up without guys like Ingram and Devonte Graham due to injury and the Pels have risen to the 9th playoff spot. Raph & Garrick Rattl...

Send us Fan Mail The Pels continue to do Pels things. Losers of two straight entering the All-Star break, the Pels came out of the break white hot, winning four straight games, three in blowout fashion. However, this would inevitably take a turn as Brandon Ingram would miss the last four games with a hamstring injury, only to be followed by C.J. McCollum entering the NBA's health and safety p...

Send us Fan Mail The Pels came out of the All-Star Break red hot, winning four straight with three of those victories coming by more than 25 points. The streak came to an end last night with a 138-130 overtime loss against the Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic, but the Pels have been playing great basketball and are firmly back in the play-in race. Raph & Garrick Rattler return to break down you...

Send us Fan Mail The Pels entered the All-Star break with a record of 23-36, good for 3rd in the Southwest division and 12th in the Western Conference. While CJ McCollum has been lights out since coming to New Orleans via trade, the Pels have gone 1-4 with CJ in the lineup. The team has also yet to give an update on Zion Williamson's injury situation. Where do the Pels go from here? The Rattl...

Send us Fan Mail The Pelicans are winless since the arrival of CJ McCollum in New Orleans, but Saturday's 124-114 loss to the San Antonio Spurs showed exactly why the Pelicans traded for the former Portland Trailblazers sharpshooter. McCollum scored 36 points on 15/24 shooting, as well as adding 11 rebounds to his box score. The Pels may have lost the game, but the vision is clear. Garrick an...

Send us Fan Mail Raph & Garrick Rattler drop in with a quick emergency pod to talk about the New Orleans Pelicans' big trade for CJ McCollum.

Send us Fan Mail After starting the season 1-12, the New Orleans Pelicans improved their record to 21-32 with a 120-107 win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night, moving them into 10th place in the NBA's Western Conference and giving them possession of the final spot in the Play-In tournament for the playoffs. The week started off with a tough loss to the Darius Garland-less Cleveland Cava...

Send us Fan Mail Been a rough week for the New Orleans Pelicans as they went 1-3 since our last episode. Raph & Garrick return to talk about the week that was for the Pelicans.

Send us Fan Mail The New Orleans Pelicans have only played one game since our last episode, but it was a costly 102-91 win over the New York Knicks because Brandon Ingram missed part of it with a sprained ankle and will also miss tonight's game against the Pacers. It feels like whenever this team might be ready to make a run, something happens to stop it. Raph & Garrick Rattler are back t...

Send us Fan Mail It's been more of the same for the New Orleans Pelicans. Since the last episode the Pelicans won two straight over the Timberwolves and Clippers respectively, before getting dominated by the Nets, who lost Kevin Durant early in the contest, and the Celtics, who overcame an 18-point first half deficit to come back and beat the Pels.  One step forward, one step back.  Garrick &...

Send us Fan Mail Just about a week after the Pels put together a 4 game losing streak, the Pels have now lost three of four after a 105-101 loss to the Toronto Raptors. Can the Pels become more consistent or is this just life for this team without their best player? Rapahel & Garrick Rattler break down the latest happenings with the New Orleans Pelicans on this week's Pels Pod.

Send us Fan Mail As 2021 came to a close, the New Orleans Pelicans once again found themselves at something of a crossroads. Their best player is once again injured, their second best player has had an injury plagued season and some of the young players who had been expected to step up hadn't.  However things haven't been all bad. The team fought back from a dreadful start to at least pi...

Send us Fan Mail The New Orleans Pelicans had another solid week on the court, going 2-1 for the week with wins over Portland and Orlando before finishing up with a loss to Oklahoma City. While the 117-112 loss to the Thunder was disappointing, what made it worse was Brandon Ingram leaving the game after the first quarter with what the team termed as "achilles soreness." So even after th...

Send us Fan Mail Raphael & Garrick Rattler are back with another episode of Pels Pod. It's a quick turnaround from last Wednesday's episode but the Pels went streaking in the meantime, with back-to-back wins over the Thunder, via Devonte Graham miracle shot, and over the Bucks (without Giannis and Khris Middleton), via Devonte Graham 3-point barrage. After a 3-16 start, the Pelicans...

Send us Fan Mail Raphael & Garrick Rattler return to talk about how the week went for the New Orleans Pelicans, as well as diving into the guard play for the Pels as a whole and the latest news on Zion's injury.

Send us Fan Mail The record is what it is, but the New Orleans Pelicans are 5-5 over their last 10 games. Things have been looking up recently as the Pels have been more competitive and Willie Green has settled into some rotations he likes. However, the Pels don't seem any closer to getting Zion Williamson back, as the Pelicans announced that their best player is still feeling soreness in his...

Send us Fan Mail The New Orleans Pelicans had an outstanding week by their standards so far this season, going 2-2 over the week with wins over the Utah Jazz and Washington Wizards. In other good Pels news, Zion Williamson was cleared to practice with the team before his eventual return to the court. Are the Pels finding themselves just in time to get their best player back on the court? Raphael &...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the Pelicans went 1-3, blowing a 19-point lead to the Washington Wizards without Bradley Beal and giving up two separate 15-point first-half leads to the Miami Heat before overcoming a 20-point first half deficit at home to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers and finishing the week getting beat by the Indiana Pacers. Raph & Garrick Rattler return to break down the week...

Send us Fan Mail Garrick & Raphael Rattler are back talking about the week that was with your New Orleans Pelicans. There was some good and some bad this week. On the positive side, the Pels got Brandon Ingram back from injury and manages to notch another win. However, the Pels also continued to pile up Ls and an embarassing story dropped about a near-physical confrontation between Pels GM Dav...

Send us Fan Mail Another week, another bunch of hard-fought losses for a New Orleans Pelicans squad playing without their best player, and sometimes without second-best player too. It's obvious the team is better and is playing harder than last year, but how do you replace 27 points per game? Is the season already lost? Should the Pels fire up the tank? The Rattler Brothers break it all down...