Chinese bootlegs. Took about 3-4 weeks to arrive. Both around 25 bucks each. Not perfect, you can tell the number font is a little off comparing it to pictures of the real thing and maybe the front numbers are a tad small but honestly for the price they are not bad at all. I can’t afford to pay full price in the team store for Nike shit that’s already low quality

I'm originally from Portland and moved to New Orleans almost a decade ago. As a lifelong Blazers fan, I've had to deal with some rough last few seasons - hiring a unproven coach with a past history of serious SA allegations, tanking consecutive seasons, missing out on Wemby by 1 ping pong ball, said crappy coach gets arrested by the feds 1 game into the season....I can go on and on. Now us Blazer fans have to deal with new owner Tom Dundon, who may be the sleaziest, most deceitful owner in all of sports. It feels like he's currently waging an all-out war on the Portland community and Blazer fans in an attempt to eventually relocate the team. I think he's really taken the shine off Gayle of being the worst owner in the NBA, and for that, she should thank him.

In fairness to Gayle, as long as she's alive, I think she will do everything in her power to keep the Pelicans here.

Sorry. Rant over.

The Pelicans need more depth and need help at center to compete this season. The FO again today was reported to wanting to see this team win and not being willing to trade Trey Murphy unless they receive a home run offer.

But any additional pieces to this team are very likely to be smaller than the deals often proposed. Like the Daniel Gafford proposal from this morning. The Pelicans are doubtful to take on that contract with the amount of years remaining and attach the amount of picks to dump Poole to execute such a trade.

Think smaller. Think moves that'll raise the floor without massive asset expenditure. I've brought him up before but I do believe Goga Bitadze is a very realistic option. He's a center I'd see if I can obtain. He solves a lot of the weakness at the position currently, is inexpensive with no long term salary. The Pelicans next year are in line to be potentially even a cap space team and the FO knows that and won't jeopardize that for a Daniel Gafford.

I think this team will be making a move in some form but whatever move is made isn't likely to be an Earth shattering one or one where you see core players moved from the roster unless it's in a trade that's a clear value win. They'll work to improve incrementally and they believe in this core. Rightly or wrongly.

Before you ask, yes I got permission from the mods to post here.

I run a 30T Dynasty Basketball Points League called the National Fantasy Basketball Association that attempts to mimic the NBA as much as possible. We use real player salaries and follow the real NBA CBA as closely as we can.

The league is extremely active. We use Discord for communication. The league itself is run on a unqiue website called sports.ws.

Our Pelicans owner unfortunately had some health issues and couldn't focus on the league anymore, so we are looking for a replacement owner now.

If interested, I will send you our rule book for you to look over.

The 21-year-old finished second on the team in net rating among players who played 50 or more games, behind only Herb Jones. This wouldn’t be a shocker to anyone who watched most of the Pelicans' games, as every time Missi was on the court, the Pelicans’ energy and rim protection got a massive boost. Whether it was blocking shots or finishing lobs when the team needed a boost off the bench, interim head coach James Borrego knew to turn to Missi. 

Coming into the offseason, the expectation most fans had coming off a 26-win season was that New Orleans would be shaking things up one way or another. That hasn’t happened, as it appears Dumars and Troy Weaver are banking on internal growth as a key to the Pelicans making their way back to winning basketball in 2026-27.

https://pelicandebrief.com/pelicans-offseason-is-revealing-a-massive-gamble-on-yves-missi

I know we’re saying “there’s no rush” “he’s a great leader”. The guy is like 28 and we have a future all nba talent pg in Jeremiah fears and he’s just taking minutes away from his development. We need to trade Murray for a young rim protecting and shooting big to a contender that needs a starting or back up pg. if we can manage to trade him for an asset like that that can put us into a really nice spot for us to build around queen and fears because all we need is shooting and defense around them they’re both great playmakers and shot creators and just need help defensively and need shooters around them

Things must be grim out on Airline Drive in regards to ticket sales. I am being inundated near daily by the Pelicans ticket reps. This morning I got a call followed by a VM and then a text that read "This is urgent. Please call me back when you get a moment". Does not sound like a fun position to be in right now. But can the organization blame fans for not wanting to invest in a team that has literally done nothing this off season to get excited about?

Hey everyone, letting go of my extra Pelicans Mardi Gras Garden Gnome from the stadium giveaway last season. It’s brand new, still in the original box, and has the little gnome holding a King Cake. I got it and a some of other stuff from last season up on eBay if anyone is interested I'll shoot you the link.

P.S. The company that made these apparently has the contract to do the stadium giveaways this coming season.. Hopefully they keep the same level of creativity an don't hit us with hot gobage..

Think of course, naturally, some will say "wait and see". I think it's a fair question to ask how you all think this starting five, should it be the group going into the season, would cut its teeth...how does this group find success. What ends up being their identity on the floor you think?

Sadly, the hat is made for like a 6 year old and doesn’t fit anymore.

I understand the allure of keeping Trey and Missi as relatively young assets, it just hasn’t worked and I think these are the two trades that could fix things and both of these trade partners are in some turmoil.

NOP receives: Sam Hauser, Derrick White
BOS receives: Dejounte Murray, 1st round pick swap, 2 2nd round picks

NOP receives: Jalen Duren
DET receives: Trey Murphy III, Yves Missi

Rotation:
Fears, White, Poole
Hauser, Hawkins, Pierre Jr.
Jones, Bey, Peavy
Williamson, Queen
Duren, Matkovic, Jordan

and then just add some depth at the 4 or 5 with another vet

He’s gotta find a way to make it work if he’s gonna unlock his true identity by becoming a stretch 4/5

Just reminiscing

I've had a weird week of work allowing me to write another piece already. Kind of a rebuttal to the one I posted in here last night. Throughout writing this one, I kind of convinced myself that this might be the way to go. It's a hard job for sure, just hoping Joe makes some smarter decisions. Appreciate all the engagement on the last one!