Kyrie Irving on the Pelicans: “New Orleans came in with the intent to show us why they’re gonna be in the hunt for championships over the next few years.”
Antonio Daniels said he spotted Brandon Ingram lifting with a strength coach after Saturday night’s game.
Says BI told the trainer: “Nobody wants this more than I do right now.”
CJ McCollum on Zion:
“We’ve been communicating this summer about times we’re going to meet up. I’m gonna get him out to New York to work with me during draft week… I’m getting him out to Vegas to spend some time together.”
Playoff Brandon Ingram:
29.8 PTS (T-4th)
6.8 REB
5.0 AST
51.3 FG%
50.0 3-PT%
87.9 FT%
1st in PER (25.7)
1st in Box Plus/Minus (6.5)
T-4th in Win Shares (0.7)
Not bad for your first playoff appearance at 24 👑
Kendrick Perkins: Do not make enemies with the
@PelicansNBA
social media... That was the worst 3 weeks of my damn life on social media. That was the first time I actually wanted to delete social media
Woj on the Zion rumors last night:
“I did not find a single general manager who told me they were offered Zion Williamson… [he’s] been in the Pelicans practice facility more this offseason than in recent years.”
One year ago today, Trey Murphy, Jose Alvarado and Jaxson Hayes were assigned to the Birmingham Squadron.
Just a few months later, all three played feature roles in a first round playoff series.
John Collins seemingly had a conversation with every Pelican on the roster after the game, then gave me this on the way to the locker room.
Could mean something, could mean nothing. Deadline is in a couple of days
Asked Luka Doncic his thoughts on Herb Jones. “He’s just a great defender. You could see his impact today because he wasn’t there the first game. I really admire that guy.”
#Pelicans
Seven years ago today, Pelicans pulled off the biggest blockbuster trade in franchise history, trading Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway and a first-round pick in exchange for DeMarcus Cousins.
Here was his live reaction during 2017 All-Star Weekend in New Orleans.
“I went into the [Portland] locker room… tried to talk and poach a couple of their players, talked about how nice New Orleans is and how the food is amazing, how it’s like 80 degrees right now.” - CJ McCollum
Already a NOLA legend.
(via
@PullUpPod
)
After getting an All-Defensive snub yesterday, I decided to put together every Herb Jones block I could find from this season.
His combination of length and anticipation is truly special. The instincts and range to get back into some of these plays are absurd.
Never forget when Josh Hart called David Griffin before the draft requesting that NOLA wouldn’t trade him because he wanted to be here.
Nothing but the best,
@joshhart