Trey Murphy scored 21 points and Jose Alvarado added 18 as the New Orleans Pelicans broke through for their first win, finishing with an 11-0 burst to reel in the visiting Charlotte Hornets 116-112.
The lone winless team in the Western Conference was dealt another huge blow to the beginning of their season. New Orleans Pelicans star forward Zion Williamson has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain that will sideline him for at least seven to 10 days, the Pelicans announced Tuesday.
Pelicans star Zion Williamson will be sidelined once again. The team announced on Monday that Williamson has sustained a Grade 1 left hamstring strain and will be re-evaluated in seven-to-10 days.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
The New Orleans Pelicans’ start to the 2025-26 NBA season is nothing short of catastrophic. At 0-6, with the league’s worst point differential (-18.1), the team has looked lifeless on both ends of the floor, and the clock is ticking loudly on head coach Willie Green’s tenure.
Pelicans coach Willie Green says he talks with head of basketball operations Joe Dumars every day, and that the entire front office knows where they stand as the losses pile up.
With Zion Williamson healthy, a young core emerging and a high-expectation draft class on the way, the franchise glowed with potential. That potential now feels fragile.
Sunday’s 31-point loss at Oklahoma City added more fuel to an already burning discussion around Pelicans coach Willie Green. At 0-6, New Orleans is one of just two winless teams left (along with the Nets).
The New Orleans Pelicans might find themselves in a difficult position with their start to the season, but they have a foundational block. The New Orleans Pelicans have not gotten off to a good start this season, going winless in their first six games of the season.
New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson has often faced criticism regarding his health, primarily related to fitness and weight concerns. While those issues have caused him to miss several games in the past, the 2025-26 season appears to be shaping up differently.
The New Orleans Pelicans have to be close to making a tough decision. As the team couldn’t come up with a single win through the first two weeks of action, change seems inevitable.
Willie Green was the talk of the NBA world on Sunday evening. After the New Orleans Pelicans went head-to-head with the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday afternoon, another loss for the Pelicans has placed more outside pressure on New Orleans head coach Willie Green.
Like other Western Conference teams, such as the Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs, the New Orleans Pelicans came away from the 2025 NBA Draft with a crop of talented prospects.
There are three winless NBA teams 10 days into the 2025-26 season. The New Orleans Pelicans had rights to two of those teams' first-round picks in 2026, but they traded away both.
The New Orleans Pelicans made some major moves over the 2025 offseason, headlined by a trade to acquire Jordan Poole, but another move to trade away their unprotected 2026 first-round pick certainly caught some flak.
There’s been little room for optimism in the New Orleans Pelicans season so far, given their winless start. The games started out competitive. They first took the Memphis Grizzlies down to the wire, eventually falling by just six points.
The New Orleans Pelicans have a talented roster; there's no denying that. But between injuries and fit concerns, this Pelicans team has underperformed to start the 2025-26 season.
The New Orleans Pelicans made a bold move in the 2025 NBA Draft, but their 0-4 start to the season could haunt them. The New Orleans Pelicans were absolutely humiliated by the Denver Nuggets, who blew them out in a lopsided fixture.
Jordan Poole has gotten off to a steady start in his first season with the New Orleans Pelicans. While New Orleans has dropped the first two games of the season, Poole has been one of the biggest contributors on the court, second on the team with 19 points per game and third on the team with 3.5 assists per game.
The New Orleans Pelicans have agreed to sign veteran free agent center DeAndre Jordan to a one-year, $3.6 million contract, per ESPN senior insider Shams Charania.