New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson was cleared Thursday for contact activity in practice after missing the past five games with a hamstring injury.
Kevon Looney's four-minute stint to start the New Orleans Pelicans' loss against the Blazers was the perfect summation of his first season with the team.
Former NBA star DeMarcus Cousins had a hot take about the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday’s episode of FanDuel TV’s “Run It Back.” Cousins, who had a short stint with the Pelicans, believes it’s time for the team to relocate.
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.
When the Pelicans hosted the Portland Trail Blazers, no one expected things to get this heated. Yet that was what happened in the second quarter. The Blazers’ Jerami Grant got into a scuffle with New Orleans’ Yves Missi.
With the 2025-26 NBA season just about one month in, the one coach seemingly on the hot seat according to rumors is New Orleans Pelicans head coach Willie Green.
As the seemingly stuck-in-last-place New Orleans Pelicans prepare to embark on a brutal five-game homestand, the temperature around Willie Green’s office chair has risen from warm to scorching hot.
New Orleans needs a spark — and their 20-year-old rookie is ready to give them one. The New Orleans Pelicans are 2-8 and trending the wrong way in the West.
The season couldn’t have started much worse for the Pelicans. Zion Williamson (hamstring) is sidelined again and head coach Willie Green’s job appears to be hanging by a thread, as written by The Athletic’s William Guillory.
The New Orleans Pelicans are in the midst of yet another lost season as they sit at the bottom of the Western Conference with a 2-8 record. Normally, what would make sense for a team in the Pelicans' situation would be to try to tank and increase their lottery odds for the 2026 NBA Draft, especially when their franchise star is sidelined.
There is no shortage of disappointments for the 2-8 New Orleans Pelicans to start the season. The Pelicans are 27th in offense and 29th in defense through ten games and get outscored by 13.4 points per 100 possessions.
There have been plenty of desultory losses for the New Orleans Pelicans through the first three weeks of the season. Once again dealing with a frustrating number of injuries, the Pelicans have been non-competitive in far too many games.
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Pelicans have become the league’s punchline a month into the season. They can change that narrative by starting Derik Queen.
De'Aaron Fox poured in 24 points in his first game action since March to lead eight San Antonio players in double-figure scoring as the Spurs held off the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans.
It has become a very bleak time to become a New Orleans Pelicans fan. Many would’ve assumed that when they drafted Zion Williamson in 2019, by now they would be a powerhouse in the Western Conference.
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.
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.