NBA AM: Is It Time For A Change?

There are a few NBA teams that are really struggling. Is it time to explore a change or is this who they are really going to be?

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA PM: Contract-Year Players to Watch

Lang Greene looks at 15 players headed to free agency next summer. Some are struggling, while others are balling.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Pelicans’ Anthony Davis Leaves Games With Hip Contusion

There were 2.9 seconds remaining in the first half when Anthony Davis went to the bench. Little did Pelicans fans know, Davis was headed there for the remainder of the night. Davis did not return for the second half against the Mavericks after suffering a right hip contusion. Source: Andrew Lopez of The Times-Picayune

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Sources: Fredette Re-Signs With Pelicans

Jimmer Fredette – the No. 2 pick in the NBA Development League draft by the Westchester Knicks – has re-signed with the New Orleans Pelicans under the injury hardship exception, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Fredette will provide insurance to the Pelicans’ backcourt, with Jrue Holiday still on a playing restriction. The Pelicans weren’t granted […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Pelicans’ Perkins Out 2-3 Months With Pectoral Injury

New Orleans Pelicans veteran center Kendrick Perkins said after Friday night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks that he will be out for two to three months with a right pectoral injury. Perkins suffered the injury during last week’s game against the Golden State Warriors during the first quarter at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA AM: Teams That Are In Early Trouble

Which NBA teams should be concerned about their slow start to the 2015-16 season?

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Kendrick Perkins Out Indefinitely

The Pelicans say there is no timetable for how long veteran center Kendrick Perkins will need to come back from a pectoral injury. Perkins, who started New Orleans’ first three games, was hurt in the first quarter Saturday night in a 134-120 loss to the Golden State Warriors. Source: The Associated Press

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Deadline for Options & Extensions; D-League Draft

Salary cap guru Eric Pincus breaks down Monday’s deadline for options/extensions, and looks at the D-League draft.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Pelicans’ Davis: ‘We can’t be labeled as a soft team’

(Anthony) Davis said they have to get back defending physically like they did toward the end of last season when they were in a battle for the eighth and final playoff seed in the Western Conference and landed it before getting swept in four games by the Warriors in the first round. ”We can’t be […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021