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If Anthony Davis retired now from the NBA, for some unexpected reason, he would be worthy of induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame based on his career thus far. Davis doesn’t need to score another point, block another shot, be selected to another All-Star game, or even win a championship in order to become a future Hall-of-Famer: because he […]
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 118-109 in a highly anticipated matchup between an all-time great player, still dominating the league in his 17th season, and a promising rookie that might just be the next face of the NBA. The matchup served as a highly anticipated first meeting between LeBron James and Zion Williamson. Williamson is truly […]
After a thrilling All-Star weekend, the 2019-20 NBA regular season enters its final two month stretch, roughly the final third of the season. With 66% of most team’s 82-game schedule complete, it’s a great time to pause and reflect how the final standings might shake out. For comparison, check out my preseason predictions for all 30 teams records as well […]
The New Orleans Pelicans fell to the San Antonio Spurs 121-117, but rookie Zion Williamson put the NBA world on notice with an electrifying regular season debut. Williamson, the top pick in last year’s NBA draft and the most anticipated prospect in years, had been sidelined by a torn meniscus suffered in the preseason. Williamson was already transitioning his game […]
The Golden State Warriors season came to a shocking start as they began 0-2, looking bad against the Los Angeles Clippers and even worse against the Oklahoma City Thunder. That all changed with a much-needed first win of the season, 134-123 over the New Orleans Pelicans. Both teams entered this game winless, hungry for the first W of their young […]
Anthony Davis is an elite player and franchise talent. But this never brought just the New Orleans Pelicans franchise much success: just one playoff series win in 2018. So when the Pelicans blew up the franchise a week before the draft, in reality, they weren’t really giving up any consistent prosperity. In return, general manager David Griffin turned the superstar […]
The New Orleans Pelicans won a playoff series last year, but hit a low-point in late January when Anthony Davis publicly requested a trade, specifically to the Los Angles Lakers. Seasons of progress built around Davis were seemingly reversed overnight, as it became clear he would not re-sign in New Orleans past the season and a half he has left […]
