David Griffin, the Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the New Orleans Pelicans, acknowledged the team’s impressive 49-win season but indicated a planned overhaul of the roster during his NBA season-ending news conference on Tuesday.
The former top overall pick Williamson did not play at all in the series due to a hamstring injury.
The New Orleans Pelicans are headed into a pivotal offseason after being swept out of the 2024 NBA Playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder. The front office had the luxury — and the reasons — to stick with the status quo last summer.
The New Orleans Pelicans saw their 2023-24 season end in anticlimactic fashion, as they lost star Zion Williamson to a hamstring injury in the NBA Play-In Tournament and ended up being swept by the Oklahoma City Thunder.
New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin appreciates the success of a 49-win season but signaled he's determined to shift away from the current makeup of his roster this summer.
The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 97-89 on Monday, April 29, to complete their four-game sweep and advance to the Western Conference Semi-finals.
The New Orleans Pelicans had a respectable run in the 2024 NBA Playoffs. The Pelicans were swept by the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night with a 97-89 Game 4 loss.
With the Thunder clinging to a three-point lead late in Game 4, Jalen Williams put the team on his back.
The Pelicans have had trouble finding offense against the Thunder's defense throughout the Western Conference first-round series. In Game 4, they found some of it from an unlikely source.
With 2019 No. 1 pick Zion Williamson sidelined by a hamstring injury, the New Orleans Pelicans have been strained trying to overcome his absence. In 2023-24, Williamson averaged 22.9 points , 5.0 assists, and 1.1 steals per game.
Charles Barkley got into hot water for his comments on Beyonce’s hometown of Galveston, Texas, but immediately retracted the statement he made following the New Orleans Pelicans’ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs.
Oklahoma City Thunder and New Orleans Pelicans will face each other in Game 4 of the NBA Playoffs Round 1 on Monday, April 29, starting at 8:30 PM ET in the Smoothie King Center.
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As the Pelicans are down 0-3 to the Thunder, questions are beginning to swirl around Brandon Ingram’s future with the team. Ingram is a 2025 free agent and declined an extension with the Pelicans before the season.
Charles Barkley has decreed that the New Orleans Pelicans are not allowed to go to Cancun when their barely-there playoff showing is over.
Zion Williamson is currently dealing with a hamstring injury he sustained during the play-in tournament.
Former NBA guard Norris Cole has agreed to a contract with Osos de Manati of Puerto Rico, the team announced. Cole, 35, spent this past season playing for the now-defunct G League Ignite.
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