Since Willie Green has taken over as head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans, the team has steadily improved. Their regular season win total has gone up every season, reaching 49 victories during the 2023-24 campaign.
The New Orleans Pelicans have quietly been improving over the last few years and are looking to make a jump up the Western Conference during the 2024-25 season.
The New Orleans Pelicans have a lot of talented young players on their roster that head coach Willie Green is excited for. Given their upside, some people believe with a few breaks, the Pelicans can be among the best teams in the Western Conference.
On Sunday, the New Orleans Pelicans will face the Miami Heat on the road in both teams' second preseason game. The Pelicans' Friday game against the Orlando Magic was canceled because of Hurricane Milton, and no makeup date was scheduled.
New Orleans Pelicans head coach Willie Green revealed after practice on Wednesday that forward Brandon Ingram will only play one preseason game before the regular season starts.
The Pelicans have a new offensive approach coming into the new season, per comments by Zion Williamson to The Athletic. New Orleans head coach Willie Green
If there is one thing that the New Orleans Pelicans have been able to do consistently well under head coach Willie Green it is play defense. At times throughout his tenure, he has sacrificed a little bit of offensive production if he ensured that his team’s defense would remain productive.
On Monday afternoon, the New Orleans Pelicans opened their preseason slate with a 106-104 victory over the Orlando Magic. The game was the first glimpse fans and prognosticators saw of the Pelicans' revamped small-ball lineup and newly acquired guard Dejounte Murray.
NBA Draft picks have far different runway lengths when joining the pros. Some teenagers enter into lottery-bound locker rooms while four-year NCAA veterans are expected to be regular-season contributors on playoff squads.
Preseason games are hardly a platform for making a statement. However, it did not take long to notice Zion Williamson was dominating to lead the New Orleans Pelicans in a preseason-opening win.
For several reasons, the New Orleans Pelicans are a team that people were interested in during media day to kick off training camp this year. This is a very talented roster that has been constructed, but it will be interesting to see how everything comes together.
If all things shake out the way they should, the 2024-25 NBA season is going to be a coming-out party for New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy. A first-round pick in the 2021 NBA Draft out of Virginia, he has been an integral part of Willie Green’s rotation since entering the league.
With star players in control and fans eager to see their teams make the playoffs, owners often pin the blame on the head coach for a disappointing season in the NBA. Here are the five coaches most feeling the heat as a new season kicks off.
The New Orleans Pelicans are adding to their coaching staff for the 2024-2025 season. Reports surfaced on Friday that former NBA player Jodie Meeks will sit on Willie Green's bench after being a member of the team's G League Birmingham Squadron for the past two seasons.
The New Orleans Pelicans think they have the right team and coach to compete in the Western Conference. New Orleans quietly gave head coach Willie Green an extension after just his second year with the team.
The upcoming season for the New Orleans Pelicans is an important one for the franchise. In the three years since Coach Willie Green took over, New Orleans has improved its win total in all three seasons and made the playoffs twice during that span.
Even a day later, Willie Green is still stewing about a questionable play against Zion Williamson.
New Orleans Pelicans' star Zion Williamson caused a little brouhaha with the Phoenix Suns on Friday night after unleashing an emphatic celebratory windmill dunk in the game's waning seconds.
Ingram (concussion) is set to miss the team's next three games after the team announced he won't fly with the team on their upcoming road trip.
Williamson, who left a preseason game early last week with left ankle soreness and missed the finale, was a full participant in practice on Monday.
The Pelicans were eliminated after battling the Suns for six difficult games. The outcome was definitely hard to take for Green, who could be seen choking back tears as he greeted coach Monty Williams and the rest of the Suns.
The Pelicans have won eight of their last 13 games, moving them to within two games of the play-in tournament.
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Over a quarter of the NBA’s clubs named new permanent head coaches.
Along with Hardaway, Orlando has requested to interview Suns assistant Willie Green and Bucks assistant Charles Lee, according to The Athletic’s Josh Robbins.
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