New Orleans Pelicans

The New Orleans Pelicans have reportedly identified four candidates as finalists for their open head coach vacancy. The finals are Milwaukee Bucks assistant coaches Darvin Ham and Rajon Rondo, Brooklyn Nets assistant coach Steve Hetzel and San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Sean Sweeney. This list does not include James Borrego, who finished the season as the Pelicans interim head coach. Borrego took over when New Orleans fired Willie Green after 12 games. New Orleans finished 24-46 under Borr...

The Chicago Bulls hired Atlanta Hawks executive Bryson Graham to lead their front office on Monday, hoping he can turn around a struggling franchise.

The Bulls are hiring Hawks senior vice president Bryson Graham as the franchise's new Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations.

CJ McCollum has had a career renaissance with the Atlanta Hawks as he is set to enter free agency this offseason. The Hawks plan on retaining McCollum, who is making $30.67 million in the final season of his two-year, $64 million extension signed in September 2022. McCollum was traded by the New Orleans Pelicans to the Washington Wizards last offseason and then flipped to the Hawks at midseason as part of the Trae Young deal. Across 76 games during the regular season, McCollum averaged 18.7 p...

Brandon Ingram exited Game 5 after 11 minutes due to right heel inflammation. Ingram left the game early in the second quarter as the Toronto Raptors went on to lose by a 125-120 margin. The Raptors were already without Immanuel Quickley due to a hamstring injury. Ingram is averaging just 14.8 points coming into Game 5 at the Cleveland Cavaliers as he's struggled with his efficiency in the series. The Raptors acquired Ingram from the New Orleans Pelicans at the 2025 trade deadline.

DeAndre Jordan has won the 2025-26 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year, beating out Jrue Holiday, Jeff Green and Garrett Temple. Holiday has won the award three times in his career. Jordan signed with the New Orleans Pelicans this season after spending the previous three with the Denver Nuggets. The award recognizes the player deemed the league's best teammate, based on selfless play, leadership on and off the court as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and commitment to the team. L...

The New Orleans Pelicans have reportedly requested to interview Pistons assistant coach Jarrett Jack.

The Pelicans could be making some big moves to fill the vacancy in the head coach position as two former Lakers' members emerge as candidates.

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Steve Hetzel, an assistant coach with the Brooklyn Nets, has interviewed for the New Orleans Pelicans head coaching vacancy as the team continues to widen its search L'articolo Pelicans add Steve Hetzel to coaching search, Nets assistant interviews for New Orleans job proviene da Sportando.

Rajon Rondo is among the candidates the Pelicans are considering as they look for their next head coach, with league sources telling Jake Fischer and Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Substack link) that he has already interviewed for the position. The former All-Star guard was hired in 2024 as a special assistant on Doc […]

Former Kentucky Wildcat and two-time NBA champion Rajon Rondo is reportedly in the running to be a NBA head coach. According to Marc Stein, the New Orleans Pelicans are largely considering Rondo for their HC position. He spent the 2017-2018 season as the starting point guard, averaging eight points and as many assists in 65 […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are considering James Borrego to remain as their head coach, as well as looking at several long-time NBA assistant coaches. Borrego went 24-46 as the Pelicans interim head coach after he took over for Willie Green. New Orleans is also considering multiple assistant coaches. San Antonio Spurs assistant Sean Sweeney, Milwaukee Bucks assistant Darvin Ham, and Brooklyn Nets assistant Steve Hetzel are all in the mix. The Pelicans are also hoping to interview Detroit Piston...

Kevin Durant, who also missed Game 1 of the first round series with a bruised right knee, sat out of the Rockets' 112-108 overtime loss to LA with a sprained ankle.

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The Mavericks and The New Orleans Pelicans Flipped a Coin for the 7th Best Odds at the Number 1 Pick

The NBA is set to hold tiebreakers for selections in the 2026 NBA Draft on Monday, April 20. If the tie is between lottery teams, these tiebreakers set the order pre-Draft Lottery. The actual lottery odds will be split evenly between the tied teams. Non-lottery teams will also have their order decided by the tiebreakers. The second-round draft order will then be the inverse of the first-round. The ties to be broken are: 4/5: Sacramento Kings and Utah Jazz 7/8: Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans...

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The New Orleans Pelicans are restructuring their basketball operations staff and are reorganizing multiple departments. A "significant number" of staff have will not be retained under Joe Dumars. The team are also in the beginning stages of their head coach search, and have been linked with Jamahl Mosley and Darvin Ham. It was also reported this week that the team have no interest in trading Zion Williamson this offseason.

The Pelicans have begun to make “significant” changes to their basketball operations, coaching, and medical staffs, multiple sources tell Shamit Dua of In The N.O. (Twitter links). Several staff members have been informed they won’t be brought back for next season, according to Dua, who says a “significant portion” of the basketball operations, coaching, and […]