Which fantasy basketball players are on the rise? Whose fantasy value is falling? Steve Alexander lays it all out for you in his weekly look around the NBA.
Small-market teams in professional sports have to win in the margins during contract negotiations and make every draft pick count. Executive Vice President David Griffin and General Manager Trajan Langdon have hit more than they’ve missed, but neither expected what they saw during the first week of Herbert Jones practicing with the team.
It’s safe to say the Sacramento Kings aren’t satisfied with their current place in the standings. So they seemingly are looking for ways to do something about it.
The New Orleans Pelicans are in the thick of the NBA Western Conference playoff picture, sitting in fifth place with a 25-18 record. Despite this, the Pelicans could be looking to shake things up a little bit as the NBA trade deadline nears.
Herbert Jones led an early barrage of 3-pointers, Jonas Valanciunas went for 21 points in 21 minutes, and the New Orleans Pelicans shellacked the Golden State Warriors 141-105.
New Orleans Pelicans guard/forward Herbert Jones sits in the upper echelon of NBA defenders. He has established this already. Few defenders can match his versatility, as Jones locks up high-volume scorers and creates havoc off of the ball.
Over the last couple of NBA seasons, the New Orleans Pelicans have had high expectations, but they haven’t been able to meet them, mainly because of injuries.
New Orleans Pelicans forward Herb Jones keeps doing his thing without the recognition he deserves. But recognition might finally be in the cards during the 2023-24 NBA season.
New Orleans Pelicans All-Star forward Brandon Ingram is already preparing to represent the United States at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup next month in the Philippines.
USA Basketball’s Select Team is rounding into form.
Pelicans free agent combo forward Herbert Jones is set to re-sign with New Orleans, his Priority Sports agents Mark Bartelstein and Kieran Piller inform Adrian Wojnarowski and Andrew Lopez of ESPN (Twitter link).
By locking him up this offseason as opposed to waiting until later, it allows the Pels to get a great deal on a defensive cornerstone instead of him having another strong season and demanding more money on the market next year in free agency.
Declining Jones’ $1.84M option makes him a restricted free agent, and the two sides plan to discuss a long-term contract
Here's a look at four New Orleans players whose stock is heading up, or down.
The NBA announced the 2022-23 Kia All-Defensive Teams today, and New Orleans Pelicans guard/forward Herbert Jones was a notable omission. Jones received a total of fifteen (15) Second Team votes, leaving him 38 points behind Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo, the 10th and final member of the squad.
Josh Giddey recorded 31 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds and the Thunder remained alive for a Western Conference playoff spot by notching a 123-118 victory over the host Pelicans on Wednesday night in a play-in game.
The Miami Heat lost their last game when a comeback didn't wipe out a very slow start. The New Orleans Pelicans lost their last game after running out of gas in the fourth quarter.
The New Orleans Pelicans will try to finish their longest road trip of the season with a winning record Monday when they visit the Cleveland Cavaliers, who finished 2-3 on their trip after a 110-102 loss at Minnesota on Saturday.
Herb Jones names the toughest superstars to cover in the NBA. Herbert Jones was one of the best rookie wing defenders in the NBA last season, and he was good enough to convince some people that he should have even been selected as an All-Defensive team member.
Herbert Jones of the New Orleans Pelicans was one of the biggest surprises in the NBA last season, as the rookie went from being a second-round pick to making the All-Rookie team and establishing himself as a lockdown defender.
Despite their recent playoffs ousting at the hands of Chris Paul, the future for the New Orleans Pelicans feels much brighter than most projected at the turn of the year.
The New Orleans Pelicans’ shocking run to the 2022 NBA Playoffs took another turn Tuesday evening against the NBA-best Phoenix Suns.
The New Orleans Pelicans (20-32) head into their game on February 6, 2022 as a 4-point favorite against the Houston Rockets (15-37). In their last game, the Pelicans got a team-high 25 points from Herbert Jones on the way to a 113-105 win over the Nuggets on Friday.
Sometimes it is a guy who looks like he'll develop into an NBA player in a couple of years but breaks out in the tournament and becomes an immediate prospect. With the draft still months away, here are the draft risers and fall-ers from March Madness.
We are guaranteed our first national champion west of the Mississippi since 2008 and we could see our first champion west of the Rockies since 1997. So here are the winners and losers of the second week of the NCAA tournament.
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