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Miami just let the world know that it is indeed prepared to field trade offers for the suddenly suspended Jimmy Butler. New Orleans is holding out hope a bidder will emerge that can make the math work on a Brandon Ingram trade. Many executives will say that they spend December calling other teams merely to register initial interest in the players they like on another team’s … [Read more...] about

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Yossi Gozlan: “I mentioned in my Pelicans video from earlier in the offseason how I think it’s just a matter of time before they do something with CJ McCollum. As we’re getting to the end of his contract, it’ll be a little easier to trade him. I just think that it might not happen this trade deadline. It’ll probably be a little easier once he’s actually expiring in the … [Read more...] about

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Malika Andrews: In the wake of the deadly attack on Bourbon street earlier this week, Pelicans star Zion Williamson is donating $100,000 to the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s Tragedy fund, telling ESPN: “As a father, son and someone who loves the community, this hit me hard. This isn’t just about money —but standing together and making sure no one feels alone.” … [Read more...] about Zion Williamson donating $100,000 in wake of deadly Bourbon street attack

Austin Rivers on Zion Williamson: New Orleans is not a basketball city, it’s a football city. Let’s be clear, when you get there it’s the Saints brother, when you land in right now in 2025, when you land in the New Orleans airport they have five stores with a replay video of them winning the title in 2008, it’s still playing. They have banner shirts like they won last year. … [Read more...] about Austin Rivers on Zion Williamson: New Orleans’ food doesn’t help him, everything down there is buttered and greasy