Bird Watch | A Pelicans podcast
A New Orleans Pelicans podcast powered by NOLA.com. A weekly look at the team that says they'll never bend the knee with hosts Christian Clark and Jeff Nowak.
Episodes
Who will the Pelicans draft when they get on the clock for the 2020 NBA Draft next week? Will it be at 13 or somewhere else after a trade? Will Jrue Holiday still be on New Orleans roster? Shamit Dua of Bourbon Street Shots joins Bird Watch hosts Christian Clark and Jeff Nowak to break down what to expect from the Stan Van Gundy-era Pelicans and several of the top prospects in this year’s class.
With the Pelicans' new coaching era set to kick off in New Orleans, what should you expect from Stan Van Gundy in New Orleans? A good place to start is his most recent coaching run. Pistons beat writer for The Athletic, James Edwards III, joins this episode of Bird Watch to talk about SVG's final year in Detroit, his impressions of the Pelicans' new coach and more.
The Pelicans have found their coach, and his name is a familiar one: Stan Van Gundy. What to think of the hire? Bird Watch hosts Christian Clark and Jeff Nowak go through some key points, what we expect and hand the hire a way-too-early grade as another season of question marks approaches in New Orleans.
Can an NBA team win a title with home-grown talent? Small-market teams have to try. Denver Nuggets beat writer Harrison Wind joins this episode of Bird Watch to talk about that topic and more in This week's episode of Bird Watch with co-hosts Christian Clark and Jeff Nowak. Also: If the Pelicans got their top pick, who would be the best option? Is it Doc Rivers? Ty Lue? Kenny Atkinson? A wild card? Check out this week's episod...
Who do Pelicans fans despise most? Some might say it's Anthony Davis, but our vote still goes to Eric Gordon. Will Guillory of The Athletic joins Bird Watch host Christian Clark in this week's episode to hit a variety of topics, including the "I was wrong about the Nuggets" apology tour.
It was a season of more downs than ups, but don't fret Pelicans fans, it's not all bad -- in fact far from it. In this week's episode (after loving Luka Doncic a bit) hosts Christian Clark and Jeff Nowak hit on five key points of optimism as the Pelicans head into a coaching search and an offseason that will likely shape the next decade for a franchise built to rise.
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Alvin Gentry has been fired. It is official. So ... what's next? NOLA.com columnist Rod Walker joins Bird Watch hosts Christian Clark and Jeff Nowak to share quick reactions to the firing of the Pelicans' coach, throw down names for the next potential hire and more in this week's episode.
Welp ... that's now how you draw it up. The Pelicans came into the NBA bubble with sky-high expectations, but with two games left to play the team's playoff hopes are officially underground. ESPN's Andrew Lopez joins Bird Watch host Christian Clark to discuss the Pelicans' most recent loss to the Spurs, what went wrong in the seeding games and what to look for going forward into next season.
The Pelicans and Grizzlies met again with a familiar result, but what does it all mean? Fastbreak Breakfast host Keith Parish joins Bird Watch hosts Christian Clark and Jeff Nowak in this week's episode to see if we can make heads or tails of the bubble playoff race, and reset some key scenarios. Spoiler: He's not hitting the panic button yet on Memphis, and New Orleans suddenly has new life in Orlando.
Remember when Zion Williamson's mask photo was the biggest Pelicans storyline? Well things have changed quickly with an opening loss to the Jazz in the NBA's restart and a lot of confusion over the young star's minutes limit. Here are the quick takeaways from the game, what we know about his restrictions (and the reasoning behind them) from EVP David Griffin's comments today,
The games don't count, so what exactly is there to take away from the Pelicans' first two NBA bubble scrimmages? Health, for one, but Bird Watch hosts Christian Clark and Jeff Nowak break down a few more key elements of some REAL, anticlimactic basketball action in Orlando. Plus the latest on Zion's quarantine and return, some stumbling blocks, Lou Williams at Magic City and more as the Pelicans restart opener vs. the Jazz looms.&n...
Was it a foul? The refs said no. The NBA said yes. But what does Sarah Todd think? The Utah Jazz beat writer for the Deseret News joins Pelicans beat writer Christian Clark to talk about the questionable call, the night that sent the NBA on pause due to coronavirus, the relationship between Jazz stars Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell and a lot more in this week's episode of Bird Watch | A New Orleans Pelicans podcast powered by NOL...
The NBA's "bubble" playoff scenario is drawing closer, but more positive coronavirus tests will certainly hit before the basketball does. Bird Watch returns with hosts Christian Clark and Jeff Nowak to talk about the prospect of Pelicans players that might opt out, how the setup looks with players potentially sequestered in Orlando for up to three months ... and whether that plan could've actually worked in New Orleans (because yes...
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