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• New Orleans Pelicans fire Willie Green as coach after 2-10 start, James Borrego named interim coach
This had been expected. While Green dealt with a lot of injuries on the roster, he also never maximized the talent on it....2025See more New Orleans Pelicans
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• Pelicans fire Willie Green: New Orleans coach ousted after miserable 2-10 start; James Borrego named interimInjuries have decimated Green's roster the last several years but the results were impossible to ignore...2025Click for news about James Borrego -
• Pelicans fire head coach Willie Green after brutal start to fifth season
Injuries, lack of direction and not meeting expectations doomed Willie Green in New Orleans....2025
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• Southwest Notes: Pelicans, Okogie, Kornet, Mavs
The Pelicans‘ first 10 games of the 2025/26 season have gone about as poorly as they could have, according to William Guillory of The Athletic, with star forward Zion Williamson sidelined due to another hamstring injury and Willie Green‘s hold on his head coaching job looking tenuous. As Guillory writes, even when the 2-8 Pelicans […]...2025Read about William Guillory
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• Pelicans Notes: Zion, Matkovic, Missi, Jordan, Springer
Pelicans star Zion Williamson is dealing with a bone contusion in his left foot and will miss Monday’s contest vs. Boston, head coach Willie Green told reporters, including Will Guillory of The Athletic (Twitter link). Williamson has been hampered by a variety of injuries over the course of his NBA career, having played just 214 […]...2025See also Zion Williamson
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• Injury Notes: Queen, White, Brown, Raptors, Rockets, More
Rookie big man Derik Queen has been medically cleared to participate in full basketball activities, the Pelicans announced today (via Twitter). Head coach Willie Green said Queen was a full participant in Saturday’s practice, tweets Will Guillory of The Athletic. While the team wants to get Queen up to speed, Green said New Orleans will […]...2025
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• Pelicans To Hire Joe Dumars As President Of Basketball OperationsThe New Orleans Pelicans will hire Joe Dumars to become their new president of basketball operations. Dumars will replace David Griffin, who was in the job since 2019. Dumars previously ran the Detroit Pistons from 2000 until 2014. Dumars served as the chief strategy office of the Sacramento Kings from 2019-22 and has been the NBA league office's executive vice president of basketball operations s...2025See also New Orleans Pelicans -
• Willie Green: No Discussions Yet On Future With Pelicans
Head coach Willie Green talked about his uncertain future after the Pelicans closed out the season by losing to Oklahoma City Sunday afternoon, writes Brett Martel of The Associated Press. The loss ended a disappointing year for Green’s injury-ravaged team, which began the campaign with playoff aspirations, but would up with the second-worst record in […]...2025
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• Pels' Green: No talks yet about return as coach
Willie Green said he hasn't had any talks yet about returning next season after the Pelicans wrapped up a disappointing, injury-plagued season....2025
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• Dejounte Murray Tears Achilles, Out For SeasonDejounte Murray suffered a season-ending Achilles tear on Friday night against the Boston Celtics, according to Shams Charania of ESPN. Murray suffered the injury when chasing his own miss after driving to the lane. The injury is on Murray's right leg. "Extremely difficult, when you see a guy that means so much to our team and puts the work in go down like that," said Willie Green after the game. ...2025See also Dejounte Murray
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• Dejounte Murray To Undergo X-Rays For Right Hand Injury
New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray is set to undergo X-rays on his right hand. Murray missed the Pelicans game at the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday due to a sprained right index finger. New Orleans coach Willie Green said pregame that his starting point guard will now get X-rays on his right hand. Murray previously missed 17 games this season due to a broken left hand. The veteran point gu...2025Visit the page Dejounte Murray
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• Southwest Notes: Ingram, Pelicans, Udoka, Wells, Smart
The Pelicans were upset about the play that caused Brandon Ingram‘s ankle injury, according to Rod Walker of NOLA.com, who says the team sent video of the play to the league office to review. They hadn’t heard back as of Tuesday, per head coach Willie Green. The injury occurred after Ingram attempted to rise up […]...2024Check it out Brandon Ingram
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• Pelicans Notes: Williamson, Ingram, Agency Changes
Head coach Willie Green referred to them as “the best duo in the NBA” 13 months ago, but it’s time for the Pelicans to admit that the pairing of forwards Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram hasn’t panned out, contends Christian Clark of NOLA.com (subscription required). As Clark details, injuries have consistently derailed any hope the […]...2024Click for news about Zion Williamson
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• Pelicans Notes: Green, Rotation, Potential Trades, Lakers Pick, McCollum, Hawkins
The Pelicans, a team that had hopes of reaching or passing 50 wins this season, are spiraling due to injuries. At 4-12, there’s been some outside speculation that head coach Willie Green’s job could be in jeopardy, William Guillory of The Athletic writes. However, Guillory doesn’t believe Green is in danger of losing his position […]...2024See also William Guillory
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• Injury Notes: Pelicans, Kings, Raptors, Adams, Collier
He technically wasn’t injured, but Pelicans star Zion Williamson sat out Wednesday’s season-opening victory over Chicago due to an illness. There’s optimism Willliamson be ready for Friday’s contest in Portland after he practiced on Thursday, according to Rod Walker of The Times-Picayune (Twitter links). “Looks like he’s good to go,” head coach Willie Gree...2024Click for news about Zion Williamson
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• Jordan Hawkins To Be In Pelicans Regular Season RotationNew Orleans Pelicans guard Jordan Hawkins has had an outstanding preseason. That has Hawkins in line for a regular rotation spot, according to Pelicans head coach Willie Green. "Absolutely," was Green's answer when asked if the second-year guard was a no-doubt-about-it rotation player. Hawkins had an up-and-down rookie season. He averaged 7.8 points over 67 games, but shot just 38.2% from the fiel...2024Check it out Jordan Hawkins -
• Pelicans’ Zion Williamson to miss Play-In showdown with Lakers due to hamstring strain
By Shams Charania, Alex Andrejev and William Guillory New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson will miss Friday’s Play-In game against the Sacramento Kings due to a left hamstring strain, the team announced. Williamson had an MRI on Wednesday morning and will be re-examined in two weeks. The 23-year-old looked unstoppable during Tuesday’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers until his night...2024Visit the page Zion Williamson
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• Southwest Notes: Zion, Luka, Kyrie, Clarke, Popovich
The Pelicans got some good news on Thursday. As Christian Clark of NOLA.com writes, Zion Williamson exited Wednesday’s loss to Orlando with a finger injury, but head coach Willie Green said the former No. 1 overall pick is considered day-to-day, with his status for Friday’s game up in the air. “Z is good,” Green said […]...2024Visit the page Zion Williamson
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• Pelicans’ Zion Williamson Diagnosed With Finger ContusionNew Orleans Pelicans head coach Willie Green told NBA reporters that Zion Williamson has been diagnosed with a left middle finger contusion. Williamson suffered the injury on Wednesday (4/3) against the Orlando Magic. Zion Williamson will be day to day, Willie Green says. Contusion on that left middle finger. X-rays and scans came back clean. […] The post Pelicans’ Zion Williamso...2024Click for news about New Orleans Pelicans -
• Zion day-to-day due to sore finger, coach saysPelicans forward Zion Williamson is considered day-to-day because of a finger injury on his left hand after X-rays and scans came back negative, coach Willie Green told reporters....2024See more Zion Williamson
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• Zion Williamson Leaves Wednesday's Game Due To Left Middle Finger InjuryZion Williamson was unavailable down the stretch of his team's home loss to the Orlando Magic on Wednesday. Williamson injured the middle finger on his left hand late in the first half. The injury forced Williamson to leave the game early. Postgame, New Orleans head coach Willie Green confirmed the injury for Williamson. For his part, Williamson said he'd have the injury looked at on Thursday. "Ea...2024See more articles Zion Williamson -
• Zion Williamson Left Game Due To Left Middle Finger InjuryNew Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson was unavailable down the stretch of his team's home loss to the Orlando Magic on Wednesday. Williamson injured the middle finger on his left hand late in the first half. The injury forced the Pelicans All-Star forward to leave the game early. Postgame, New Orleans head coach Willie Green confirmed the injury for Williamson. For his part, Williamson said...2024Click for news about Zion Williamson
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• Brandon Ingram Leaves Game With Knee Injury, Undergoes MRIBrandon Ingram left the New Orleans Pelicans' matchup against the Orlando Magic in the third quarter with a knee injury. Willie Green had no updates on Ingram's condition, adding that he underwent an MRI on his left knee. The Pelicans are currently in 5th place in the West....2024Continue with Brandon Ingram -
• Injury Notes: Alvarado, Lyles, Mitchell, Beal, Hornets
Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado is getting “really close” to making his season debut, head coach Willie Green said on Friday, per Christian Clark of NOLA.com (Twitter link). Alvarado, who has been sidelined for the first few weeks of the season due to a right ankle sprain, missed Friday’s in-season tournament game against Denver but has […]...2023Visit the page Jose Alvarado
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• ‘Tough break, right?’: Pelicans coach Willie Green on injured Trey Murphy missing start of the season
This upcoming 2023/24 campaign finally seemed like the year that the Pelicans would have a fresh start with a healthy roster. However, just as Zion Williamson seems to be as fit as ever, Trey Murphy III fell to injury this summer and will miss at least the first month of NBA action. Coach Willie Green […] The post ‘Tough break, right?’: Pelicans coach Willie Green on injured Tre...2023Check it out Trey Murphy
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• Brandon Ingram Plays 5 On 5, Progressing Towards ReturnBrandon Ingram played 5 on 5 on Sunday and is making progress towards a return, according to Willie Green. Ingram has been sidelined with a toe injury since November 26. The Pelicans are also currently without Zion Williamson due to a hamstring injury....2023See also Brandon Ingram -
• Zion Williamson Leaves Game With Right Hamstring StrainZion Williamson left the New Orleans Pelicans' loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in the third quarter due to a right hamstring strain. Williamson, who suffered the injury pushing the ball up the court off a rebound, did not return to the game. Willie Green said that Williamson will be further evaluated. "It was right at a pivotal moment in the game. We'll get some imaging and look at him and hopefull...2023See more articles Zion Williamson -
• Zion Williamson Leaves Game With Right Hamstring Strain, Does Not ReturnZion Williamson left the New Orleans Pelicans' loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in the third quarter due to a right hamstring strain. Williamson, who suffered the injury pushing the ball up the court off a rebound, did not return to the game. Willie Green said that Williamson will be further evaluated. "It was right at a pivotal moment in the game. We'll get some imaging and look at him and hopefull...2023See also Zion Williamson
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• Brandon Ingram injury update: Pelicans star says he'll be back when he feels like himself againNew Orleans coach Willie Green says the team wants to avoid setbacks with Ingram's injured toe...2022Click for news about Brandon Ingram -
• Brandon Ingram To Miss At Least Next Two Games, No Timeline For ReturnBrandon Ingram is set to miss at least the next two games for the New Orleans Pelicans with a left toe contusion. Ingram, who has already missed 11 games with the injury, has no timetable for a return. Willie Green admitted that the process for Ingram's return has been slow. "We're still evaluating him and coming up with a plan and a timeline (for his return). He's getting better. It's just been s...2022Click for news about Brandon Ingram