2024–25 New Orleans Pelicans season

The 2024–25 New Orleans Pelicans season will be the 23rd season of the New Orleans Pelicans franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On August 8, 2024, the Pelicans announced that they would enter this season working with Gray Television owned stations around not just the state of Louisiana, but also parts of Alabama and Mississippi as well.

2024–25 New Orleans Pelicans season
Head coach	Willie Green
General manager	Bryson Graham
Owner(s)	Gayle Benson
Arena	Smoothie King Center
Results
Record	0–0
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Gray Television
Radio	WRNO-FM

Draft

Main article: 2024 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	21	Yves Missi	C	Cameroon	Baylor

The Pelicans will have one first-round pick entering the draft. This will technically be the first draft in franchise history where the New Orleans Pelicans franchise would work on the NBA draft when it lasted for two days of length instead of just one day like it had been ever since the draft was shortened down to just two rounds back in 1989.

Roster

New Orleans Pelicans roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 15 Alvarado, Jose (FA) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1998-04-12 Georgia Tech F — Cain, Jamal (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1999-03-20 Oakland G/F — Green, Javonte 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993-07-23 Radford G 24 Hawkins, Jordan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2002-04-29 Connecticut F 33 Hill, Malcolm (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1995-10-26 Illinois F 14 Ingram, Brandon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-09-02 Duke C — Jemison, Trey (TW) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1999-11-28 UAB F 2 Jones, Herbert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1998-10-06 Alabama F/C — Matković, Karlo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 2001-03-30 Croatia G 3 McCollum, CJ 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1991-09-19 Lehigh C 21 Missi, Yves 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 2004-05-14 Baylor F 25 Murphy, Trey III 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 2000-06-18 Virginia G 5 Murray, Dejounte 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1996-09-19 Washington G/F 12 Reeves, Antonio 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-11-20 Kentucky F/C 50 Robinson-Earl, Jeremiah (FA) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 2000-11-03 Villanova F 37 Ryan, Matt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1997-04-17 Chattanooga G 0 Seabron, Dereon (FA) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-05-26 NC State F/C 10 Theis, Daniel 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1992-04-04 Germany F 1 Williamson, Zion  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 284 lb (129 kg) 2000-07-06 Duke

Head coach Willie Green Assistant coach(es) James Borrego (associate HC) Jarron Collins Casey Hill Aaron Miles Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: August 27, 2024

Game log

Preseason

2024 preseason game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Preseason: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 7 Orlando Smoothie King Center 2 October 11 @ Orlando Kia Center 3 October 13 @ Miami Kaseya Center 4 October 15 @ Houston Toyota Center
2024–25 preseason schedule

Regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
October: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 23 Chicago Smoothie King Center 2 October 25 @ Portland Moda Center 3 October 27 @ Portland Moda Center 4 October 29 @ Golden State Chase Center 5 October 30 @ Golden State Chase Center
November : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 November 1 Indiana Smoothie King Center 7 November 3 Atlanta Smoothie King Center 8 November 4 Portland Smoothie King Center 9 November 6 Cleveland Smoothie King Center 10 November 8 @ Orlando Kia Center 11 November 11 Brooklyn Smoothie King Center 12 November 13 @ Oklahoma City Paycom Center 13 November 15 Denver Smoothie King Center 14 November 16 L.A. Lakers Smoothie King Center 15 November 19 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 16 November 20 @ Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17 November 22 Golden State Smoothie King Center 18 November 25 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse 19 November 27 Toronto Smoothie King Center 20 November 29 @ Memphis FedExForum
December : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 1 @ New York Madison Square Garden 22 December 2 @ Atlanta State Farm Arena 23 December 5 Phoenix Smoothie King Center 24 December 7 Oklahoma City Smoothie King Center 25 December 8 @ San Antonio Frost Bank Center – 26 December TBD TBD 27 December TBD TBD 28 December 19 @ Houston Toyota Center 29 December 21 New York Smoothie King Center 30 December 22 Denver Smoothie King Center 31 December 26 Houston Smoothie King Center 32 December 27 Memphis Smoothie King Center 33 December 30 L.A. Clippers Smoothie King Center
January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 January 1 @ Miami Kaseya Center 35 January 3 Washington Smoothie King Center 36 January 5 @ Washington Capital One Arena 37 January 7 Minnesota Smoothie King Center 38 January 8 Portland Smoothie King Center 39 January 10 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 40 January 12 @ Boston TD Garden 41 January 14 @ Chicago United Center 42 January 15 Dallas Smoothie King Center 43 January 17 Utah Smoothie King Center 44 January 20 Utah Smoothie King Center 45 January 22 Milwaukee Smoothie King Center 46 January 24 @ Memphis FedExForum 47 January 25 @ Charlotte Spectrum Center 48 January 27 @ Toronto Scotiabank Arena 49 January 29 Dallas Smoothie King Center 50 January 31 Boston Smoothie King Center
February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 51 February 3 @ Denver Ball Arena 52 February 5 @ Denver Ball Arena 53 February 8 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 54 February 10 @ Oklahoma City Paycom Center 55 February 12 Sacramento Smoothie King Center 56 February 13 Sacramento Smoothie King Center 57 February 21 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 58 February 23 San Antonio Smoothie King Center – 59 February 25 San Antonio Smoothie King Center – 60 February 27 @ Phoenix Footprint Center 61 February 28 @ Phoenix Footprint Center
March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 62 March 2 @ Utah Delta Center 63 March 4 @ L.A. Lakers Crypto.com Arena 64 March 6 Houston Smoothie King Center 65 March 8 @ Houston Toyota Center 66 March 9 Memphis Smoothie King Center – 67 March 11 L.A. Clippers Smoothie King Center 68 March 15 @ San Antonio Frost Bank Center – 69 March 17 Detroit Smoothie King Center 70 March 19 @ Minnesota Target Center 71 March 21 @ Minnesota Target Center 72 March 23 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena 73 March 24 Philadelphia Smoothie King Center 74 March 28 Golden State Smoothie King Center 75 March 30 Charlotte Smoothie King Center
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 2 @ L.A. Clippers Intuit Dome 77 April 4 @ L.A. Lakers Crypto.com Arena 78 April 6 Orlando Smoothie King Center 79 April 8 @ Brooklyn Barclays Center 80 April 9 @ Milwaukee Fiserv Forum 81 April 11 Miami Smoothie King Center 82 April 13 Oklahoma City Smoothie King Center
2024–25 season schedule

NBA Cup

Main article: 2024 NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.

West Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Denver Nuggets	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	Dallas Mavericks	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
3	New Orleans Pelicans	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Golden State Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Memphis Grizzlies	0	0	0	0	0	0

First game(s) will be played: November 12, 2024. Source:

Transactions

Main article: List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 27, 2024	To New Orleans Pelicans Draft rights to Antonio Reeves (No. 47)	To Orlando Magic 2030 NOP second-round pick swap right 2031 NOP second-round pick swap right
July 6, 2024	To New Orleans Pelicans 2027 WAS protected second-round pick	To Washington Wizards Jonas Valančiūnas
July 6, 2024	To New Orleans Pelicans Dejounte Murray	To Atlanta Hawks Dyson Daniels E. J. Liddell Larry Nance Jr. Cody Zeller 2025 LAL first-round pick 2027 MIL top-four protected first-round pick