2016–17 New Orleans Pelicans season explained

Team:	New Orleans Pelicans
End Year:	2017
Wins:	34
Losses:	48
Division:	Southwest
Division Place:	4
Conf Place:	10
Coach:	Alvin Gentry
Gm:	Dell Demps
Owner:	Tom Benson
Arena:	Smoothie King Center
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	NOP
Television:	Fox Sports New Orleans
Radio:	WWL-FM

The 2016–17 New Orleans Pelicans season was the 15th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Draft

See main article: 2016 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	6	Buddy Hield	SG		Oklahoma
2	39	David Michineau	PG	Guadeloupe	Élan Chalon
2	40	Diamond Stone	C		Maryland

All of the players drafted by the Pelicans this season would wind up being traded elsewhere sometime during the season. On June 23, 2016, both David Michineau and Diamond Stone would be traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for the Clippers' own second round pick in the draft, which was Cheick Diallo, a promising power forward who was born and raised in Mali, but ultimately played for the University of Kansas for one season before entering the 2016 NBA draft. Meanwhile, during the night of the 2017 NBA All-Star Game, the Pelicans would trade away their top pick of the draft, Buddy Hield, alongside Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, a Top-3 protected 2017 first round pick, and the Philadelphia 76ers' own second round pick in the 2017 NBA draft to the Sacramento Kings for their star center, DeMarcus Cousins, and Omri Casspi.

All-Star Game

The Pelicans were the hosts for the NBA All-Star Game in 2017. Anthony Davis was selected by fan voting to the starting front court for the game. Anthony Davis would also receive the All-Star Game's MVP award for his production during the All-Star Game. After the All-Star Game was over, it was announced that the Pelicans would make a blockbuster move to trade their rookie Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, a Top-3 protected 2017 first round pick, and the Philadelphia 76ers' own 2017 second round pick to the Sacramento Kings for fellow All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi. The move would be officially done a day later.

Standings

Conference

Game log

Pre-season

Regular season

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 80 || 71 || 29.7 || .383 || .348 || .805 || 3.8 || 1.8 || .9 || .4 || 7.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 75 || 75 || 36.1 || .505 || .299 || .802 || 11.8 || 2.1 || 1.3 || 2.2 || 28.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 73 || 22 || 24.9 || .457 || .370 || .770 || 2.1 || 2.2 || .7 || .4 || 9.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 67 || 61 || 32.7 || .454 || .356 || .708 || 3.9 || 7.3 || 1.5 || .7 || 15.4|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 66 || 35 || 25.0 || .485 || .392 || .593 || 4.2 || .6 || .6 || .4 || 6.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 65 || 35 || 23.5 || .403 || .313 || .760 || 2.7 || 5.2 || .9 || .1 || 7.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 57 || 37 || 20.4 || .393 || .369 || .879 || 2.9 || 1.4 || .3 || .1 || 8.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 55 || 0 || 20.4 || .374 || .377 || .769 || 2.2 || 1.2 || .7 || .1 || 8.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 51 || 12 || 24.8 || .472 || .253 || .606 || 5.9 || 1.2 || .8 || 1.0 || 11.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 39 || 15 || 15.0 || .500 || .000 || .725 || 4.5 || .3 || .5 || .6 || 5.3|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 34 || 0 || 14.1 || .413 || .234 || .510 || 3.0 || .9 || .5 || .3 || 4.4|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 31 || 19 || 15.5 || .477 || || .590 || 5.3 || .5 || .2 || .3 || 2.7|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 26 || 0 || 18.2 || .401 || .300 || .776 || 3.3 || 3.5 || .9 || .2 || 9.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 19 || 0 || 23.3 || .482 || .389 || .769 || 1.8 || 3.0 || .6 || .1 || 14.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 17 || 17 || 33.8 || .452 || .375 || .777 || 12.4 || 3.9 || 1.5 || 1.1 || 24.4|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 17 || 0 || 11.7 || .474 || || .714 || 4.3 || .2 || .2 || .4 || 5.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 9 || 8 || 21.2 || .268 || .250 || .667 || 3.1 || 1.0 || .7 || .0 || 3.8|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 9 || 0 || 15.9 || .341 || .250 || || 2.9 || .7 || .6 || .1 || 3.8|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 9 || 0 || 12.3 || .537 || .500 || .667 || .4 || 1.6 || .3 || .0 || 5.8|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 6 || 0 || 27.0 || .473 || .100 || .625 || 3.0 || 4.8 || .3 || .2 || 9.7|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 6 || 0 || 13.2 || .348 || .455 || .857 || 1.0 || .7 || .5 || .0 || 4.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 3 || 3 || 15.7 || .625 || .571 || .500 || 1.7 || .3 || .7 || .0 || 5.3|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 3 || 0 || 10.0 || .400 || .500 || 1.000 || .0 || .3 || .0 || .3 || 5.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 2 || 0 || 20.5 || .625 || .333 || || .5 || .0 || .5 || .5 || 5.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 2 || 0 || 16.5 || .667 || .000 || 1.000 || .0 || 2.5 || 1.0 || .0 || 3.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 1 || 0 || 24.0 || .556 || .500 || || 2.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 12.0|}

Transactions

See main article: List of 2016–17 NBA season transactions.

Trades

June 23, 2016	To New Orleans Pelicans Cheick Diallo (Pick 33)	To Los Angeles Clippers David Michineau (Pick 39) Diamond Stone (Pick 40)
July 10, 2016	To New Orleans Pelicans 2018 New Orleans 2nd-round pick^[1] Cash considerations	To Miami Heat Luke Babbitt
February 20, 2017	To New Orleans Pelicans DeMarcus Cousins^[2] Omri Casspi	To Sacramento Kings Buddy Hield Tyreke Evans Langston Galloway 2017 protected 1st-round pick 2017 Philadelphia 2nd-round pick

Free agency

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Solomon Hill^[4]	4-year contract worth $48 million	Indiana Pacers
E'Twaun Moore	4-year contract worth $34 million	Chicago Bulls
Langston Galloway	2-year contract worth $10.7 million	New York Knicks
Terrence Jones^[5]	1-year contract worth $980,431	Houston Rockets
Lance Stephenson^[6]	1-year contract worth $1.2 million	Memphis Grizzlies
Reggie Williams^[7] ^[8]		Oklahoma City Blue
Donatas Motiejūnas^[9]	1-year contract worth $1.1 million	Houston Rockets
Jarrett Jack^[10]		Brooklyn Nets

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Bryce Dejean-Jones	Died during offseason (Shot to death)	(Deceased)
Lance Stephenson^[11]	Waived	Minnesota Timberwolves
Archie Goodwin	Waived	Greensboro Swarm
Anthony Brown	Waived	Orlando Magic / Erie Bayhawks
Omri Casspi^[12]	Waived

Notes and References

Web site: Pelicans trade forward Luke Babbitt. nba.com/pelicans. July 10, 2017. July 10, 2016.
Web site: Pelicans acquire DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi. nba.com/pelicans. February 20, 2017. February 20, 2017.
Web site: New Orleans re-signs Frazier. nba.com/pelicans. July 22, 2016. July 22, 2016.
Web site: Pelicans sign free agents Hill, Moore and Galloway. nba.com/pelicans. July 21, 2016. July 21, 2016.
Web site: Pelicans sign free agent forward Terrence Jones. nba.com/pelicans. July 22, 2016. July 22, 2016.
Web site: Pelicans sign Lance Stephenson. nba.com/pelicans. September 14, 2016. September 14, 2016.
Web site: Pelicans sign Reggie Williams. nba.com/pelicans. December 10, 2016. December 10, 2016.
Web site: New Orleans Pelicans sign Reggie Williams to 10-day contract. nba.com/pelicans. February 25, 2017. February 25, 2017.
Web site: Pelicans sign Donatas Motiejunas. nba.com/pelicans. January 3, 2017. January 3, 2017.
Web site: Pelicans sign Jarrett Jack. nba.com/pelicans. February 24, 2017. February 24, 2017.
Web site: Pelicans waive Lance Stephenson. nba.com/pelicans. November 7, 2017. November 7, 2016.
Web site: New Orleans Pelicans waive Omri Casspi. nba.com/pelicans. February 25, 2017. February 25, 2017.