2022–23 New Orleans Pelicans season explained

Team:	New Orleans Pelicans
End Year:	2023
Wins:	42
Losses:	40
Division:	Southwest
Division Place:	2
Conf Place:	9
Coach:	Willie Green
Gm:	Trajan Langdon
Owner:	Gayle Benson
Arena:	Smoothie King Center
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	NOP
Television:	Bally Sports New Orleans
Radio:	WRNO-FM^[1]

The 2022–23 New Orleans Pelicans season was the 21st season of the New Orleans Pelicans franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They would make it to the Play-In Tournament in back to back seasons, but lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Play-In game.

Draft

See main article: 2022 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	8	Dyson Daniels	Guard / small forward		NBA G League Ignite
2	41	E. J. Liddell	Power forward
2	52	Karlo Matković	Center

The Pelicans held one first-round pick and two second-round picks entering the draft.^[2]

Roster

Standings

Conference

Game log

Preseason

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 4| @ Chicago| | Devonte' Graham (21)| Jaxson Hayes (6)| Jose Alvarado (6)| United Center
16,322| 1–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| October 7| Detroit| | Jose Alvarado (28)| Willy Hernangómez (8)| Daniels, Valančiūnas (5)| Smoothie King Center
13,309| 2–0|-style="background:#cfc;| 3| October 9| @ San Antonio| | Trey Murphy III (27)| Willy Hernangómez (11)| Devonte' Graham (6)| AT&T Center
18,193| 3–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| October 12| @ Miami| | Willy Hernangómez (17)| Naji Marshall (8)| Williamson, McCollum, Marshall (4)| FTX Arena
19,600| 3–1|-style="background:#cfc;"| 5| October 14| Atlanta| | Brandon Ingram (19)| Jonas Valančiūnas (11)| Jonas Valančiūnas (7)| Legacy Arena
12,787| 4–1

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 19| @ Brooklyn| | Brandon Ingram (28)| Jonas Valančiūnas (15)| CJ McCollum (6)| Barclays Center
18,003| 1–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| October 21| @ Charlotte| | Jonas Valančiūnas (30)| Jonas Valančiūnas (17)| Brandon Ingram (7)| Spectrum Center
19,287| 2–0|-style="background:#fcc;| 3| October 23| Utah| | CJ McCollum (28)| Murphy III, Valančiūnas (9)| CJ McCollum (12)| Smoothie King Center
18,665| 2–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4| October 25| Dallas| | Trey Murphy III (22)| Jonas Valančiūnas (7)| CJ McCollum (11)| Smoothie King Center
14,020| 3–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| October 28| @ Phoenix| | Jonas Valančiūnas (25)| Jonas Valančiūnas (10)| CJ McCollum (9)| Footprint Center
17,071| 3–2|-style="background:#cfc;"| 6| October 30| L.A. Clippers| | CJ McCollum (22) | Zion Williamson (12)| Zion Williamson (7)| Crypto.com Arena
18,142| 4–2|-|-style="background:#fcc;"| 7| November 2| @ L.A. Lakers| | Zion Williamson (27) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10)| CJ McCollum (8)| Crypto.com Arena
18,997| 4–3|-style="background:#cfc;"| 8| November 4| Golden State| | Brandon Ingram (26) | McCollum, Nance Jr. (8)| Ingram, McCollum (5)| Smoothie King Center
18,451| 5–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| November 5| @ Atlanta| | McCollum, Williamson (29)| Jonas Valančiūnas (17)| Brandon Ingram (7)| State Farm Arena
17,654| 5–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| November 7| @ Indiana| | Brandon Ingram (29)| Valančiūnas, Williamson (7)| McCollum, Williamson (7)| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
14,052| 5–5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 11| November 9| @ Chicago| | Brandon Ingram (22)| Jonas Valančiuñas (13)| CJ McCollum (5)| United Center
19,621| 6–5|-style="background:#fcc;| 12| November 10| Portland| | Zion Williamson (29)| Jonas Valančiuñas (11)| CJ McCollum (7)| Smoothie King Center
14,289| 6–6|- style="background:#cfc;| 13| November 12| Houston| | Zion Williamson (26)| Larry Nance Jr. (9)| CJ McCollum (7)| Smoothie King Center
15,367| 7–6|-style="background:#cfc;"| 14| November 15| Memphis| | CJ McCollum (30)| Dyson Daniels (9)| CJ McCollum (9)| Smoothie King Center
14,032| 8–6|-style="background:#cfc;"| 15| November 16| Chicago| | CJ McCollum (23)| Trey Murphy III (10)| Brandon Ingram (9)| Smoothie King Center
14,658| 9–6|-style="background:#fcc;"| 16| November 18| Boston| | Brandon Ingram (25)| Larry Nance Jr. (8)| Brandon Ingram (7)| Smoothie King Center
17,828| 9–7|-style="background:#cfc;"| 17| November 21| Golden State| | Brandon Ingram (34)| Jonas Valančiuñas (13)| Naji Marshall (7)| Smoothie King Center
18,589| 10–7|-style="background:#cfc;"| 18| November 23| @ San Antonio| | Zion Williamson (32)| Zion Williamson (11)| Brandon Ingram (10)| AT&T Center
14,947| 11–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| November 25| @ Memphis| | Trey Murphy III (21)| Daniels, Hernangómez, Jones, Williamson (5)| Dyson Daniels (6)| FedExForum
17,794| 11–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 20| November 28| Oklahoma City| | Zion Williamson (23)| Jonas Valančiuñas (10)| Zion Williamson (8)| Smoothie King Center
13,109| 12–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 21| November 30| Toronto| | Zion Williamson (33)| Jonas Valančiuñas (13)| Dyson Daniels (9)| Smoothie King Center
14,845| 13–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 22| December 2| @ San Antonio| | Zion Williamson (30)| Zion Williamson (15)| Zion Williamson (8)| AT&T Center
17,202| 14–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 23| December 4| Denver| | Jose Alvarado (38)| Willy Hernangómez (8)| Marshall, McCollum (6)| Smoothie King Center
15,658| 15–8|-style="background:#cfc;"| 24| December 7| Detroit| | Zion Williamson (29)| Jonas Valančiūnas (12)| Murphy III, Valančiūnas (5)| Smoothie King Center
14,073| 16–8|-style="background:#cfc"| 25| December 9| Phoenix| | Zion Williamson (35)| Jonas Valančiūnas (10)| McCollum, Nance Jr. (5)| Smoothie King Center
16,381| 17–8|-style="background:#cfc"| 26| December 11| Phoenix| | Zion Williamson (35)| Jonas Valančiūnas (10)| Dyson Daniels (8)| Smoothie King Center
18,681| 18–8|-style="background:#fcc"| 27| December 13| @ Utah| | Zion Williamson (26)| Zion Williamson (9)| Zion Williamson (5)| Vivint Arena
18,206| 18–9|-style="background:#fcc"| 28| December 15| @ Utah| | Zion Williamson (31)| Nance Jr., Valančiūnas (9)| Zion Williamson (8)| Vivint Arena
18,206| 18–10|-style="background:#fcc"| 29| December 17| @ Phoenix| | Zion Williamson (30)| Jonas Valančiūnas (8)| Zion Williamson (9)| Footprint Center
17,071| 18–11|-style="background:#fcc"| 30| December 19| Milwaukee| | Jonas Valančiūnas (37)| Jonas Valančiūnas (18)| CJ McCollum (9)| Smoothie King Center
18,271| 18–12|-style="background:#cfc"| 31| December 22| San Antonio| | CJ McCollum (40)| Jonas Valančiūnas (10)| CJ McCollum (9)| Smoothie King Center
16,417| 19–12|-style="background:#cfc"| 32| December 23| @ Oklahoma City | | Trey Murphy III (23)| Naji Marshall (8)| CJ McCollum (11)| Paycom Center
15,214| 20–12|-style="background:#cfc"| 33| December 26| Indiana | | Naji Marshall (22)| Jonas Valančiūnas (12)| CJ McCollum (6)| Smoothie King Center
18,636| 21–12|-style="background:#cfc"| 34| December 28| Minnesota| | Zion Williamson (43)| Jonas Valančiūnas (11)| CJ McCollum (6)| Smoothie King Center
18,669| 22–12|-style="background:#cfc"| 35| December 30| Philadelphia| | CJ McCollum (42)| Jonas Valančiūnas (9)| CJ McCollum (5)| Smoothie King Center
18,656| 23–12|-style="background:#fcc"| 36| December 31| @ Memphis| | Zion Williamson (20)| Herbert Jones (11)| Naji Marshall (4)| FedExForum
17,951| 23–13|-style="background:#fcc"| 37| January 2| @ Philadelphia| | McCollum, Williamson (26)| Jonas Valančiūnas (12)| Zion Williamson (7)| Wells Fargo Center
20,531| 23–14|-style="background:#cfc"| 38| January 4| Houston| | CJ McCollum (28)| Jonas Valančiūnas (17)| CJ McCollum (6)| Smoothie King Center
17,295| 24–14|-style="background:#fcc"| 39| January 6| Brooklyn| | CJ McCollum (28)| Jonas Valančiūnas (10)| CJ McCollum (6)| Smoothie King Center
18,636| 24–15|-style="background:#fcc"| 40| January 7| @ Dallas| | Jonas Valančiūnas (25)| Hernangómez, Valančiūnas (10)| Jose Alvarado (7)| American Airlines Center
20,300| 24–16|- style="background:#cfc"| 41| January 9| @ Washington| | CJ McCollum (34)| Jonas Valančiūnas (12)| Devonte' Graham (6)| Capital One Arena
16,223 | 25–16|- style="background:#fcc"| 42| January 11| @ Boston| | CJ McCollum (38)| Naji Marshall (7)| CJ McCollum (4)| TD Garden
19,156| 25–17|-style="background:#cfc"| 43| January 13| @ Detroit| | Jonas Valančiūnas (33)| Jonas Valančiūnas (16) | CJ McCollum (9)| Little Caesars Arena
18,989| 26–17|-style="background:#fcc"| 44| January 16| @ Cleveland| | CJ McCollum (25)| Jonas Valančiūnas (13)| Jose Alvarado (5)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432 | 26–18|-style="background:#fcc"| 45| January 18| Miami| | CJ McCollum (21) | Jonas Valančiūnas (10)| Larry Nance Jr. (6) | Smoothie King Center
17,736| 26–19|-style="background:#fcc" | 46| January 20| @ Orlando| | CJ McCollum (23)| Jonas Valančiūnas (10)| Dyson Daniels (8)| Amway Center
19,025| 26–20|-style="background:#fcc" | 47| January 22| @ Miami| | Trey Murphy III (17) | Jonas Valančiūnas (16)| Dyson Daniels (6)| Miami-Dade Arena
19,600 | 26–21|-style="background:#fcc" | 48| January 24| Denver| | CJ McCollum (20)| Jonas Valančiūnas (9)| CJ McCollum (4)| Smoothie King Center
14,699 | 26–22|-style="background:#fcc" | 49| January 25| Minnesota| | CJ McCollum (25)| Jonas Valančiūnas (12)| CJ McCollum (8)| Smoothie King Center
14,887 | 26–23|-style="background:#fcc" | 50| January 28| Washington| | CJ McCollum (24)| Larry Nance Jr. (8)| CJ McCollum (5)| Smoothie King Center
17,692| 26–24|-style="background:#fcc"| 51| January 29| @ Milwaukee| | Jose Alvarado (18)| Larry Nance Jr. (12)| Alvarado, Marshall (6)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 26–25|-style="background:#fcc"| 52| January 31| @ Denver| | Jones, McCollum (21)| Larry Nance Jr. (11)| Brandon Ingram (9) | Ball Arena
18,868 | 26–26|-style="background:#fcc"| 53| February 2| @ Dallas| | Brandon Ingram (26)| Jonas Valančiūnas (13)| CJ McCollum (8)| American Airlines Center
19,670| 26–27|-style="background:#cfc;"| 54| February 4| L.A. Lakers| | Brandon Ingram (35)| Jonas Valančiūnas (14)| CJ McCollum (7)| Smoothie King Center
18,886| 27–27|-style="background:#cfc;"| 55| February 5| Sacramento| | Trey Murphy III (30)| Willy Hernangómez (16)| Hernangómez, Lewis Jr., Marshall, McCollum (4)| Smoothie King Center
17,779| 28–27|-style="background:#cfc;"| 56| February 7| Atlanta| | Brandon Ingram (30)| Jonas Valančiūnas (14)| Brandon Ingram (8)| Smoothie King Center
16,669| 29–27|-style="background:#fcc;"| 57| February 10| Cleveland| | Brandon Ingram (25)| Jonas Valančiūnas (7)| Brandon Ingram (8)| Smoothie King Center
16,398| 29–28|-style="background:#cfc;"| 58| February 13| @ Oklahoma City| | Brandon Ingram (34)| Jonas Valančiūnas (8)| Marshall, Nance Jr., Richardson (3)| Paycom Center
14,920| 30–28|-style="background:#fcc;"| 59| February 15| @ L.A. Lakers| | Brandon Ingram (25)| Hernangómez, Valančiūnas (11)| CJ McCollum (9)| Crypto.com Arena
18,997| 30–29|-style="background:#fcc;"| 60| February 23| @ Toronto| | Brandon Ingram (36)| Jonas Valančiūnas (12)| CJ McCollum (5)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 30–30|-style="background:#fcc;"| 61| February 25| @ New York| | Brandon Ingram (19)| Jonas Valančiūnas (10)| McCollum, Richardson (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 30–31|-style="background:#fcc;"| 62| February 27| Orlando| | Brandon Ingram (25)| Ingram, Jones, Marshall (6)| CJ McCollum (6)| Smoothie King Center
16,038| 30–32|-style="background:#cfc;"| 63| March 1| @ Portland| | Brandon Ingram (40)| Hernangómez, McCollum (7)| CJ McCollum (7)| Moda Center
18,566| 31–32|-style="background:#fcc;"| 64| March 2| @ Golden State| | CJ McCollum (25)| Hernangómez, McCollum (6)| Jones, McCollum (5)| Chase Center
18,064| 31–33|-style="background:#fcc;"| 65| March 6| @ Sacramento| | Brandon Ingram (24)| Jonas Valančiūnas (12)| Herbert Jones (8)| Golden 1 Center
17,708| 31–34|-style="background:#cfc;"| 66| March 8| Dallas| | CJ McCollum (32)| Herbert Jones (9)| Daniels, Marshall (6)| Smoothie King Center
17,473 | 32–34|-style="background:#fcc;"| 67| March 11| Oklahoma City | | CJ McCollum (26)| Hayes, Marshall (8)| CJ McCollum (8)| Smoothie King Center
17,606| 32–35|-style="background:#cfc;"| 68| March 12| Portland | | Trey Murphy III (41)| Jonas Valančiūnas (12)| CJ McCollum (11)| Smoothie King Center
16,676| 33–35|-style="background:#fcc;"| 69| March 14| L.A. Lakers | | Brandon Ingram (22)| Herbert Jones (7)| CJ McCollum (9)| Smoothie King Center
18,625| 33–36|-style="background:#fcc;"| 70| March 17| @ Houston| | Brandon Ingram (31)| Jonas Valančiūnas (17)| Ingram, McCollum (6)| Toyota Center
15,841| 33–37|-style="background:#cfc;"| 71| March 19| @ Houston| | Ingram, McCollum (26)| Jonas Valančiūnas (12)| CJ McCollum (9) | Toyota Center
14,209| 34–37|-style="background:#cfc;"| 72| March 21| San Antonio| | Brandon Ingram (32)| Jonas Valančiūnas (15)| Brandon Ingram (7) | Smoothie King Center
15,466| 35–37|-style="background:#cfc;"| 73| March 23| Charlotte| | Brandon Ingram (30)| Jonas Valančiūnas (19)| Brandon Ingram (10)| Smoothie King Center
15,749| 36–37|-style="background:#cfc;"| 74| March 25| @ L.A. Clippers| | Ingram, Murphy III (32)| Jonas Valančiūnas (13)| Brandon Ingram (13)| Crypto.com Arena
17,702| 37–37|-style="background:#cfc;"| 75| March 27| @ Portland| | Brandon Ingram (29)| Jonas Valančiūnas (21)| CJ McCollum (8)| Moda Center
17,943| 38–37|-style="background:#fcc;"| 76| March 28| @ Golden State| | Brandon Ingram (26)| Jonas Valančiūnas (9)| Brandon Ingram (7)| Chase Center
18,064| 38–38|-style="background:#cfc;"| 77| March 30| @ Denver| | Brandon Ingram (31)| Jonas Valančiūnas (12)| Brandon Ingram (10)| Ball Arena
19,728| 39–38|-style=background:#cfc;"| 78| April 1| L.A. Clippers| | Brandon Ingram (36)| Jonas Valančiūnas (12)| Brandon Ingram (8)| Smoothie King Center
18,399| 40–38|-style=background:#fcc;"| 79| April 4| Sacramento| | Brandon Ingram (22)| Jonas Valančiūnas (8)| Brandon Ingram (6)| Smoothie King Center
15,799| 40–39|-style=background:#cfc;"| 80| April 5| Memphis| | Herbert Jones (35)| CJ McCollum (10)| Brandon Ingram (13)| Smoothie King Center
17,232| 41–39|-style=background:#cfc;"| 81| April 7| New York| | Trey Murphy III (31)| Jonas Valančiūnas (12)| Brandon Ingram (7)| Smoothie King Center
18,656| 42–39|-style="background:#fcc;"| 82| April 9| @ Minnesota| | Brandon Ingram (42)| Jonas Valančiūnas (18)| Brandon Ingram (7)| Target Center
18,978| 42–40

Play-in

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| April 12| Oklahoma City| | Brandon Ingram (30)| Jonas Valančiūnas (18)| Brandon Ingram (7)| Smoothie King Center
18,715| 0–1

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 79 || 79 || 24.9 || .547 || .349 || .826 || 10.2 || 1.8 || .3 || .7 || 14.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 79 || 65 || 31.0 || .484 || .406 || .905 || 3.6 || 1.4 || 1.1 || .5 || 14.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 77 || 21 || 23.3 || .433 || .303 || .789 || 3.6 || 2.5 || .7 || .2 || 9.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 75 || 75 || 35.3 || .437 || .389 || .769 || 4.4 || 5.7 || .9 || .5 || 20.9|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 66 || 66 || 29.6 || .469 || .335 || .764 || 4.1 || 2.5 || 1.6 || .6 || 9.8|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 65 || 1 || 21.2 || .610 || .333 || .696 || 5.4 || 1.8 || .9 || .6 || 6.8|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 61 || 10 || 21.5 || .411 || .336 || .813 || 2.3 || 3.0 || 1.1 || .2 || 9.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 59 || 11 || 17.7 || .418 || .314 || .650 || 3.2 || 2.3 || .7 || .2 || 3.8|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 53 || 0 || 15.3 || .368 || .347 || .746 || 1.4 || 2.2 || .6 || .2 || 5.3|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 47 || 2 || 13.0 || .551 || .103 || .699 || 2.8 || .7 || .4 || .4 || 5.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 45 || 45 || 34.2 || .484 || .390 || .882 || 5.5 || 5.8 || .7 || .4 || 24.7|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 38 || 2 || 12.1 || .527 || .273 || .779 || 4.7 || .9 || .4 || .3 || 6.9|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 29 || 29 || 33.0 || .608 || .368 || .714 || 7.0 || 4.6 || 1.1 || .6 || 26.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 25 || 0 || 9.4 || .455 || .441 || .864 || 1.3 || .9 || .4 || .1 || 4.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 25 || 0 || 6.5 || .400 || .423 || .750 || .7 || .5 || .4 || .1 || 2.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 23 || 4 || 23.2 || .419 || .384 || .762 || 2.4 || 1.6 || 1.3 || .4 || 7.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 5 || 0 || 2.4 || .400 || || || .2 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .8|}

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2022–23 NBA season transactions.

Free agents

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team	Ref.
Karlo Matković	Free agent	Cedevita Olimpija	^[3]
Jared Harper	Free agent	Valencia Basket	^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Broadcasting Information. NBA.com. November 29, 2022. May 19, 2022.
2. Web site: 2022 NBA Draft Order. NBA.com. June 1, 2022. May 19, 2022.
3. Web site: Cedevita adds Matkovic to the mix . euroleaguebasketball.net . 23 July 2022.
4. Web site: Gauruder. Dana. Jared Harper Headed to Spain. Hoops Rumors. September 5, 2022. September 5, 2022.