Multiple lottery teams are exploring aggressive strategies to improve their position for the 2025 NBA Draft to select top young talent.

Per Cleaning The Glass, the Pelicans allowed opponents to grab 30.6 percent of the available offensive rebounds last season, which ranked 29th in the NBA. When Williamson was on the floor with two other bigs, that number dropped to 28.5 percent, which was still slightly below average — but an improvement nonetheless.

After a rough season that ended in a 21-61 mess, the New Orleans Pelicans aren’t wasting time licking their wounds. They are already deep in the lab, trying to figure out how to flip the script, and word is,

After 15 years in New Orleans, Bryson Graham is headed to Atlanta — and the Pelicans’ front office now faces a major shift heading into a critical offseason.

A blockbuster trade proposal has the Milwaukee Bucks shaking up the NBA landscape by swapping out Giannis Antetokounmpo for can’t-miss rookie Cooper Flagg in a three-team deal.

Former NBA All-Star center and lottery pick DeMarcus Cousins has been suspended from the Puerto Rican basketball league after an altercation with a fan. More NBA news: Former NBA All-Star Believes Thunder Resemble Prime Warriors Team

The New Orleans Pelicans will retain Zion Williamson for the 2025-26 NBA season and build around him. Amid their keenness on surrounding him with the apt pieces to contend, insider Jake Weinbach has predicted that Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star guard Darius Garland might be on their radar.

Another member of the New Orleans Pelicans front office is headed elsewhere, with GM Bryson Graham expected to take a top executive role with the Atlanta Hawks. See more on WWL and Audacy.