The 2024–25 New Orleans Pelicans season was 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 depart from Bally Sports New Orleans (which would shut down following Bally Sports' rebranding to the FanDuel Sports Network on October 21) to enter this season working with Gray Television owned stations around not just the state of Louisiana, but also parts of Mississippi and Alabama as well under the newly created Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network.https://www.nola.com/sports/pelicans/pelicans-ditching-diamond-sports-and-partnering-with-gray-tv-bally-fox/article_42c09898-5445-11ef-afc3-93a0362ca182.html
On March 13, 2025, the Pelicans were eliminated from playoff contention following their loss to the Orlando Magic.
The New Orleans Pelicans drew an average home attendance of 16,815, the highest of all basketball teams from Louisiana.https://www.espn.com/nba/attendance/_/year/2025/sort/homeTotal
Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club 1 21 Yves Missi C Cameroon Baylor The Pelicans had one first-round pick entering the draft. This would technically be the first draft in franchise history where the New Orleans Pelicans franchise would work on the NBA draft for two days instead of one day like it had been since the draft was shortened down to two rounds back in 1989. On the first day, with their only pick in the draft, the Pelicans would select the Cameroonian center Yves Missi from Baylor University.
Roster
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Standings Division
Conference
Game log Preseason
|- style="background:#cfc" | 1 | October 7 | Orlando | | Jordan Hawkins (18) | Zion Williamson (8) | Dejounte Murray (6) | Smoothie King Center17,687 | 1–0 |- style="background:#bbb" | – | October 11 | @ Orlando |colspan="6"|Canceled due to Hurricane Milton |- style="background:#fcc" | 2 | October 13 | @ Miami | | Zion Williamson (13) | Javonte Green (8) | Elfrid Payton (7) | Kaseya Center19,600 | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc" | 3 | October 15 | @ Houston | | Jordan Hawkins (20) | Dejounte Murray (6) | Dejounte Murray (7) | Toyota Center15,528 | 1–2
Regular season
|- style="background:#cfc | 1 | October 23 | Chicago | | Brandon Ingram (33) | Dejounte Murray (8) | Dejounte Murray (10) | Smoothie King Center18,581 | 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc | 2 | October 25 | @ Portland | | Jordan Hawkins (24) | Zion Williamson (11) | Zion Williamson (7) | Moda Center16,190 | 2–0 |- style="background:#fcc | 3 | October 27 | @ Portland | | CJ McCollum (27) | Brandon Ingram (8) | Brandon Ingram (6) | Moda Center16,138 | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc | 4 | October 29 | @ Golden State | | Zion Williamson (31) | Zion Williamson (8) | CJ McCollum (5) | Chase Center18,064 | 2–2 |- style="background:#fcc | 5 | October 30 | @ Golden State | | Jordan Hawkins (23) | Zion Williamson (12) | Brandon Ingram (6) | Chase Center18,064 | 2–3
|- style="background:#cfc | 6 | November 1 | Indiana | | Zion Williamson (34) | Yves Missi (10) | Zion Williamson (10) | Smoothie King Center15,133 | 3–3 |- style="background:#fcc | 7 | November 3 | Atlanta | | Brandon Ingram (32) | Ingram, Robinson-Earl (7) | Jose Alvarado (7) | Smoothie King Center15,505 | 3–4 |- style="background:#fcc | 8 | November 4 | Portland | | Brandon Ingram (27) | Yves Missi (7) | Brandon Ingram (7) | Smoothie King Center14,932 | 3–5 |- style="background:#fcc | 9 | November 6 | Cleveland | | Zion Williamson (29) | Zion Williamson (8) | Alvarado, Boston Jr., Ingram (5) | Smoothie King Center15,694 | 3–6 |- style="background:#fcc | 10 | November 8 | @ Orlando | | Brandon Boston Jr. (26) | Brandon Boston Jr. (6) | Alvarado, Ingram (5) | Kia Center18,565 | 3–7 |- style="background:#fcc | 11 | November 11 | Brooklyn | | Brandon Ingram (24) | Yves Missi (11) | Brandon Boston Jr. (10) | Smoothie King Center16,895 | 3–8 |- style="background:#fcc | 12 | November 13 | @ Oklahoma City | | Brandon Ingram (18) | Boston Jr., Missi (10) | Brandon Ingram (6) | Paycom Center17,180 | 3–9 |- style="background:#cfc | 13 | November 15 | Denver | | Brandon Ingram (29) | Yves Missi (12) | Brandon Ingram (7) | Smoothie King Center16,137 | 4–9 |- style="background:#fcc | 14 | November 16 | L.A. Lakers | | Brandon Ingram (32) | Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (9) | Brandon Ingram (8) | Smoothie King Center18,761 | 4–10 |- style="background:#fcc | 15 | November 19 | @ Dallas | | Trey Murphy III (19) | Yves Missi (9) | Ingram, Missi, Nowell (4) | American Airlines Center20,077 | 4–11 |- style="background:#fcc | 16 | November 20 | @ Cleveland | | Antonio Reeves (34) | Yves Missi (8) | Elfrid Payton (8) | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse19,432 | 4–12 |- style="background:#fcc | 17 | November 22 | Golden State | | Trey Murphy III (24) | Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (12) | Boston Jr., Ingram (7) | Smoothie King Center16,820 | 4–13 |- style="background:#fcc | 18 | November 25 | @ Indiana | | Trey Murphy III (24) | Yves Missi (13) | Elfrid Payton (21) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,059 | 4–14 |- style="background:#fcc | 19 | November 27 | Toronto | | CJ McCollum (19) | Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (10) | Green, McCollum, Payton (4) | Smoothie King Center17,307 | 4–15 |- style="background:#fcc | 20 | November 29 | @ Memphis | | CJ McCollum (30) | Yves Missi (14) | Dejounte Murray (6) | FedExForum17,014 | 4–16
|- style="background:#fcc | 21 | December 1 | @ New York | | Boston Jr., McCollum (13) | Missi, Murray (8) | Elfrid Payton (7) | Madison Square Garden19,812 | 4–17 |- style="background:#fcc | 22 | December 2 | @ Atlanta | | CJ McCollum (29) | Yves Missi (12) | Dejounte Murray (10) | State Farm Arena15,034 | 4–18 |- style="background:#cfc | 23 | December 5 | Phoenix | | Brandon Ingram (29) | Yves Missi (12) | CJ McCollum (6) | Smoothie King Center16,365 | 5–18 |- style="background:#fcc | 24 | December 7 | Oklahoma City | | Dejounte Murray (26) | Dejounte Murray (9) | CJ McCollum (8) | Smoothie King Center15,718 | 5–19 |- style="background:#fcc | 25 | December 8 | @ San Antonio | | Trey Murphy III (25) | Yves Missi (14) | Dejounte Murray (11) | Frost Bank Center16,840 | 5–20 |- style="background:#fcc | 26 | December 12 | Sacramento | | CJ McCollum (36) | Yves Missi (11) | Dejounte Murray (9) | Smoothie King Center15,488 | 5–21 |- style="background:#fcc | 27 | December 15 | @ Indiana | | Brandon Boston Jr. (20) | Yves Missi (14) | Dejounte Murray (7) | Gainbridge Fieldhouse16,792 | 5–22 |- style="background:#fcc | 28 | December 19 | @ Houston | | Trey Murphy III (28) | Yves Missi (11) | Dejounte Murray (8) | Toyota Center18,055 | 5–23 |- style="background:#fcc | 29 | December 21 | New York | | Trey Murphy III (26) | Dejounte Murray (9) | Dejounte Murray (8) | Smoothie King Center16,696 | 5–24 |- style="background:#fcc | 30 | December 22 | Denver | | Jordan Hawkins (21) | Yves Missi (9) | Dejounte Murray (15) | Smoothie King Center17,474 | 5–25 |- style="background:#fcc | 31 | December 26 | Houston | | Trey Murphy III (21) | Yves Missi (9) | Herbert Jones (7) | Smoothie King Center16,052 | 5–26 |- style="background:#fcc | 32 | December 27 | Memphis | | Trey Murphy III (35) | Daniel Theis (11) | Dejounte Murray (9) | Smoothie King Center17,328 | 5–27 |- style="background:#fcc | 33 | December 30 | L.A. Clippers | | CJ McCollum (33) | Dejounte Murray (10) | Dejounte Murray (8) | Smoothie King Center17,303 | 5–28
|- style="background:#fcc | 34 | January 1 | @ Miami | | Trey Murphy III (34) | Six players (4) | Dejounte Murray (7) | Kaseya Center20,013 | 5–29 |- style="background:#cfc | 35 | January 3 | Washington | | CJ McCollum (50) | Yves Missi (11) | Dejounte Murray (12) | Smoothie King Center17,307 | 6–29 |- style="background:#cfc | 36 | January 5 | @ Washington | | CJ McCollum (25) | Dejounte Murray (10) | Dejounte Murray (12) | Capital One Arena15,451 | 7–29 |- style="background:#fcc | 37 | January 7 | Minnesota | | Dejounte Murray (29) | Yves Missi (9) | Dejounte Murray (6) | Smoothie King Center16,282 | 7–30 |- style="background:#fcc | 38 | January 8 | Portland | | CJ McCollum (23) | Green, Missi (7) | Dejounte Murray (5) | Smoothie King Center16,425 | 7–31 |- style="background:#cfc | 39 | January 10 | @ Philadelphia | | CJ McCollum (38) | Dejounte Murray (10) | Jose Alvarado (9) | Wells Fargo Center19,779 | 8–31 |- style="background:#fcc | 40 | January 12 | @ Boston | | Trey Murphy III (30) | Dejounte Murray (9) | Dejounte Murray (8) | TD Garden19,156 | 8–32 |- style="background:#cfc | 41 | January 14 | @ Chicago | | Trey Murphy III (32) | Missi, Murray, Theis, Williamson (7) | Zion Williamson (9) | United Center17,210 | 9–32 |- style="background:#cfc | 42 | January 15 | Dallas | | Dejounte Murray (30) | Trey Murphy III (10) | Dejounte Murray (7) | Smoothie King Center16,488 | 10–32 |- style="background:#cfc | 43 | January 17 | Utah | | CJ McCollum (26) | Zion Williamson (14) | Alvarado, Murray, Williamson (6) | Smoothie King Center18,321 | 11–32 |- style="background:#cfc | 44 | January 20 | Utah | | CJ McCollum (45) | Dejounte Murray (9) | Dejounte Murray (11) | Smoothie King Center14,830 | 12–32 |- style="background:#ccc | – | January 22 | Milwaukee | colspan="6" | Postponed due to the Gulf Coast blizzard.https://www.nba.com/news/bucks-pelicans-matchup-in-new-orleans-postponed Makeup date April 6. |- style="background:#fcc | 45 | January 24 | @ Memphis | | Dejounte Murray (26) | Murphy III, Murray (6) | Dejounte Murray (7) | FedExForum16,495 | 12–33 |- style="background:#fcc | 46 | January 25 | @ Charlotte | | Zion Williamson (28) | Zion Williamson (11) | Alvarado, Murphy III (5) | Spectrum Center18,461 | 12–34 |- style="background:#fcc | 47 | January 27 | @ Toronto | | Zion Williamson (31) | Five players (7) | Dejounte Murray (8) | Scotiabank Arena18,054 | 12–35 |- style="background:#fcc | 48 | January 29 | Dallas | | Trey Murphy III (32) | Yves Missi (7) | CJ McCollum (8) | Smoothie King Center15,656 | 12–36 |- style="background:#fcc | 49 | January 31 | Boston | | Trey Murphy III (40) | Yves Missi (13) | Jose Alvarado (6) | Smoothie King Center16,432 | 12–37
|- style="background:#fcc | 50 | February 3 | @ Denver | | Trey Murphy III (41) | Karlo Matković (11) | McCollum, Williamson (5) | Ball Arena19,587 | 12–38 |- style="background:#fcc | 51 | February 5 | @ Denver | | Zion Williamson (28) | Karlo Matković (9) | Trey Murphy III (9) | Ball Arena19,526 | 12–39 |- style="background:#fcc | 52 | February 8 | @ Sacramento | | Zion Williamson (40) | Yves Missi (13) | Jose Alvarado (9) | Golden 1 Center17,832 | 12–40 |- style="background:#fcc | 53 | February 10 | @ Oklahoma City | | Trey Murphy III (23) | Karlo Matković (9) | Murphy III, Williamson (5) | Paycom Center17,340 | 12–41 |- style="background:#fcc | 54 | February 12 | Sacramento | | Zion Williamson (33) | Missi, Williamson (9) | Jose Alvarado (9) | Smoothie King Center17,444 | 12–42 |- style="background:#cfc | 55 | February 13 | Sacramento | | CJ McCollum (43) | Trey Murphy III (9) | Trey Murphy III (11) | Smoothie King Center16,686 | 13–42 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Game |- style="background:#fcc | 56 | February 21 | @ Dallas | | Zion Williamson (29) | Yves Missi (10) | Trey Murphy III (6) | American Airlines Center20,125 | 13–43 |- style="background:#cfc" | 57 | February 23 | San Antonio | | Zion Williamson (22) | Missi, Olynyk (15) | Jose Alvarado (8) | Smoothie King Center17,399 | 14–43 |- style="background:#cfc" | 58 | February 25 | San Antonio | | Trey Murphy III (24) | Kelly Olynyk (12) | Bruce Brown (6) | Smoothie King Center16,767 | 15–43 |- style="background:#cfc | 59 | February 27 | @ Phoenix | | Zion Williamson (27) | Matković, Missi, Williamson (10) | Zion Williamson (11) | PHX Arena17,071 | 16–43 |- style="background:#fcc | 60 | February 28 | @ Phoenix | | Hawkins, Missi (24) | Kelly Olynyk (7) | Trey Murphy III (8)