Squadron Home Opener Set for Friday, November 11, 2022 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (May 24, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron, NBA G League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, unveiled six priority dates of the team’s 24 home games for the 2022-23 season. Included in the priority dates is the home opener on Veterans Day Friday, November […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 18, 2022) – The NBA G League announced today their 2021-22 All-NBA G League Teams. Birmingham Squadron two-way guard Jared Harper was named to the All-NBA G League Third Team. In 23 games this season, Harper averaged 21.2 points, 7.4 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, while shooting 49.7% from […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 5, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron (18-15), NBA G League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, fell to the visiting Texas Legends (20-15) 115-100 in Western Conference Quarterfinals NBA G league playoffs. Finishing their inaugural season at home in the Legacy Arena, the matchup between the Squadron and Legends consisted of nine […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 2, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron (18-14), NBA G League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, took hold of the fourth seed after tonight’s win over Memphis and are set to host the fifth seed Texas Legends (19-15) in the western conference quarterfinals in the 2022 NBA G League Playoffs. The matchup […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 2, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron (18-14), NBA G League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, secured their fifth-straight win – a 126-111 win over the Memphis Hustle (15-19) in their final regular season game. With the win, the Squadron have clenched a home playoff game for the first round of the […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 29, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron (16-14), NBA G League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, punched their ticket to the NBA G League Playoffs tonight with a 114-106 win on the road over the Iowa Wolves (13-17). Birmingham overcame an early deficit in the first half, trailing by as many as […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 29, 2022) – The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has signed guard Jared Harper from the team’s G League affiliate, the Birmingham Squadron, to a two-way contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Harper, 6-0, 175, appeared in two games with the Pelicans earlier this […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 28, 2022) – The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has signed guard Jose Alvarado to a multi-year contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Alvarado, 6-0, 179, has appeared in 47 games (one start) for the Pelicans this season, averaging 6.1 points, 1.8 rebounds, 2.7 […]
HIGHLIGHT VIDEO: https://youtu.be/-Tt371FWxIQ BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 23, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron (14-14), NBA G League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, redeemed themselves with a 41-point rout over the Sioux Falls Skyforce (13-17) for a final score of 136-95, marking the team’s highest margin of victory this season. The Squadron jumped off to […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March. 16, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron announced today that the team has claimed a Birmingham native and UAB graduate, forward Jordan Swing. Swing (6-6, 200), returns to Birmingham after spending the last seven seasons playing overseas in Spain (2015-16, 2017-18), Belgium (2016-17), Israel (2018-20), Germany (2020-21), Mexico (2021-22) and most recently Ukraine […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 15, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron (13-12), NBA G League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, defended their home court against the Austin Spurs (12-12) tonight at Legacy Arena, taking down the San Antonio Spurs affiliate in a tightly contested battle, 103-99. Squadron center Zach Hankins established season highs tonight in both […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 9, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron (12-10), NBA G League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, captured their second-straight home win, defeating the Iowa Wolves (10-11) 117-113. Birmingham edged out the victory in a back-and-forth game that included nine lead changes and nine ties. A hot start from behind the arc from […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 8, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron, NBA G League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, announced today that the team has waived guard Darius Adams. Adams (6-1, 175) played in 17 games with the Squadron this season and averaged 14.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists, while shooting 44.4% from the field […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 7, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron (11-10), NBA G League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans, returned to Birmingham after a four-game road stretch and came up with a win over the Texas Legends (10-12), 123-109. The Legends kept the game tight through the first half, but a 41-point third quarter by […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 6, 2022) – The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has assigned forward Trey Murphy III to the team’s G League affiliate, the Birmingham Squadron. Murphy III, 6-8, 208, has averaged 3.8 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 0.5 assists in 45 games during his rookie campaign with the Pelicans. […]
– Squadron will host over 3,500 students at Legacy Arena on Monday, March 7 at 11:00 a.m. – Squadron partnered with I See Me, Inc. to coordinate “Battle of the Books” reading contest in local schools – Over 54,000 books read in schools around the Birmingham area over the last month as part of the […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March. 3, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron announced today that the team has activated guard Jared Harper and forward Zylan Cheatham. In a corresponding move, the team has waived guards Tra Holder and Sam Cunliffe. Harper (5-10, 175) returns to the team after playing for Team USA during World Cup qualifying. This season […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Feb. 28, 2022) – The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has assigned forward Trey Murphy III to the team’s G League affiliate, the Birmingham Squadron. Murphy III, 6-8, 208, has averaged 3.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 0.5 assists in 43 games during his rookie campaign with the Pelicans. In three […]
(Photo Credit: Stephen Gosling/USA Basketball) – USA Basketball defeated Puerto Rico 93-76 on Feb. 24 and Mexico 89-67 on Feb. 27 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Feb. 27, 2022) – Birmingham Squadron guards Jared Harper and Justin Wright-Foreman helped USA Basketball to two wins in the second window of 2023 World Cup Qualifying. The team defeated Puerto Rico […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Feb. 23, 2022) – The Birmingham Squadron announced today several roster moves ahead of their two-game series on the road against the Santa Cruz Warriors. The teams will face off at Kaiser Permanente Arena on both Thursday (2/24) and Saturday night (2/26) at 9:00 p.m. CT. Today the team executed a trade with […]