2014–15 New Orleans Pelicans season

2014–15 New Orleans Pelicans season
2014–15 New Orleans Pelicans season
Head coach	Monty Williams
General manager	Dell Demps
Owner(s)	Tom Benson
Arena	Smoothie King Center
Results
Record	45–37 (.549)
Place	Division: 5th (Southwest); Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round; (lost to Warriors 0–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports New Orleans
Radio	WWL-FM
< 2013–14	2015–16 >

The 2014–15 New Orleans Pelicans season is the 13th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Despite finishing last in the Southwest division for the fourth straight season, the Pelicans finished with a 45–37 record and clinched the eighth seed in the Western conference. The Pelicans clinched a seed in the playoffs for the first time since 2011 when the team was called the Hornets. New Orleans' season ended after they were swept 4–0 in a first round playoff series by the eventual NBA champion Golden State Warriors.^[1]

The Pelicans would not return to the playoffs until 2018.

Preseason

Draft picks

The Pelicans did not have a pick in the 2014 NBA Draft.

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Houston Rockets	56	26	.683	–	30‍–‍11	26‍–‍15	8–8	82
x-Memphis Grizzlies	55	27	.671	1.0	31‍–‍10	24‍–‍17	9–7	82
x-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	1.0	33‍–‍8	22‍–‍19	8–8	82
x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	6.0	27‍–‍14	23‍–‍18	7–9	82
x-New Orleans Pelicans	45	37	.549	11.0	28‍–‍13	17‍–‍24	8–8	82

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Golden State Warriors *	67	15	.817	–	82
2	y-Houston Rockets *	56	26	.683	11.0	82
3	x-Los Angeles Clippers	56	26	.683	11.0	82
4	y-Portland Trail Blazers *	51	31	.622	16.0	82
5	x-Memphis Grizzlies	55	27	.671	12.0	82
6	x-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	12.0	82
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	17.0	82
8	x-New Orleans Pelicans	45	37	.549	22.0	82

9	Oklahoma City Thunder	45	37	.549	22.0	82
10	Phoenix Suns	39	43	.476	28.0	82
11	Utah Jazz	38	44	.463	29.0	82
12	Denver Nuggets	30	52	.366	37.0	82
13	Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	38.0	82
14	Los Angeles Lakers	21	61	.256	46.0	82
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	16	66	.195	51.0	82

Game log

2014–15 game log
Total: 45–37 (home: 28–13; road: 17–24)

October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 28	Orlando	W 101–84	Anthony Davis (26)	Anthony Davis (17)	Tyreke Evans (6)	Smoothie King Center 17,097	1–0

November : 6–8 (home: 3–2; road: 3–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	November 1	Dallas	L 104–109	Anthony Davis (31)	Anthony Davis (15)	Tyreke Evans (9)	Smoothie King Center 14,547	1–1
3	November 3	@ Memphis	L 81–93	Tyreke Evans (21)	Ryan Anderson (9)	Jrue Holiday (6)	FedExForum 15,302	1–2
4	November 4	Charlotte	W 100–91	Anthony Davis (24)	Anthony Davis (13)	Jrue Holiday (9)	Smoothie King Center 14,840	2–2
5	November 8	@ San Antonio	W 100–99	Anthony Davis (27)	Anthony Davis (11)	Jrue Holiday (11)	AT&T Center 18,581	3–2
6	November 10	@ Cleveland	L 111–118	Ryan Anderson (32)	Anthony Davis (14)	Jrue Holiday (10)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	3–3
7	November 12	L.A. Lakers	W 109–102	Anthony Davis (25)	Ömer Aşık (13)	Tyreke Evans (11)	Smoothie King Center 17,359	4–3
8	November 14	Minnesota	W 139–91	Jrue Holiday (24)	Evans & Anderson (6)	Jrue Holiday (9)	Smoothie King Center 14,775	5–3
9	November 17	@ Portland	L 93–102	Anthony Davis (31)	Anthony Davis (11)	Tyreke Evans (8)	Moda Center 19,441	5–4
10	November 18	@ Sacramento	W 106–100	Anthony Davis (28)	Anthony Davis (9)	Jrue Holiday (9)	Sleep Train Arena 16,526	6–4
11	November 21	@ Denver	L 97–117	Anthony Davis (18)	Anthony Davis (9)	Jrue Holiday (6)	Pepsi Center 15,232	6–5
12	November 22	@ Utah	W 106–94	Anthony Davis (43)	Anthony Davis (14)	Jrue Holiday (9)	EnergySolutions Arena 18,452	7–5
13	November 25	Sacramento	L 89–99	Tyreke Evans (22)	Anthony Davis (9)	Tyreke Evans (5)	Smoothie King Center 17,037	7–6
14	November 28	@ Atlanta	L 91–100	Holiday & Anderson (20)	Davis & Aşık (11)	Jrue Holiday (7)	Philips Arena 17,079	7–7
15	November 29	@ Washington	L 80–83	Anthony Davis (30)	Anthony Davis (13)	Tyreke Evans (4)	Verizon Center 17,581	7–8

December : 9–8 (home: 6–2; road: 3–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
16	December 2	Oklahoma City	W 112–104	Tyreke Evans (30)	Ömer Aşık (14)	Jrue Holiday (10)	Smoothie King Center 13,903	8–8
17	December 4	@ Golden State	L 85–112	Anthony Davis (30)	Davis & Aşık (15)	Jrue Holiday (8)	Oracle Arena 19,596	8–9
18	December 6	@ L.A. Clippers	L 100–120	Anthony Davis (26)	Ömer Aşık (10)	Holiday, Mekel & Rivers (6)	STAPLES Center 19,060	8–10
19	December 7	@ L.A. Lakers	W 104–87	Anthony Davis (23)	Ömer Aşık (11)	Jrue Holiday (8)	STAPLES Center 18,997	9–10
20	December 9	New York	W 104–93	Tyreke Evans (27)	Ömer Aşık (14)	Jrue Holiday (7)	Smoothie King Center 13,789	10–10
21	December 10	@ Dallas	L 107–112	Anthony Davis (31)	Ömer Aşık (15)	Jrue Holiday (10)	American Airlines Center 19,988	10–11
22	December 12	Cleveland	W 119–114	Tyreke Evans (31)	Ömer Aşık (14)	Tyreke Evans (10)	Smoothie King Center 18,069	11–11
23	December 14	Golden State	L 122–128 (OT)	Tyreke Evans (34)	Evans & Aşık (8)	Jrue Holiday (9)	Smoothie King Center 15,037	11–12
24	December 16	Utah	W 119–111	Anthony Davis (31)	Anthony Davis (9)	Jrue Holiday (8)	Smoothie King Center 13,179	12–12
25	December 18	@ Houston	W 99–90	Anthony Davis (30)	Anthony Davis (14)	Jrue Holiday (10)	Toyota Center 18,317	13–12
26	December 20	Portland	L 88–114	Austin Rivers (21)	Alexis Ajinça (13)	Jrue Holiday (6)	Smoothie King Center 16,079	13–13
27	December 21	@ Oklahoma City	W 101–99	Anthony Davis (38)	Davis & Aşık (12)	Jrue Holiday (15)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	14–13
28	December 23	@ Indiana	L 84–96	Anthony Davis (21)	Tyreke Evans (10)	Jrue Holiday (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,336	14–14
29	December 26	San Antonio	W 97–90	Davis & Anderson (22)	Anthony Davis (21)	Jrue Holiday (7)	Smoothie King Center 18,376	15–14
30	December 27	@ Chicago	L 100–107	Anthony Davis (29)	Anthony Davis (11)	Jrue Holiday (7)	United Center 21,935	15–15
31	December 30	Phoenix	W 110–106	Tyreke Evans (24)	Anthony Davis (11)	Jrue Holiday (6)	Smoothie King Center 16,364	16–15
32	December 31	@ San Antonio	L 93–95 (OT)	Anthony Davis (21)	Davis & Aşık (12)	Jrue Holiday (9)	AT&T Center 18,581	16–16

January : 9–6 (home: 6–2; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
33	January 2	Houston	W 111–83	Ryan Anderson (23)	Ömer Aşık (11)	Jrue Holiday (6)	Smoothie King Center 17,705	17–16
34	January 5	Washington	L 85–92	Davis & Evans (21)	Anthony Davis (10)	Holiday & Gordon (6)	Smoothie King Center 16,182	17–17
35	January 7	@ Charlotte	L 94–98	Anthony Davis (32)	Anthony Davis (12)	Jrue Holiday (9)	Time Warner Cable Arena 15,171	17–18
36	January 9	Memphis	W 106–95	Jrue Holiday (23)	Anthony Davis (10)	Jrue Holiday (8)	Smoothie King Center 17,639	18–18
37	January 12	@ Boston	L 100–108	Anthony Davis (34)	Ömer Aşık (12)	Anthony Davis (4)	TD Garden 16,905	18–19
38	January 14	@ Detroit	W 105–94	Anthony Davis (27)	Ömer Aşık (13)	Tyreke Evans (9)	Palace of Auburn Hills 12,016	19–19
39	January 16	@ Philadelphia	L 81–96	Ajinça & Gordon (16)	Ajinça & Aşık (14)	Tyreke Evans (6)	Wells Fargo Center 15,672	19–20
40	January 18	@ Toronto	W 95–93	Tyreke Evans (26)	Ömer Aşık (9)	Evans & Gordon (5)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	20–20
41	January 19	@ New York	L 92–99	Tyreke Evans (23)	Ömer Aşık (17)	Eric Gordon (5)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	20–21
42	January 21	L.A. Lakers	W 96–80	Anthony Davis (29)	Ömer Aşık (10)	Eric Gordon (10)	Smoothie King Center 16,268	21–21
43	January 23	@ Minnesota	W 92–84	Anthony Davis (21)	Anthony Davis (12)	Tyreke Evans (8)	Target Center 14,978	22–21
44	January 25	Dallas	W 109–106	Anthony Davis (28)	Ömer Aşık (11)	Tyreke Evans (12)	Smoothie King Center 17,687	23–21
45	January 26	Philadelphia	W 99–74	Anthony Davis (32)	Anthony Davis (10)	Tyreke Evans (12)	Smoothie King Center 16,419	24–21
46	January 28	Denver	L 85–93	Tyreke Evans (25)	Davis & Aşık (12)	Eric Gordon (6)	Smoothie King Center 16,055	24–22
47	January 30	L.A. Clippers	W 108–103	Eric Gordon (28)	Dante Cunningham (12)	Tyreke Evans (12)	Smoothie King Center 17,932	25–22

February : 6–5 (home: 4–4; road: 2–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
48	February 2	Atlanta	W 115–100	Anthony Davis (29)	Ömer Aşık (17)	Tyreke Evans (12)	Smoothie King Center 15,487	26–22
49	February 4	Oklahoma City	L 91–102	Anthony Davis (23)	Anthony Davis (8)	Evans & Gordon (7)	Smoothie King Center 17,156	26–23
50	February 6	@ Oklahoma City	W 116–113	Anthony Davis (41)	Davis & Evans (10)	Tyreke Evans (16)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	27–23
51	February 7	Chicago	L 72–107	Tyreke Evans (15)	Ömer Aşık (7)	Eric Gordon (4)	Smoothie King Center 18,402	27–24
52	February 9	Utah	L 96–100	Eric Gordon (31)	Ömer Aşık (8)	Tyreke Evans (10)	Smoothie King Center 15,321	27–25
53	February 11	Indiana	L 93–106	Luke Babbitt (15)	Babbitt & Aşık (8)	Tyreke Evans (6)	Smoothie King Center 17,074	27–26
All-Star Break
54	February 20	@ Orlando	L 84–95	Tyreke Evans (14)	Anthony Davis (11)	Tyreke Evans (10)	Amway Center 18,259	27–27
55	February 21	@ Miami	W 105–91	Eric Gordon (24)	Ömer Aşık (9)	Gordon & Evans (6)	American Airlines Arena 19,982	28–27
56	February 23	Toronto	W 100–97	Luke Babbitt (18)	Ömer Aşık (11)	Tyreke Evans (12)	Smoothie King Center 16,514	29–27
57	February 25	Brooklyn	W 102–96	Quincy Pondexter (25)	Ömer Aşık (13)	Tyreke Evans (11)	Smoothie King Center 16,097	30–27
58	February 27	Miami	W 104–102	Alexis Ajinça (24)	Cunningham & Aşık (10)	Tyreke Evans (11)	Smoothie King Center 17,797	31–27

March : 8–7 (home: 5–3; road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
59	March 1	@ Denver	W 99–92	Tyreke Evans (22)	Ömer Aşık (16)	Tyreke Evans (7)	Pepsi Center 13,109	32–27
60	March 2	@ Dallas	L 93–102	Norris Cole (19)	Alexis Ajinça (12)	Tyreke Evans (7)	American Airlines Center 20,367	32–28
61	March 4	Detroit	W 88–85	Anthony Davis (39)	Anthony Davis (13)	Tyreke Evans (9)	Smoothie King Center 16,925	33–28
62	March 6	Boston	L 98–104	Anthony Davis (29)	Anthony Davis (14)	Tyreke Evans (5)	Smoothie King Center 17,274	33–29
63	March 7	Memphis	W 95–89	Tyreke Evans (26)	Ömer Aşık (11)	Pondexter & Evans (7)	Smoothie King Center 17,346	34–29
64	March 9	@ Milwaukee	W 114–103	Anthony Davis (43)	Anthony Davis (10)	Davis & Evans (6)	BMO Harris Bradley Center 12,218	35–29
65	March 10	@ Brooklyn	W 111–91	Pondexter & Ajinça (17)	Ömer Aşık (15)	Eric Gordon (7)	Barclays Center 16,422	36–29
66	March 15	Denver	L 111–118 (2OT)	Anthony Davis (36)	Anthony Davis (14)	Tyreke Evans (10)	Smoothie King Center 17,248	36–30
67	March 17	Milwaukee	W 85–84	Anthony Davis (20)	Anthony Davis (12)	Eric Gordon (7)	Smoothie King Center 17,881	37–30
68	March 19	@ Phoenix	L 72–74	Eric Gordon (14)	Ömer Aşık (14)	Eric Gordon (5)	US Airways Center 18,055	37–31
69	March 20	@ Golden State	L 96–112	Norris Cole (19)	Withey & Ajinça (8)	Cole & Evans (4)	Oracle Arena 19,596	37–32
70	March 22	@ L.A. Clippers	L 100–107	Anthony Davis (26)	Anthony Davis (12)	Davis & Gordon (5)	Staples Center 19,299	37–33
71	March 25	Houston	L 93–95	Tyreke Evans (28)	Anthony Davis (14)	Tyreke Evans (7)	Smoothie King Center 17,077	37–34
72	March 27	Sacramento	W 102–88	Tyreke Evans (25)	Ömer Aşık (12)	Tyreke Evans (10)	Smoothie King Center 17,669	38–34
73	March 29	Minnesota	W 110–88	Anthony Davis (28)	Anthony Davis (9)	Eric Gordon (7)	Smoothie King Center 17,576	39–34

April : 6–3 (home: 3–0; road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
74	April 1	@ L.A. Lakers	W 113–92	Anthony Davis (20)	Ömer Aşık (10)	Tyreke Evans (8)	Staples Center 17,165	40–34
75	April 3	@ Sacramento	W 101–95	Eric Gordon (21)	Tyreke Evans (12)	Tyreke Evans (9)	Sleep Train Arena 17,021	41–34
76	April 4	@ Portland	L 90–99	Eric Gordon (22)	Anthony Davis (9)	Tyreke Evans (9)	Moda Center 19,781	41–35
77	April 7	Golden State	W 103–100	Anthony Davis (29)	Aşık & Davis (10)	Tyreke Evans (9)	Smoothie King Center 18,097	42–35
78	April 8	@ Memphis	L 74–110	Anthony Davis (12)	Dante Cunningham (10)	Evans & Gordon & Pondexter (3)	FedExForum 17,518	42–36
79	April 10	Phoenix	W 90–75	Anthony Davis (19)	Ömer Aşık (18)	Cole & Evans (6)	Smoothie King Center 17,954	43–36
80	April 12	@ Houston	L 114–121	Anthony Davis (27)	Ömer Aşık (10)	Tyreke Evans (8)	Toyota Center 18,318	43–37
81	April 13	@ Minnesota	W 100–88	Anthony Davis (24)	Anthony Davis (11)	Davis & Evans (5)	Target Center 13,009	44–37
82	April 15	San Antonio	W 108–103	Anthony Davis (31)	Anthony Davis (13)	Tyreke Evans (11)	Smoothie King Center 18,524	45–37

2014–15 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

2015 playoff game log
Total: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)

First Round: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 18	@ Golden State	L 99–106	Anthony Davis (35)	Aşık & Pondexter (9)	Cole & Pondexter (6)	Oracle Arena 19,596	0–1
2	April 20	@ Golden State	L 87–97	Anthony Davis (29)	Ömer Aşık (14)	Tyreke Evans (7)	Oracle Arena 19,596	0–2
3	April 23	Golden State	L 119–123 (OT)	Anthony Davis (29)	Anthony Davis (15)	Tyreke Evans (8)	Smoothie King Center 18,444	0–3
4	April 25	Golden State	L 98–109	Anthony Davis (36)	Anthony Davis (11)	Gordon, Evans (5)	Smoothie King Center 18,443	0–4

2015 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

New Orleans Pelicans statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tyreke Evans	79	76	34.1	.447	.304	.694	5.3	6.6	1.3	.5	16.6
Ömer Aşık	76	76	26.1	.517		.582	9.8	.9	.4	.7	7.3
Anthony Davis	68	68	36.1	.535	.083	.805	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	24.4
Alexis Ajinça	68	8	14.1	.550		.818	4.6	.7	.3	.8	6.5
Dante Cunningham	66	27	25.0	.457	.100	.617	3.9	.8	.7	.6	5.2
Luke Babbitt	63	19	13.2	.479	.513	.684	1.8	.4	.3	.2	4.1
Eric Gordon	61	60	33.1	.411	.448	.805	2.6	3.8	.8	.2	13.4
Ryan Anderson	61	5	27.5	.399	.340	.854	4.8	.9	.5	.3	13.7
Jimmer Fredette	50	0	10.2	.380	.188	.956	.8	1.2	.3	.0	3.6
Quincy Pondexter^†	45	28	27.8	.449	.433	.758	3.1	1.5	.3	.4	9.0
Jrue Holiday	40	37	32.6	.446	.378	.855	3.4	6.9	1.6	.6	14.8
Jeff Withey	37	0	7.0	.500		.680	1.7	.3	.1	.5	2.6
Austin Rivers^†	35	3	22.1	.387	.280	.746	1.9	2.5	.5	.2	6.8
Norris Cole^†	28	2	24.4	.444	.378	.743	1.8	3.2	.5	.3	9.9
John Salmons	21	0	12.9	.333	.308	.500	1.0	.6	.4	.2	2.0
Toney Douglas	12	0	14.8	.373	.278	.615	1.8	2.0	.9	.3	4.3
Nate Wolters^†	10	0	10.5	.308	.000	.500	1.8	1.1	.3	.2	1.7
Elliot Williams^†	8	0	9.6	.333	.273	.000	.6	1.0	.3	.0	2.4
Russ Smith^†	6	0	4.8	.200	.167		.5	.3	.0	.0	.8
Darius Miller	5	1	8.6	.143	.000		.2	.4	.2	.0	.4
Gal Mekel	4	0	10.8	.150	.000		.3	3.3	.5	.0	1.5

Playoffs

New Orleans Pelicans statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Anthony Davis	4	4	43.0	.540	.000	.889	11.0	2.0	1.3	3.0	31.5
Eric Gordon	4	4	35.8	.438	.406	.833	2.5	3.8	.5	.5	18.5
Tyreke Evans	4	4	31.3	.326	.182	.588	5.0	5.0	1.3	.3	10.0
Quincy Pondexter	4	4	31.0	.357	.300	.857	5.0	3.0	1.8	.0	7.3
Ömer Aşık	4	4	19.8	.200		.571	7.3	1.5	1.3	.0	2.0
Norris Cole	4	0	26.5	.417	.214	.667	1.8	1.8	.0	.3	8.8
Ryan Anderson	4	0	23.8	.444	.417	1.000	4.3	2.3	.0	.5	10.8
Dante Cunningham	4	0	18.8	.818		1.000	4.5	.5	.8	1.0	5.3
Jrue Holiday	3	0	18.3	.368	.250	1.000	1.0	4.3	.7	.3	6.3
Alexis Ajinça	3	0	3.3	1.000			.3	.3	.3	.0	2.7

^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Pelicans only.

Injuries

Player	Duration		Injury type	Games missed
Player	Start	End	Injury type	Games missed

Roster

2014–15 New Orleans Pelicans roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	42	Ajinça, Alexis	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	1988-05-06	France
PF	33	Anderson, Ryan	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1988-05-06	California
C	3	Aşık, Ömer	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1986-07-04	Turkey
SF	8	Babbitt, Luke	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1989-06-20	Nevada
PG	30	Cole, Norris	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1988-10-13	Cleveland State
PF	44	Cunningham, Dante	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	1987-04-22	Villanova
PF	23	Davis, Anthony	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1993-03-11	Kentucky
SG	16	Douglas, Toney	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1986-03-16	Florida State
SG	1	Evans, Tyreke	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1989-09-19	Memphis
PG	32	Fredette, Jimmer	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1989-02-25	BYU
SG	10	Gordon, Eric	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1988-12-25	Indiana
PG	11	Holiday, Jrue	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1990-06-12	UCLA
SF	20	Pondexter, Quincy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1988-03-10	Washington
C	5	Withey, Jeff	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1990-03-07	Kansas

Head coach

Monty Williams

Assistant coach(es)

Randy Ayers
Dave Hanners
Bryan Gates
Fred Vinson
Kevin Hanson
Carlos Daniel (player development)
Duane Brooks (trainer)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 24, 2015

Transactions

Trades

July 15, 2014

To New Orleans Pelicans

Ömer Aşık (From Houston)
Omri Casspi (From Houston)
Cash (From Houston)

To Washington Wizards

Melvin Ely (From New Orleans)
Trade exception (From Houston)

To Houston Rockets

Trevor Ariza (From Washington)
Alonzo Gee (From New Orleans)
Scotty Hopson (From New Orleans)
2015 first-round pick

Free agents

Re-signed

Player	Signed	Contract	Ref.

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team	Ref.

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	Date	New team	Ref.

Awards

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.

References

^ Simmons, Rusty (April 25, 2015). "Warriors complete sweep in New Orleans". SFGate. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

External links

[1] Simmons, Rusty (April 25, 2015). "Warriors complete sweep in New Orleans". SFGate. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

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