New Orleans Pelicans Quarter Season Roundtable
Dec 7, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Pelicans forward
Anthony Davis(23) reacts against the Boston Celtics during the fourth quarter of a game at the Smoothie King Center. The Celtics defeated the Pelicans 111-93. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
The New Orleans Pelicans are officially a quarter of the way through there season. A look at what has gone right, wrong and what the future holds.
The New Orleans Pelicans were supposed to be a playoff team this season. After sneaking into the eighth seed last year, New Orleans was only going to be better with a full season of their new roster, Anthony Davis continuing to grow and new head coach Alvin Gentry on board.
Except, the best laid plans don’t always come to fruition and for the Pelicans this season they haven’t. A laundry list of players, (Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans, Norris Cole, Quincy Pondexter, Alexis Ajinca, Luke Babbitt, Omer Asik, Anthony Davis and Kendrick Perkins), have dealt with some type of injury related issue that has kept them out of a game at some point. Gentry and new assistant Darren Erman have not been able to fix a Pelicans defense that was bad last year and currently sits as the worst in the league. Offensively the Pelicans have moments they look great but overall they sit just 19th in offensive efficiency.
All of it has led to plenty of tough questions. Should certain players be moved out of the rotation? Should Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon be traded before the team loses one or both in free agency for nothing? Is this roster good enough to win a title? While none of those questions can be answered with certainty at the moment, there are a few that are worth asking.
With that in mind a few of the writers got together for a round table based off of the first 21 games of the season that touches on the Pelicans early season MVP, most disappointing player, the Anderson and Gordon questions and much more.
As always we welcome you to leave you answers to each question in the comment section below.
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