On Tuesday, Sports Illustrated published anonymous scouts’ takes on each of the Western Conference’s 15 teams. The scouts’ New Orleans Pelicans takes were decisively pessimistic, yet they ended with the prediction that the team would push for a .500 record and a playoff appearance. Overall, the cause for slight improvement over last year is – in one scout’s mind – the pure talent improvement on the offensive side of the ball. As the scout put it, “they have more OK NBA players than last year”. Here are the three biggest takeaways:
Solomon Hill’s attitude
The exact quote reads “He’s sort of a poor man’s Jae Crowder, but with kind of a bad attitude”.