I'm sorry folks, but mere hours into the new ushering of Pelicans basketball, I'm having trouble letting loose like the cast members on an episode of Glee. Less than two weeks ago, I took a hard look at Alvin Gentry, and although there were a lot of positives, his negatives were glaring. For now, we're only going focus on one because hey, we've got the rest of the summer to analyze Gentry, what he'll bring to the team, how it'll all unfold, etc.
Defense: it's been strikingly absent from Gentry's performance record.
In twelve seasons as head coach, his team has finished in the top half of the league's defensive rating just once, way back in 1998-99.