No one expected the New Orleans Pelicans to be talking about the NBA draft in middle December. The most difficult schedule in the NBA, a mind-boggling collection of injuries, adjustment to a new system, and simply bad basketball combined to put the Pelicans at 5-16. That's the third worst record in the league. Here we are, welcome to the misery and have a seat.
Naturally it is time to start visiting Tankathon on a nightly basis. College basketball suddenly becomes a scheduled event. Drooling over Ben Simmons in Baton Rouge is expected.