This time last year the debate surrounding the New Orleans Pelicans was whether Omer Asik could reasonably fill Andrew Bogut's role with the Golden State Warriors. None of our writers thought it was a realistic expectation, but the hope was Asik could regain the form he had as a starter with the Houston Rockets.
Spoiler alert: Asik did not.
However, if you squint just a little bit, there is a big man on the market this summer who can do a number of things that Bogut does with the Warriors.