Want to know how the New Orleans Pelicans are faring this season? Here are some of the key statistics to monitor throughout the 2017-18 regular season among the team’s guards:
PROJECTED STARTERS
Rajon Rondo
Team assists. Unfortunately for the veteran point guard, the official start to his 12th NBA season will be delayed by injury, but in one-plus preseason games, Rondo quickly demonstrated how his vision and pass-first approach can benefit an offense. When he was sidelined – including Friday’s preseason finale, in which the Pelicans mustered just 14 assists on 38 baskets – the team’s ball movement decreased.