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2020 NBA Draft: How Jalen Smith fits with the New Orleans Pelicans

Jalen Smith could provide the rim protection the New Orleans Pelicans need in the NBA Draft (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

The New Orleans Pelicans could go with an athletic big like Jalen Smith in the NBA Draft.

It’s difficult to predict what the New Orleans Pelicans will do in the 2020 NBA Draft.

They are still in the midst of a coaching search, but the NBA Draft is coming in just over a month, so the Pelicans have a lot to do over the next few weeks.

The search for a coach has been top secret, as has the Pelicans’ preference in the draft, where they could try to nab a big wing, a center or even a point guard if the right guy falls.