Amidst the failure to win and the failure to totally fail, the Pelicans might have a very bright future ahead even without Ben Simmons. Jrue Holiday is for once healthy and off of minutes restrictions, and he could be the Anthony Davis henchman for the foreseeable future.
This was the vision, wasn't it? When Dell Demps dealt Nerlens Noel, a potential front-court frontiersman who could cover the ground that Anthony Davis could not, and a 2014 first-round pick for Holiday, he thought he was getting an all-star point guard brimming with elite potential. Fast-forwarding years ahead, Holiday has shown glimpses of potential and flat-out talent, but $3-million-worth of injuries have handicapped the guard's effectiveness.