Roughly 90 minutes before tip-off of Friday’s nationally-televised game vs. San Antonio, Alvin Gentry reiterated what he said at this morning’s shootaround, that it is expected that Anthony Davis and Omer Asik will play for the Pelicans.
The frontcourt players are much-needed against a Spurs team that features Hall of Fame-bound Tim Duncan, as well as the NBA offseason’s marquee pickup, LaMarcus Aldridge. San Antonio’s frontcourt is rounded out by Kawhi Leonard, who’s off to an outstanding start to 2015-16, leading the Spurs in scoring.
Gentry said Davis will play “unless something happens in the next hour, which I don’t anticipate.