LAS VEGAS – When New Orleans tips off its 2016-17 regular season in October, Pelicans rookie Buddy Hield will be surrounded by a three-time All-Star power forward, a one-time All-Star point guard and several other weapons who’ll minimize the ability of opposing defenses to target the Oklahoma product. Through three summer league games, however, it’s been much a different story for Hield, who is averaging 19.0 points per game, but also shooting just 34.9 percent from the field (26.5 from three-point range).
To paraphrase a former Boston Celtics head coach, Anthony Davis isn’t walking through that summer league door.