The New Orleans Pelicans are on the clock in announcing a new head coach.
After all, the more enviable landing spots have been filled.
Four of the seven head coaching vacancies around the NBA have been crossed off the list in recent days, with Ime Udoka landing in Boston, Rick Carlisle in Indiana, Jason Kidd in Dallas and Chauncey Billups in Portland.
Two names that have been most often connected to New Orleans, though, still sit on the board: Charles Lee and Jacque Vaughn.
In other words, there’s little reason for anxiety about the length of this search because the Pelicans haven’t missed on signing one of their top choices.