To say the New Orleans Pelicans' 2015-16 season has been a disappointment is an understatement.
Following three straight seasons in which it improved its win total and a playoff appearance last year, the team lost 11 of its first 12 games and entered Friday with a 26-45 record, 8.5 games out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
New Orleans' revelation that it planned to shut down star forward Anthony Davis, who the team said had played with a partially torn labrum for the past three years (via CBS Sports' Matt Moore), raised some eyebrows.