Today over at Grantland, Kirk Goldsberry analyzed the impact of Tyreke Evans, Jrue Holiday and Alvin Gentry on what the New Orleans Pelicans offense might be able to do this year. Things centered around how each of these men will be able to help Anthony Davis continue his earth-scorching ways and several things jumped out upon first read, including the astoundingly high number of close-range Evans misses that were rebounded by Pelicans players last year (47 percent).
Almost antithetically, though, his drives to the hoop are almost never preceded by a pass from a teammate.