The New Orleans Pelicans season sits at an important fork in the road.
With 31 games remaining, the Pelicans sit four games out of the 8th seed in the loss column behind the Denver Nuggets. Incidentally, four games separates New Orleans and Los Angeles Lakers for the most losses in the Western Conference.
The issue is a number of teams sit ahead of the Pelicans and a fifth, the Minnesota Timberwolves, sits right alongside with an identical record. It’s going to take a vigorous charge between now and the end of the season to sneak into postseason play, and a legitimate argument can be made that New Orleans does not have enough ammunition to even remain in the thick of the race.