Before numerous tip-offs this Friday evening, the New Orleans Pelicans find themselves four games in back of the 8th seeded Denver Nuggets. In between them lie another four teams in the standings.
Not surprising, various predictions now strongly echo the fact that Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins will yet again miss another postseason in their careers.
ESPN’s Kevin Pelton has the Pelicans finishing 10th in the Western Conference based on a model using RPM data to go along with his personal predictions of how the roster rotations will play out.