The New Orleans Pelicans may have shocked the NBA by downing the Houston Rockets 121-116 without five of their six leading scorers, but the objective remains the same for the front office over the course of the remaining week and leading up to next Thursday’s trade deadline:
Offload expiring contracts and acquire future assets
Following the groundbreaking trade request made by Anthony Davis on Monday morning, the Pelicans quickly 180’d from sellers to buyers right before the deadline, and are now looking to deal players including Nikola Mirotic, Julius Randle and E’Twaun Moore.