Heading into the final two months of the regular season, the New Orleans Pelicans are entering an exciting time for their young core, though they’ll need to push. While they’re currently on the outside looking in, their team is within striking distance of an NBA playoff birth.
Despite finally having health on their side, the Pelicans need more from this roster if they want a chance to make the playoffs as the eighth seed.
Though the team will have the schedule on their side (they have the easiest slate of games left in the league), the team will have to battle hard to make up ground on the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies, who stand 5.