Eric Bledsoe #5 of the New Orleans Pelicans (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
The New Orleans Pelicans need more from Eric Bledsoe.
25 games into his Pelicans career, Eric Bledsoe has been a disappointment. More worryingly, there are no signs that his situation will improve any time soon.
The Pelicans traded for Bledsoe in the summer as part of the four-team deal that sent longtime fan favorite Jrue Holiday to the Milwaukee Bucks. The hopes were that Bledsoe could embody new head coach Stan Van Gundy’s defensive ethos, fit in as a sort of like-for-like replacement for Holiday, and help propel the Pelicans to the playoffs by continuing his streak of good regular seasons.