The New Orleans Pelicans were supposed to be a playoff team this season. After sneaking into the eighth seed last year, New Orleans was only going to be better with a full season of their new roster, Anthony Davis continuing to grow and new head coach Alvin Gentry on board.
Except, the best laid plans don’t always come to fruition and for the Pelicans this season they haven’t. A laundry list of players, (Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans, Norris Cole, Quincy Pondexter, Alexis Ajinca, Luke Babbitt, Omer Asik, Anthony Davis and Kendrick Perkins), have dealt with some type of injury related issue that has kept them out of a game at some point.