The New Orleans Pelicans are on the rise according to two prominent national media outlets. CBS Sports (on June 15th) and NBA.com (on June 27th) released updated power rankings since most of the free agent dust has cleared. This season I will be following six different rankings; SB Nation, NBA.com by John Schuhmann, ESPN by Marc Stein, CBS Sports by Matt Moore, Yahoo! Sports by Marc Spears, and Sports Illustrated by Matt Dollinger.
As this is a new season our "last week" remains blank. However, it is instructive to look back to how most viewed the Pelicans last season before games took place.