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New Orleans Pelicans: Top 3 priorities in the 2021 NBA Draft

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The New Orleans Pelicans will have five picks entering the 2021 NBA Draft and could use them a number of ways.

They currently have what would be the 10th pick (lottery pending) in the first round and the 36th, 40th, 42nd and 53rd picks in the second.

This is projected to be a deep draft, so the Pelicans may be able to find impact talent with a later lottery pick or even in the second round.

But what are their top priorities going into the draft? The first would be that they need at least one player who can play and has an NBA-ready skill.