The New Orleans Pelicans force us to consider and reconsider a lot of things: is Omer Asik good at basketball? Can Darren Erman really be a transformative force for a team’s defense? Is being a good team in a small basketball market enough to survive in the exploding economy of the NBA? Yet unfortunately, one thing we don’t quite have to wonder about is the results the team has posted. There’s nothing more concrete than the number one; that’s how many times the Pelicans have made the playoffs since drafting Anthony Davis.
Granted, they’ve competed in an outrageous Western Conference for the life of his career, and several teams have ascended to greatness in just that short time.