The New Orleans Pelicans are now 14 games under .500 and five and a half out of the playoff picture. They battled heroically against the Los Angeles Clippers but fell in overtime. That is an ideal result as the Pelicans need to slide further out of playoff contention before trades for the future will begin. As long as there is a whiff of playoff hope on Airline Drive the front office is going to be reluctant to begin the process of tearing the current roster down. Losses now are not about lottery odds nearly as much as declaring the season lost.
New Orleans Pelicans who should be on their way out as the team begins to reload around Anthony Davis
