Of course, the trade deadline played a large role in the dialogue surrounding the New Orleans Pelicans in the last two weeks. Names like Ryan Anderson and Omer Asik had been swirling among the constantly-refreshed timelines within the basketball Twitter-verse as last Thursday’s deadline approached. Of course, neither player was moved; those decisions have been pushed to the offseason for Dell Demps and the front office.
Additionally, point guard Jrue Holiday‘s game and fit on the Pelicans has been significantly parsed through and grazed over in recent weeks.