Currently, the Pelicans are on a three game winning streak, and at 6-5, are over .500 for the first time since 2015. That’s the good news. The bad news is that their current formula for how they got there is unsustainable when projecting over an 82 game season. Simply put, the Pelicans are relying on two mega stars to carry them every game, and might be riding them into the ground just to get early regular season wins.
Anthony Davis is leading the league in minutes played per game (40.3) when you take the Portland game out of his averages.