Tim Frazier immediately impressed coaches and teammates by demonstrating a high-level basketball IQ when he made his New Orleans debut on March 16 at Sacramento. But it definitely didn’t take a hoops genius to recognize the importance of a certain Pelicans player getting as many touches as possible in the team’s offense.
“He made me look good,” a grinning Frazier remembered of Anthony Davis being on the finishing end of several of the pass-first point guard’s nine assists vs. the Kings. “He knocks down shots for you. My only focus was to get him the ball and make him happy, and do whatever it takes to win.