The New Orleans Pelicans now sit 12th in the Western Conference with a record of 7-15. Five full games behind the Portland Trail Blazers (12-10) for the eighth and final playoff spot. The task of crawling into playoff contention, as Tom Ziller pointed out last week, is extraordinarily tall even for NBA players. While we would like to believe there is time for a turnaround history tells us the odds are long. The first month of the season says far more about the remainder of the season than we prefer to admit.
Playoffs?