It’s an unwritten rule in sports that a player shouldn’t lose his starting spot due to injury.
Well, the New Orleans Pelicans must bend that rule over their knee and snap it in half next season. Tyreke Evans should enter 2015-16 as the team’s starting point guard.
When Jrue Holiday went down with what turned out to be a devastating ankle injury January 12, New Orleans appeared to be awakened from its postseason dreams. Outside of Anthony Davis, Holiday had arguably been the Pels’ best player on both sides of the ball.
The 24-year-old wound up missing 40 games, but the Pelicans actually made the playoffs due to Evans' superb job of running the show.