The New Orleans Pelicans are stuck in the middle at the moment. They'll win some games, and remain just on the outside of the actual playoff race for the final seed in the Western Conference. Yet, they aren't good enough to make that leap, so any win they pick up hurts their lottery positioning. It's a tricky spot they're in at the moment, and Omer Asik's injury didn't help matters.
The Pelicans should be tanking. Six games out of the Western Conference doesn't really help matters, but they should look to add as many ping-pong balls to their arsenal as possible.