Nick: Jason, a new season is upon us, and excitement is in the air. Let’s put the brakes on that and do some academic navel gazing about rebuilding and building a team. Last off-season, the Pelicans did a mini rebuild, in my opinion. In other words, I see this as Team II in the AD era.
AD Team I was, primarily, coached by Monty and led by AD with Jrue, Ryno, Tryeke and Gordon filling out the ‘core’. Now, three of those key pieces are gone, including the coach. I always expected those pieces to be gone for something else, but I think we all hoped those pieces would be replaced with clear upgrades.