re: The Playoff Rosters, Team Building Philosophy, and the Future of the Pelicans

I lean more towards a small ball lineup and being flexible in what you can do on the court. Switches on defense, mulitiple ball handlers/creators/passers.

Davis, in his prime, wil be an ideal center for the new perimeter style of play we see in the league now. He can run, defend out to the 3pt line, hit jumpers, attack the rim, protect the rim, etc.

Not against a big name C, but I just dont think they have to have one because Davis cant play a ton of C minutes at this point in his career. And, based on some of his comments, I think Monty is flexible enough in his schemes to make it work

I also think its easier to find good, smaller players. If they draft a guy like Porter and then trade for Bledsoe, that is a team that would cause some havoc.

Ideally your crunch time lineup is

Bledsoe
Gordon
Porter
Anderson
Davis

Obviously this is looking at the team a couple years from now. But its a versatile, long, athletic, and skilled 5.