SC On The Road: Will Pelicans rise after bumpy flight this season?

Worth the read: ESPN
"New Orleans, with the sixth-worst record in the NBA, still has a better chance of a top-three draft pick (12.1 percent) than it does of making the playoffs (9.4 percent), according to ESPN's Basketball Power Index research. But it's also just four and a half games back of a top-eight spot heading into Sunday's slate, in a conference that only seems to become more muddled as the season continues."

"Despite their struggles, the Pelicans, when healthy, appear to have a solid foundation in place: As noted by SB Nation's The Bird Writes, Holiday, Evans and Davis have a plus-23 net rating in 150 minutes together this season, per NBA.com/Stats, which would rank among the best big threes in the league. "