re: Official 2018 Pelicans Offseason Thread

some tuesday off-season content:

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BOVADA Divisional Winners odds:
Southwest
HOU-2/9
SAS-6/1
NOP-15/2
DAL-60/1
MEM-65/1

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pretty good write up on julius randle's potential (as part of a 25-under25 series:

LINK

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When I watched Julius Randle last season, I always found myself asking myself, “what is the optimal role for Julius Randle?” and at the time, I believe coach Luke Walton had it figured out: Randle, in a best-case-scenario, was a matchup buster capable of providing 20 to 30 minutes of average-to-above-average play. There’s no reason he shouldn’t be able to give the Pelicans that type of production either as a starter alongside Anthony Davis or off the bench spelling Davis and Nikola Mirotic or playing alongside both in a big lineup when the matchup favors it.

But Randle is still just 23 and won’t turn 24 until two months into the season. He’s so bad from distance and defensively that minor adjustments can lead to major results. Given the physical transformation he made a year ago and his incremental offensive improvements, he appears committed to hard work. Whether or not that translates into continued growth and versatility or he plateaus as a 4/5 with nice abs remains in the realm of an unknown future into which we’re all sucked, whether we like it or not.

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