re: It’s just this simple...Pelicans need an Alpha Dog in its starting five...

Yep, Zion is going to be the unquestioned leader in the next couple seasons. Ingram 1B. We don't have to have a Westbrook. We could maybe do with one or two pitbull personalities, to keep an edge and intensity, but that can just as easily be a Bowen type as opposed to a Westbrook.

People think you need some CP3 or Westbrook but plenty of teams have won a lot of games with a leader more like Duncan, Lowry, Conley, Curry, or Dirk.

And frankly, those are the types of personalities and the cultures they foster that have a better chance of sticking around in smaller markets.