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

You need someone to create something out of nothing in crunch time.

Zion can't do that now because he is allowed to be mauled when he's just handling the ball. If the refs ever start calling fouls fairly for Zion, he's the unstoppable force you're looking for.

Ingram can get his own shot when ever he wants it but has so far wilted under the pressure of crunch time. But getting a good shot off is a big component so you can't rule him out as an answer yet.

Kira has shown elite, defense bending speed. He might be able to hit his own shots off of that, but I'd look for him to use it to set up Zion and Ingram.

In a few more years those 3 should be all you need at the end of games to break most defenses.