By Avi Tyagi New Orleans Pelicans: 9th in West My 2022-23 All Star: Zion Williamson Play-In Depth Chart: Point Wing Wing Forward Big CJ McCollum Trey Murphy III Herb Jones Brandon Ingram Jonas Valančiūnas Josh Richardson Naji [...]
By Devin Zanskas While it’s important to acknowledge how different the outcomes could’ve been if everyone were healthy, trading for CJ McCollum instead of re-signing Lonzo Ball has worked out great for the Pelicans. Although Ball is [...]
By Avi Tyagi Due to sample size concerns for many of the prospects within this sector of the list, I decided to hold off on publishing this piece until the full season mark. In the meantime, several [...]
By Devin Zanskas Paying three players over $20 million and being a fringe play-in tournament team definitely isn’t ideal. Of the four organizations in the East that are in the play-in tournament, the Miami Heat is the [...]
By Avi Tyagi I can’t believe how capable the OKC Thunder already are. It feels like an impossible task. In the summer of 2016, their best player walked for nothing. And now, the second youngest team by [...]
By Avi Tyagi So… things have changed since part 1. The Nets were cut down and Phoenix rose from the muddled West. With Zion down, the Pelicans sputtered their way out of the 3 seed and [...]
By Avi Tyagi This is an excellent case study on rejiggering a roster at the trade deadline. Here was the Lakers’ depth chart before the Rui Hachimura trade: Primary rotation: (Must average > 18 minutes per [...]
By Devin Zanskas With 17 championships, the Lakers are tied for the most rings in NBA history, and they reside in the second-most populous city in the U.S. Although the Lakers’ first five titles were won while [...]
By Avi Tyagi The dynastic Warriors, a team that ran roughshod through the West last season, has been perhaps the most enigmatic team of the season thus far. A variety of different factors have sapped their [...]
By Avi Tyagi Since the NBA Playoffs first expanded to incorporate 5 teams per conference into the playoffs, only 4 teams have ever made the Finals seeded 5th or lower: the 1980-81 Rockets (by virtue of tiebreaker), [...]
