While most of the rest of the city slept, on some July mornings Phil Weber sat in his Las Vegas hotel room at 6 a.m., watching video of the 2014-15 New Orleans Pelicans. As one of Alvin Gentry’s assistants perused clips from Synergy – the service that sorts basketball video for future viewing, often by coaches – his excitement for next season continued to build.
“I’m giddy,” a smiling Weber said during NBA Summer League, after another extended Pelicans film session. “I go on Synergy a lot, just to see how everything will fit. I mean, (this New Orleans roster) has shooting, playmaking, length.