The New Orleans Pelicans have the best young core in the NBA and that’s a problem. It’s a problem that most teams wish they had, but it is a problem.
A team can obviously never have too much talent, but the problem comes when you have to pay all of them while staying under the salary cap and out of the luxury tax.
This is especially true for small market teams, whose local TV deals and other revenue streams are not as lucrative as those in the big cities.
New Orleans Pelicans’ owner Gayle Benson has said in the past that she is “100 percent committed” to winning, but most billionaires aren’t willing to throw away their money, even for the chance at a title.