There’s two ways to look at 2021, I suppose.
As a collective whole, it stunk, even if only concentrating on basketball. The New Orleans Pelicans didn’t do much winning, posting a 41-61 record over the the previous 365 days. Zion Williamson appeared in just 56 of those games. There was an infinite amount of greater NBA trade machine talk than discussion of postseason hopes.
If breaking down last year into segments, however, several important delineations can be made, with optimism clearly on the rise.
The ‘21 part of the 2020-21 season was undoubtedly a flop.