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New Orleans Pelicans: Nickeil Alexander-Walker plays the Manu Ginobili role

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Nickeil Alexander-Walker showed flashes of the role he could be playing for the New Orleans Pelicans, in their 114-92 preseason win over the Miami Heat

Two nights ago, the New Orleans Pelicans stepped on the court for their first preseason game of the year. If you didn’t get the opportunity to watch that game, all you need is that they trounced a depleted Miami Heat team, winning 114-92.

Even though this was a preseason game, and you can’t extrapolate many big picture ideas about this year’s Pelicans from a game so insignificant, one strategy that the Pelicans did in the game stood out to me.