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Outsider’s Perspective: Pelicans and Hawks have much more in common than Monday’s preseason game

The time you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived...well sort of.

The New Orleans Pelicans kick off their 2019 preseason Monday with a 6:30 p.m. evening matchup against the Atlanta Hawks. Both teams come into the preseason with similar wait and see approaches next to talented and deep rosters. While the Pelicans were discussed often for most of the entire off-season, the Hawks deserve their share of attention.

Already loaded with young ascending talent, Atlanta added two highly ranked rookies to their young core. In addition, the Hawks acquires several respected veterans that could make the Hawks a sleeper playoff team in an Eastern Conference that looks to be top-heavy again.