Through 13 games, the Pelicans sit at 7-6 and in a 3-way tie for 9th place in the Western Conference. They are also 10th in the NBA in Net Rating per Cleaning the Glass’ stats database (which removes “garbage time”) at +3.1 points per 100 possessions (6th in the West), and have played the 6th most difficult schedule in the NBA to date according to Basketball-Reference. So, overall, while New Orleans sits just outside of the playoff picture in the West through about 15% of the season, there a lot of reasons to be optimistic about the team’s current position.
Pelicans Maintain Flight Path Despite Rotation Disarray
