Hockey has the popular “playoff beard.” Apparently the New Orleans Pelicans are subscribing to the opposite approach.
Three days after Anthony Davis pulled off an April Fool’s prank by pretending to shave his famous unibrow, Nikola Mirotic showed up at Wednesday’s shootaround without a beard – the first time in his NBA career that the forward has been clean-shaven.
As New Orleans (43-34) prepared to host Memphis (21-56) Wednesday evening in the Smoothie King Center, the in-season trade acquisition explained that he needed a change, a fresh approach, after he’s been mired in a slump recently. The same could be said for the Pelicans, who are in desperate need of a victory over the Grizzlies, after losing four straight games vs.