This coming season is an important one for the New Orleans Pelicans in a variety of ways for their future. As I’ve touched on already, one of the major points of emphasis will be ironing out the big man rotation; specifically among Anthony Davis, Nikola Mirotic and Julius Randle. However, the most compelling and alluring situation remains a lineup in which not just two but all three bigs see the floor together for stretches, especially in crunch time.
To examine upon this a bit further, we’re going to take a brief trip back in time to the NBA’s Jurassic Period, 1997.