It’s 5 a.m. Saturday morning in June — almost two months into the offseason for most NBA players — but Quincy Pondexter is diligently working on his strength and conditioning inside the New Orleans Pelicans practice facility.
By now everyone is well aware of Pondexter’s struggles to get back onto the court. Since undergoing an initial procedure on his knee back in the summer of 2015, he has endured a number of setbacks, and what was once coined by many as a very shrewd move by Dell Demps to bring QPon back to the team, is unfortunately chapters deep into one of the league’s sadder stories.