With the NBA Draft and NBA Free Agency coming up, it is easy to fantasize about the New Orleans Pelicans trading/drafting/signing a sexy, big-name bucket-getter.
For instance, as someone who is based and grew up in Detroit, Michigan, it was fun for me, at the time, to see the Detroit Pistons acquire Brandon Jennings and Josh Smith in the summer of 2013. You see how that ended?
The Pelicans can’t afford to make that kind of mistake this off-season. Instead of adding a Jennings or Smith, they need to focus on adding rim protection.