This past Friday, I took a look at Omer Asik in light of the Greg Monroe and Kenneth Faried rumors and concluded that the New Orleans Pelicans can no longer afford to give the plodding big man sizable minutes if his play mirrors the results from the past two years. With the roster as currently constructed, Anthony Davis is the most logical candidate to fill the vast majority minutes at center.
The Pelicans have finished in the bottom third of the NBA in defensive rating in each of the first four years of Davis’ career.