This was going to be the year. The New Orleans Pelicans were finally going to be healthy and have a serious chance at building on last season's remarkable run into the playoffs. Sure, Quincy Pondexter was going to miss a week or two early on recovering from knee surgery but the rest of the team was ready to go!
As Lee Corso would say, not so fast my friend!
Just a couple weeks later and things are starting, once again, to look rather grim on the injury front. First came the news of Jrue Holiday's minutes restriction.