If every crisis is just an opportunity in disguise, Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans are right where they want to be.
Because after suffering a fourth straight loss, this one a 108-101 road defeat against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, AD and his team dug deeper into their early-season hole. At 4-15, miles away from where everyone hoped and expected it'd be after a playoff berth a year ago, New Orleans is in dire straits—which, in a really weird, admittedly over-optimistic, glass-half-full way, might actually be a good thing for Davis.
Though the Pelicans probably aren't happy about it, AD has a chance to star in the kind of comeback story that could add a new, massively appealing dimension to his legacy.