NBA Power Rankings: San Antonio Spurs Prepping To Overtake Human-Looking Warriors

Previous: 21st. New Orleans Pelicans. 26. team. 69. <p>The New Orleans Pelicans offense continues to improve – they’ve moved all the way up to the NBA’s 14th ranked group. But, the fact that their defense is still among the worst, is the real reason why they haven’t made up much ground in the NBA.</p> <p>And their league-worst defense doesn’t get much of a break as they prepare to face off against three of the NBA’s top 13 offenses this week (Mavs, Pacers, Clippers). I believe that we’re at the point in the season where we need to resign to the fact that this simply isn’t a playoff team.</p> <p>They were a little overrated coming into this season, and they simply couldn’t afford injuries. Once again, they failed to do that.</p>. (11-22)