New Orleans Pelicans
Biggest Priority: Letting DeMarcus Cousins walk
The New Orleans Pelicans went on an impressive tear towards the latter portion of this past season, while sweeping the Portland Trail Blazers out of the first round of the playoffs before being ousted by the Golden State Warriors in five games.
But the biggest thing that they perhaps learned the most wasn’t that they were the third best team in the conference. Instead, it was that they might be a better team without DeMarcus Cousins.
Cousins, who is coming off a major injury, is still likely going to command max money on the open market. Instead of paying him that money, the Pelicans could – and should – use that money more wisely on other pieces to surround Anthony Davis.