Let’s be honest here, the New Orleans Pelicans are probably not going to make the playoffs. Even with the scope being expanded to tenth place with the play-in potential, they’re still not gonna make it.
What exactly is Steven Adams’ role for the Pelicans these days? It’s a simple question to answer: he defends hard, he does the dirty work, he sets the cultural tone. But when his box score numbers seem to swing drastically from one night to the next that answer suddenly doesn’t quite seem sufficient.
People knew that Charlisse was gonna be good. She debuted for the Tall Ferns at 16 years old (and was a part of the bronze medallist Comm Games squad in 2018) and has excelled for age grade national teams. But maybe people didn’t quite think she’d be Pac-12 conference Freshman of the Year good.