{"id":6563,"date":"2023-01-11T14:35:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/should-the-new-orleans-pelicans-bring-back-the-four-time-nba-all-star\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:35:21","slug":"should-the-new-orleans-pelicans-bring-back-the-four-time-nba-all-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/should-the-new-orleans-pelicans-bring-back-the-four-time-nba-all-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Should the New Orleans Pelicans bring back the four-time NBA All-Star?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- tml-version=\"2\" --><\/p>\n<p>of <strong>new orleans pelicans<\/strong> Started the 2022-23 NBA season as one of the best teams in the league. <\/p>\n<p>but their best player<strong>, <\/strong><strong>Zion Williamson to leave for the long term<\/strong>and now on a 10-day contract<strong> <\/strong><strong>eligible to sign<\/strong>I think the return of the former All-Star player should be considered. <\/p>\n<p><strong>demarcus cousins<\/strong> He remains a free agent after spending last season with the Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<p>Although he&#8217;s no longer the star he was when he was the NBA&#8217;s best big man, he averaged 9.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in 48 games last season (5 per game). 10.6 points average).  2022 NBA Playoff Games). <\/p>\n<p>No one will fill the void left by Williamson&#8217;s absence. <\/p>\n<p>The former Duke star is averaging 26.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game (60.8% shooting from the field). <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<p>That said, even without him in the lineup, Cousins \u200b\u200bcan help in areas where the Pelicans are lacking. <\/p>\n<p>in front<strong> <\/strong><strong>chain of injuries<\/strong> Derailing Cousins&#8217; heyday, he was a borderline superstar for the Sacramento Kings (and Pelicans). <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<p>Therefore, he is familiar with the organization and the city (he spent part of two seasons in New Orleans). <\/p>\n<p>The Pelicans are currently 25-16 in 41 games and are the third seed in the Western Conference. <\/p>\n<p>However, with the West close, the Golden State Warriors (8th seed) are just 5.0 games behind. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<p>Adding Cousins \u200b\u200bon a 10-day deal to see what he can do would be an exciting move to help them stay in the standings until Williamson returns. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMihAFodHRwczovL3d3dy5zaS5jb20vZmFubmF0aW9uL25iYS9mYXN0YnJlYWsvcG9kY2FzdHMvc2hvdWxkLXRoZS1uZXctb3JsZWFucy1wZWxpY2Fucy1icmluZy1iYWNrLXRoaXMtNHgtbmJhLWFsbC1zdGFyLWRlbWFyY3VzLWNvdXNpbnPSAYkBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2kuY29tL2Zhbm5hdGlvbi9uYmEvZmFzdGJyZWFrLy5hbXAvcG9kY2FzdHMvc2hvdWxkLXRoZS1uZXctb3JsZWFucy1wZWxpY2Fucy1icmluZy1iYWNrLXRoaXMtNHgtbmJhLWFsbC1zdGFyLWRlbWFyY3VzLWNvdXNpbnM?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] of new orleans pelicans Started the 2022-23 NBA season as one of the best teams in the league. but their best player, Zion Williamson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/usatsi_19619709_168388303_lowres.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}