Heading into the season, two questions hung over the Pelicans like Original Nightmare Pierre preparing to dive-bomb upon you and feast on your soul.
which sounds like a nice thing to feel — give Green multiple excellent options at the point of attack. When they're off the ball, Jones, Ingram, Murphy, and Marshall — all between 6-foot-7 and 6-foot-9, all with wingspans of at least 7 feet — offer fantastic length on the wing, allowing New Orleans to shrink the floor in the half-court, plug up passing lanes, and still be able to fire back out to the perimeter.
The versatility continues to a center rotation that enables the Pels to play multiple coverages well. Valanciunas — never a big shot-blocker, but huge and smart — can hold down the fort in drop coverage, in which the Pelicans have prevented points at a near-top-10 rate this season. The addition of Nance at the 2022 trade deadline, though, combined with all that wing depth to unlock their potential to switch screens: New Orleans is allowing just 0.
One big reason why the Pelicans are able to switch more often and more effectively this season? Now healthy and in shape, Williamson’s looking more engaged and active on and off the ball, and starting to look more and more like the help-side destroyer he was during his brief stay in Durham: Zion remains a work in progress on the defensive end; he'll still sometimes lose his man off the ball and get beat on backdoor cuts, close out off-balance and give up a driving lane, stuff like that. It's getting better, though: He's allowing 0.
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