PELICANS INK DAVIS

Certainly, C Anthony Davis was key in the Pelicans 2014-15 Playoffs run that ended in a 1st round loss to the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors. New Orleans fired head coach Monti Williams earlier this summer immediately after the loss, and hired associate head coach of the Warriors Alvin Gentry to come in and take over the duties. The 8th seeded NBA western conference franchise has a promising future to say the least and has assured chances of 2015-16 season success by signing Anthony Davis to a 5/year 145 million contract extension. Davis averaged 24.4 points and 10 rebounds the entire 2014-15 season. These statistics actually then improved in the playoffs as he went into a series against the Warriors and produced 31.5 points per game in a losing effort. Unless this 22 year old basketball guru is to have a brutal injury in his career he'll definitely emerge as one of the NBA's elite players in upcoming seasons.

The Western Conference is still arguably the better of the two NBA conferences judging by season records of the teams when compared. No blemish should be thrown unto the New Orleans Pelicans clinching a playoff berth in the 2014-15 season but the berth did come due to a inhibited Oklahoma City Thunder team that was without Kevin Durant the majority of last season. Really the question going forward is how competitive can the New Orleans Pelicans be in the Western Conference next year? A 45-37 season record landed them the 8th spot out west while if they were in the east they might've landed a 5th or higher seeding. Guard Jrue Holiday missed a sizable amount of games with a ankle injury last season, and Davis did as well with a nagging shoulder injury. Possibly, the Pelicans can have faith in their youthful roster as they look to turn the Smoothie King Center into a place no one likes to come and play. It'll be interesting to see how things play out in the 2015-16 NBA season.

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