Dan is joined by Shamit Dua (@FearTheBrown) from the In The N.O. podcast for an honest and thorough talk about the New Orleans Pelicans' present and future ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. They discuss New Orleans' somewhat controversial offseason, Zion Williamson's health, development and happiness, how the team will build out the rotation, Nickeil Alexander-Walker's ceiling, Trey Murphy III's fit, the defense, lineup possibilities and much more. TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 2:03 - Intro 🔘 4:31 - Offseason takeaways/impressions 🔘 9:51 - Zion Williamson's health and future 🔘 19:52 - Zion's on-court development/defense 🔘 23:49 - Starting-five predictions/preferences 🔘 26:10 - Jonas Valanciunas' fit and value 🔘 28:34 - Expectations for Nickeil Alexander-Walker 🔘 32:27 - Jaxson Hayes/The backup center rotation 🔘 37:35 - Trey Murphy III's role/rookie-year expectations 🔘 40:44 - Tomas Satoransky, Garrett Temple, Kira Lewis Jr. 🔘 43:04 - Kira Lewis' future 🔘 45:06 - Devonte' Graham 🔘 46:03 - Naji Marshall's role and value 🔘 48:42 - Biggest weakness 🔘 50:19 - Brandon Ingram 🔘 51:34 - Josh Hart 🔘 54:56 - Best crunch-time lineup 🔘 56:13 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 57:10 - Win-total prediction/Place in the West 🔘 1:00:19 - Willie Green's impact Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Follow: @HardwoodKnocks Follow: @The_Sports_Math Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices