The New Orleans Pelicans are no strangers to having star players on their roster. With a roster that includes household names like CJ McCollum, Dejounte Murray,

Williamson has experienced moderate success in the NBA as a former No. 1 overall pick, but he’s struggled to stay on the floor through four seasons. The powerful downhill attacker and human pogo stick has missed over 100 games since getting drafted by New Orleans in 2019.

Players who have already received a second contract cannot have breakout seasons, or so the thinking goes. Well, the New Orleans Pelicans have issues but they might also have an outlier to that cliched rule of thumb.

There are a lot of reasons to be excited about the New Orleans Pelicans with just over a week until the 2024-25 NBA regular season gets underway. They made a bi