[Deuce2223]

PELICANS ATOP THE SOUTHWEST!!

After a rough November, the Pelicans/Sonics, started out hot in December winning 7 of their first 8 games but closed out the month going just 2-5 in the final 2 weeks to finish 9-6 on the month raising their yearly win total to 23-13 Overall which is good for 3rd place in the Western Conference and gives them a 1 game lead over the Memphis Grizzlies at (22-14).

ZION RETURNS
Zion Williamson's broken ankle healed quicker then expected as he missed just 6 games over 3 weeks. In his first 3 games back Zion averaged over 25 PPG resulting in 3 wins.. He is now tied for the team lead at 19.3 PPG



IS DEROZAN DONE MAKING MOVES?
With the team currently in 1st place, fan's are starting to wonder if this is finally the year the Pelicans break the 5 year playoff drought. Derozan has the month of January to decide if this roster has what it takes to make a strong playoff run.

Derozan

Quote:

"Right now we actually have problem with our roster in the fact we have to many guy's we want to try and get minutes to. Trey showed well Zion was out that he is more then capable of giving us more minutes. We got several guy's like Howie Carney (8.0 PPG), Dyson Daniels (6.2 PPG), Jordan Hawkins (5.9 PPG) and recently signed Trent Franklin (6.7 PPG) who we believe could be averaging double digits if they were playing 20+ MPG"

FRANKLIN MAKING A CASE

When Zion Williamson hit the IR, the Pelicans added a 14th member to the team signing 6'8 Forward Trent Franklin (74 Ovr). Franklin a undrafted F.A. out of Sonoma State is 27 years old and has bounced around Europe and the G League for the past 5 years. However after posting a 6.7 PPG well hitting a unbelievable 54% of his 3pt attempts (21/39), Franklin is making a strong case to replace Jae'sean Tate as the teams main SF off the bench.