2019-2020 New Orleans Pelicans Season Recap to date

2018-2019 Record                 Home Record               Road Record

        33-49                                     19-22                            14-27

2019-2020 Record                 Home Record               Road Record

         28-36                                     13-19                            15-17

Fun Facts for the season

-The future is bright in New Orleans as their top five leaders in minutes per game are all under 30 years of age: Jrue Holiday (34.9 mpg, age 29), Brandon Ingram (34.3 mpg, age 22), Lonzo Ball (32.4 mpg, age 22), Zion Williamson (29.7 mpg, age 19) and Josh Hart (27.4 mpg, age 24)

-Although several players benefited after getting traded from the Lakers to the Pelicans in the Anthony Davis trade, no player capitalized on the increased opportunity more than Brandon Ingram as he averaged career-highs in minutes, 3-pointers made, free throws made, free throw percentage, rebounds, assists and steals on his way to producing 2nd/3rd round per-game value. His previous career-high in per-game fantasy value came in the 2017-18 campaign when he produced 11th/15th round per-game value.

-Jaxson Hayes was viewed as a project when the Pelicans drafted him in 2019 but he has already been able to produce short-term value for fantasy GMs when he got a boost in playing time (25.3 mpg) when the team was without Derrick Favors. Favors missed 14 games from November 16 through December 11th and Hayes produced 9th/9th round per-game value during that timeframe.

-Zion Williamson’s season didn’t get started until late January as a result of a preseason injury but he was able to prove why he deserved to be the number one pick in the 2019 draft as he was the only rookie to be in the top-10 in averages for points, rebounds, assists, minutes and steals among all rookies

-Zion struggled from the free throw line in the 19 games he suited up for in his rookie season as he shot .645 from the stripe on eight attempts per game, and his fantasy value reflected that as he produced 4th/4th round per-game value with a “punt free throw percentage build” compared with 9th/13th round per-game value

-Lonzo Ball struggled to start the season as he was hampered by a couple injuries that affected his fantasy value as he produced 9th/12th round per-game value prior to December 1st while he was able to produce 4th/6th round per-game value from December on

For a closer look at how the season has gone, be sure to check out our Season So Far series. The Pelicans’ entry can be found right here.

Rosterable in 12-team 8/9-cat leagues (per-game value)

-Brandon Ingram (2nd round/3rd round)

-Jrue Holiday (3rd round/4th round)

-Lonzo Ball (4th round/6th round)

-Zion Williamson (9th round/13th round)

-Derrick Favors (9th round/8th round)

-Josh Hart (11th round/10th round)

Showed flashes of fantasy value in 12-team 8/9-cat leagues (per-game value)

-Jaxson Hayes (9th round/9th round from Nov 16 through December 11)

-J.J. Redick (12th round/11th round; 6th round/4th round from Nov 17 through Dec 15)

Rosterable in standard points leagues

(This is Yahoo’s standard scoring system, we’ll be using them as a reference for the rankings but obviously things will be different in your league if you use a custom scoring format or play on ESPN/CBS/Fantrax)

-Jrue Holiday (2nd round)

-Brandon Ingram (3rd round)

-Lonzo Ball (4th round)

-Zion Williamson (8th round)

-Derrick Favors (9th round)

-Josh Hart (9th round)

-J.J. Redick (11th round)

Flashes of value in standard points leagues:

-N/A

Predicting standard league relevant players for 2020-21 season

-Brandon Ingram (all formats)

-Jrue Holiday (all formats)

-Zion Williamson (all formats)

-Lonzo Ball (all formats)

-Derrick Favors (all formats)

Potential for standard league value for 2020-21 season

-Josh Hart (all formats)

-J.J. Redick (all formats)

-Jaxson Hayes (8/9-cat)

Upcoming Notable Free Agents

-Brandon Ingram (restricted)

-Derrick Favors (unrestricted)

-E’Twaun Moore (unrestricted)

-Darius Miller (team option of $7M in 2020-21)

-Jahlil Okafor (unrestricted)

-Frank Jackson (restricted)

-Kenrich Williams (restricted)

Key Additions

-N/A

Key Departures

-N/A

Upcoming Draft Picks

-2020 first round pick

-2020 second round pick

-2020 second round pick (via Milwaukee)

-2020 second round pick (via Washington)

-2021 first round pick

-2021 first round pick (via Los Angeles Lakers protected 8-30; if pick doesn’t transfer in 2021 it becomes an unprotected first round pick in 2022)

-2021 second round pick (less favorable of own or Chicago)

-2021 second round pick (via Washington)

-2021 second round pick (via Cleveland)

-2022 first round pick

-2022 second round pick

-2022 second round pick (via Cleveland)