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5 Roster Moves The New Orleans Pelicans Need To Make

By Matthew Hallett

Jan 30, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Pelicans forward Ryan Anderson (33) celebrates after making a three point shot during the second half of the game against the Brooklyn Nets at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans won 105-103. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 30, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Pelicans forward Ryan Anderson (33) celebrates after making a three point shot during the second half of the game against the Brooklyn Nets at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans won 105-103. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports /
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The New Orleans Pelicans had a terrible start to the season as they were hit by injuries. With the season effectively over, Anthony Davis finally succumbed to injury and missed the last part of the season.  Here are 5 roster moves they need to make.

Apr 9, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis during the fourth quarter of a game against the Phoenix Suns at the Smoothie King Center. The Suns defeated the Pelicans 121-100. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 9, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis during the fourth quarter of a game against the Phoenix Suns at the Smoothie King Center. The Suns defeated the Pelicans 121-100. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /

The 2014-15 season was a good one for the New Orleans Pelicans. They grabbed the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference thanks to holding the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Coming into this season, there were huge expectations. Anthony Davis was in the conversation for MVP. Then injuries ruined their 2015-16 season. Quincy Pondexter did not play a game, Jrue Holiday missed 17 games, Davis missed 21 and Ryan Anderson missed 16, just to name a few.

As a result of their poor season New Orleans have managed to get the sixth pick in this year’sNBA draft, which is cold comfort for the season they just had.

New Orleans is desperate for a a second star to play alongside Davis and hopefully they can use this pick to achieve this.

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Hopefully Davis can come back from the knee and shoulder injuries that led New Orleans to shut his season down and lead them back into the playoffs next season.

In order to move up in the competitive Western Conference they need to strengthen most of their positions. Here are five roster moves they need to make.

Next: Re-sign Ryan Anderson

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