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New Orleans Pelicans: 5 former Pels that would help in 2020

By Eliot Clough

DENVER - APRIL 13: P.J. Brown #42 of the New Orleans Hornets looks up at the clock after a timeout against the Denver Nuggets in the second half on April 13, 2005 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets won 116-102. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowleges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
DENVER - APRIL 13: P.J. Brown #42 of the New Orleans Hornets looks up at the clock after a timeout against the Denver Nuggets in the second half on April 13, 2005 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets won 116-102. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowleges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) /
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4. P.J. Brown

P.J. Brown is the closest thing to Dennis Rodman in the history of the New Orleans franchise, and boy, could the Pels use that right now.

The need for a versatile defender and relentless rebounder on this squad is more than apparent. Whether an individual would step into a role such as this and could contribute anything more is irrelevant. If the Pels could find a player to fill such a role for 30 minutes a night, the lottery could consider itself struck.

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Brown isn’t a wing, standing at 6’11″. But, he’s also not the thickest guy in the world, weighing in at 225 pounds. In other words, he’d be perfect to stand in and defend an opponent’s best player, should they be between 6’7″ and 7’0″ tall. His length, athleticism and determination to grab a loose ball would prove to be quite irritating to the best wings, forwards and centers in the league.

With a roster full of men who are beloved throughout the league and show little-to-no bitterness with any other franchise, adding a non-nice guy to the roster would provide a needed grit that the 2019-2020 Pelicans don’t possess.

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