NBA 2018-19: Predicting Western Conference's Top 4 teams in the regular season

New Orleans Pelicans are going to be a threat to teams this season
New Orleans Pelicans are going to be a threat to teams this season

#3 New Orleans Pelicans

Mirotic and Davis will carry this team to the post-season
Mirotic and Davis will carry this team to the post-season

The New Orleans Pelicans had an incredible 2017-18 NBA season and made it to the post-season for the second time in four years. They also shocked the world sweeping Damian Lillard and the Blazers in the first round of the playoffs.

In the off-season, their front-office did a brilliant job of adding some really good players who can help this squad achieve greater heights this season. They added Julius Randle who had 25 points on his debut night with the Pelicans against the Rockets.

Nikola Mirotic is going to be a frontrunner for the Most Improved Player award this season and he is already putting up big numbers as he scored 36 and 30 in the first two games this season.

After finishing as DPOY and MVP finalist in the same-season, this season might well be the one for Davis when he gets his hands on the league's most prestigious MVP trophy. The Pelicans are definitely going to bring the pain on the teams every single night this season.

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