1) Where will Anthony Davis finish in the MVP voting this season? How much room does he still have to improve?
2) Is the Jrue Holiday/Tyreke Evans guard pairing this team's best option? If Alvin Gentry believes that it is, will Eric Gordon continue to be a productive team player if he only gets 16 to 24 minutes a night coming off the bench?
3) With Asik and Ajinca already banged up, will this team actually start the season with Kendrick Perkins as their starting center? And more importantly, will any of those three Pelicans centers play crunchtime minutes for this team?
4) Being that this team was top 5 offensively when their top 6 guys were healthy but bottom 8 defensively with that same group, is Alvin Gentry the right coach for this bunch? Will their defense be good enough for them to win 50-55 games?
5) Does this team rely too heavily on oft injured players to take them seriously in the West?
2) Is the Jrue Holiday/Tyreke Evans guard pairing this team's best option? If Alvin Gentry believes that it is, will Eric Gordon continue to be a productive team player if he only gets 16 to 24 minutes a night coming off the bench?
3) With Asik and Ajinca already banged up, will this team actually start the season with Kendrick Perkins as their starting center? And more importantly, will any of those three Pelicans centers play crunchtime minutes for this team?
4) Being that this team was top 5 offensively when their top 6 guys were healthy but bottom 8 defensively with that same group, is Alvin Gentry the right coach for this bunch? Will their defense be good enough for them to win 50-55 games?
5) Does this team rely too heavily on oft injured players to take them seriously in the West?