Who Is the Most Underrated New Orleans Pelicans Player This Year?

April 5th, 2014 by Kyle Neubeck Leave a reply »

Waxing poetic about Anthony Davis has come naturally in his second season. As for the rest of his New Orleans Pelicans teammates, compliments have been few and far between.

Outside of the rare exception like Davis, it's hard to get overly thrilled about anyone playing on a team that sits at fifth place in their division. The Pelicans have underwhelmed due to a combination of ill-fitting parts and injury woes, giving little reason for casual fans to care outside of AD's ascent.

A more studious viewer will find that there are a few hidden gems on the Pelicans roster, or perhaps some players who deserve more praise than they have gotten.

Quantifying what is underrated is difficult when the internet gives everyone with a WiFi connection the ability to praise, but New Orleans is so far off the radar that most of the team is in play at this point. It's a relative term, so saying that a bench scorer is underrated doesn't mean they're of equal stature to a starter with the same quality.

Let's take a look at a couple players who are under-appreciated by the general public on different levels and see if we can figure out ...

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