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The New Orleans Pelicans have had a disappointing season, but the team does have hope for next season. The team will have a high draft pick and every team will be a player in free agency during the summer. But Pelicans’ management needs to make the right moves in the offseason in order to help out star Anthony Davis. For one reason or another, here are five players who won’t be on the Pelicans in the 2016-17 NBA season.
5. Bryce Dejean-Jones
Credit: Getty Images5. Bryce Dejean-Jones
The Pelicans signed Bryce Dejean-Jones for the remainder of the season after giving him a couple of 10-day contracts throughout this season. With all of the available perimeter talent during this summer, Dejean-Jones will be the odd man out.
4. Alexis Ajinca
Credit: Getty Images4. Alexis Ajinca
Alexis Ajinca is a center who wouldn’t make the rotation for most teams. The Pelicans will package Ajinca with something else in order to get someone who is more reliable and better offensively.
3. Norris Cole
Credit: Getty Images3. Norris Cole
Norris Cole is a champion and he is a solid backup point guard for any team. But the Pelicans have some players they will need to take care of and Jrue Holiday is more useful as a backup point guard. Cole will have to find a new team this offseason.
2. Kendrick Perkins
Credit: Getty Images2. Kendrick Perkins
Kendrick Perkins is no longer a good center in the NBA, but he does provide leadership and an enforcer in the locker room. He will leave the Pelicans since he is trying to find a better team and win a championship in the waning years of his career.
1. Ryan Anderson
Credit: Getty Images1. Ryan Anderson
Ryan Anderson was highly sought after during the trade deadline, but the Pelicans couldn’t trade him because he wasn’t going to sign an extension before the season ended. Anderson will get a large long-term deal from someone other than the Pelicans.
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