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Charles Curtis here for some NBA takes, and this one might be far from hot, but it’s all I could think about while watching the Pelicans take down the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night to move on in the NBA play-in tournament: Just how good could this Pels team be if Zion Williamson was healthy?
Would they be better than the current top six in the West? Considering that the potential back-to-back MVP is a member of the No. 6 seed Nuggets, I kind of doubt they’d be that good.
