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Why is Houston allowed to sit John Wall for seemingly as long as the Rockets want when the Pelicans were forced to play Anthony Davis in similar circumstances? Excellent question

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Nov 26, 2021
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The New Orleans Pelicans came to the dreaded conclusion well before the end of the 2018-19 season.

They knew they were going to have to trade Anthony Davis during the ensuing off-season at the latest to guard against ultimately losing their best player in free agency without compensation. So the Pelicans hatched a plan to hold Davis out of games to prot…

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