Gentry Wants Davis Shooting 3-Pointers

The Pelicans can start his maximum deal at 30 percent of the league’s salary as opposed to 25 percent provided that he is voted again as a starter in the National Basteball Association All-Star Game or makes the All-NBA team next season. “We are thrilled to have Anthony commit to the Pelicans as we continue to build our team to have sustained success”. The budding player averaged 31.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, two assists, three blocks and 1.3 steals per game in the postseason.

“Words can not describe the excitement of the New Orleans Pelicans to have Anthony Davis as the cornerstone of our organization”, Pelicans general manager Dell Demps said in a statement. Davis only made one-three pointer last season, and it was a game-winning shot in a 116-113 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder last February. 535 shooting from the floor, 10.2 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per game, ranking fourth, seventh, eighth, and first in the National Basteball Association in those respective statistical categories.

In a conference call with season ticket holders, the new New Orleans coach believes in Davis’ ability to change his game. But he does need to bring more to the table for the Pelicans to be better, because they didn’t even come close to putting up a fight against the Warriors in the playoffs past year.

The Pelicans also officially re-signed free agents Omer Asik (five years, $60M), Alexis Ajinca (four years, $20.2M) and Dante Cunningham (three years, $9M) when the signing moratorium ended. The Pelicans signed Davis to the most lucrative contract in National Basteball Association history. A player who has taken a total of 27 3-pointers since being drafted, that’s an average of nine a season, is going to start moving to the corner and hitting those.