Anthony Davis has now spent the first six seasons of his career with the New Orleans Pelicans. And throughout this time they have seen middling success at best. They have only made the playoffs twice in six years, while having arguably a top five player in the league for a long stretch of that time. Last year they managed to sweep the Portland Trailblazers and then take a game off of the warriors, but for fans, and more importantly for Anthony Davis, this isn’t enough. When you are blessed with a generational talent like Davis, Lebron James, Kevin Durant, or Steph Curry, trips to the finals are expected and at the very least competitive conference finals. Teams have to plan very carefully for this from the moment that they identify they have such a talent. Ideally they should acquire more complementary pieces through the draft, not sign ridiculously long contracts for average players, and try and identify underrated players around the league and bring them on the team. We have seen examples of this recently with Simmons, Embiid and the 76ers and with James Harden and Houston, Russell Westbrook and OKC, and Steph Curry and the warriors. These teams were, or are being, patient and didn’t make rash moves to improve the team by one or two wins if it would cost them their future chances at the championship. In the past we have seen numerous teams fail at building this way. The Cleveland Cavaliers struggled to put real talent around Lebron James in his first stint with the team. Instead they continuously acquired old players past their prime and asked the King to carry them to a ring. Then we have the Minnesota Timberwolves and their failure to build around Kevin Garnett over a huge period of time. Now one could argue that luck had a part to play in these failures, but good NBA teams build consistent teams that place themselves in the position to win one championship out of four or five attempts. Look at the Boston Celtics team from 2008 till 2012, they had five real attempts, but injuries thwarted many of them and they still walked away with two trips to the NBA finals and one championship. And now many are wondering if Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans are walking down the same path. Are they squandering the incredible potential of their young star and putting him in a position where winning a championship seems an impossibility? This video will examine this question by taking a look at their off season moves and where it places them for the upcoming season. I will also take a look at the possibility of Anthony Davis leaving the pelicans, and whether or not he could be traded next season, or even as early as this season.