The New Orleans Pelicans entered the 2020-21 season with expectations of continuing to build around their young star core of Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson. Whether or not that included a trip to the postseason was a secondary goal.
What transpired throughout the year, though, was a frustrating season where a mixture of win-now moves contradicted development for the future and culminated in the Pelicans narrowly missing out on the pay-in game.
Williamson continued taking big steps forward by making the All-Star Game but a failure to take advantage of his skillsets and correctly build a team around him led to New Orleans never finding its footing this season.
With all that in mind, here are grades for each individual player, sorted by fewest to most games played.