Davis would have a claim to the same if his surrounding talent was better. New Orleans, a no-doubt-about-it playoff team if it was in the East, is looking more and more like it'll be on the outside looking in come April. The Pelicans are battling with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets for the No. 8 seed, a race that's looking more like it'll be a two-teamer as the weeks go by.
Without Davis, who is perhaps a few months away from being considered the NBA's best player, the Pelicans wouldn't even be in the playoff conversation. The long-armed freak is averaging 24.3 points, 10.4 rebounds and a league-high 2.9 blocks per game while making necessary strides as a team defender, too. It's still part of a process, but Davis is essentially a nightly video game at this point.
Things are also going swimmingly for Marc Gasol, who is finally getting the national recognition he started receiving two years ago on #BasketballTwitter. Gasol is the best player on a Memphis Grizzlies team that's exceeding all expectations and beginning to look like a title threat.
It's a different story for the two Los Angeles representatives, as Bryant and Griffin have experienced disappointments on the personal and team levels this season. Griffin has seen his rebound rate plummet as he's floated more toward the perimeter, and the Clippers are nowhere near a championship contender after being a trendy preseason sleeper.
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