Pelicans Hit the Randomizer Button With Chaotic Monday Starting Lineup

The New Orleans Pelicans have officially stopped trying to make sense and are just hitting the randomizer button on their rotation. According to Underdog NBA, New Orleans is rolling out a Monday starting unit of Jeremiah Fears, Dejounte Murray, Jones, Saddiq Bey, and Karlo Matkovic.

If you saw this group on a court together without context, you would assume it was an auto-generated NBA 2K Summer League roster from a simulation ten years in the future.

"Lineup alert: Pelicans will start Fears, Murray, Jones, Bey, Matkovic on Monday. - @UnderdogNBA"

This is exactly what happens when a team is sitting at 4-6 and decides to choose chaos. The Pelicans are reeling after a brutal stretch, most recently getting completely dismantled in a 139-123 shootout loss to the Los Angeles Clippers over the weekend.

Throwing Matkovic into the starting unit is the basketball equivalent of unplugging your router and praying the Wi-Fi comes back online. The big man has spent most of his time on the bench, averaging a whopping 2.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.

For anyone staring at the betting board, this rotation is an absolute minefield. With Murray returning to the mix to share the backcourt with Fears, the usage rates for this group are a total mystery, making player props a complete guessing game.

To be fair to Fears, the young guard is actually producing during this weird stretch. He is putting up 15.8 points and 4.6 assists a night, but asking him to anchor this makeshift unit against the Golden State Warriors is a massive request.

We will find out quickly if this desperation move pays off when they tip off on Monday night. If this lineup gets run off the floor, expect another massive rotation shuffle before the Brooklyn Nets come to town on Wednesday.