It's opening night! The New Orleans Pelicans head to the Toyota Center to face off with the best regular season team of 2017-18. The Rockets remain top-heavy with Chris Paul, James Harden, Clint Capela and Eric Gordon, but rearmed themselves with Michael Carter Williams, Carmelo Anthony and high-ceiling low-basement Marquese Chriss. Nene, James Ennis and Gerald Green will get some run against a Pelicans team desperate to succeed in 2018-19 for a dozen reasons, chiefly among them being the right to retain Anthony Davis. Joins Kelly Iko of The Athletic and Ben Dubose of Locked on Rockets as we break it down!Thank you for listening! And as always, if you like what you’re hearing…. Subscribe and rate us today! Follow us @TheBirdWrites Blogtalkradio.com/thebirdcalls Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bird-writes-nba-podcast-for-new-orleans-pelicans/id1254580823?mt=2 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/preston-ellis/the-bird-writes-nba-podcast-for-new-orleans-pelicans?refid=stpr Tune In: https://tunein.com/radio/The-Bird-Writes-NBA-Podcast-on-New-Orleans-Pelicans-p1012419/ Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ikgqrpz5xjivbhyutvkj5lya3ni?t=The_Bird_Writes_NBA_Podcast_for_New_Orleans_Pelicans See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.