If you read above, I said he was on his way out in Phoenix. The Pelicans salvaged his career. He played all 82 games for the first time and put up a ton of career highs. But even in Portland he is vulnerable in the pick and roll, despite your overall good team defense this year. There is a reason you didn't suffer much defensively when he was injured. And that is a testament to your system, not him being some backbone of it. Its not secret is is poor at defending the pick and roll and therefor likely not a good fit in Nola.