The New Orleans' Pelicans first run to the NBA playoffs (as the actual "Pelicans") got off to a very chilly bang: Ownership gave GM Dell Demps and Monty Williams preseason mandate to make playoffs to keep jobs, w/ no allowance for injuries. They made it. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) April 16, 2015 Yee-ikes. That's … good? [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball ] Not just for the downer that regarded what was described by many as an unexpected playoff berth to be a franchise-saver – it would be unrealistic to pin any coach or general manager's future on making or breaking it at the bottom of the West's nutty playoff bracket – but to the unnerving thought that maybe it isn't the best possible move for this organization to retain both Monty Williams as coach and Dell Demps as general manager. That a barely-there three-pointer, shot by a 7-footer on Feb. 6, would eventually decide the fates (again, good or bad) for Pelicans fans. The Pelicans did make that postseason, however, holding off an expected contender from Phoenix and an Oklahoma City Thunder team that still did get to boast a combined 94 games of (mostly)...