The New Orleans Pelicans found their new head coach in Stan Van Gundy. Now Van Gundy has to find the best way to use Zion Williamson and it all comes down to what exactly Van Gundy thinks Zion could be in the NBA.

On the daily Locked On Pelicans Podcast, host Jake Madison breaks down Stan Van Gundy's introduction press conference and how Van Gundy's views of Zion could change the direction of the Pelicans.

Jake Madison: When Stan Van Gundy was asked about Zion Williamson, the question was, do you see him as a four or five? His answer was kind of the one that makes all of us real basketball nerds go kind of crazy in a good way. He said I don't really look at an imposition. We're kind of in a position-less era of basketball. It's more about figuring out the skill set of Zion Williamson, what is he really good at, and then putting the other four best players around him to maximize that skill set. It's not about him playing the four, it's not about him playing the five, who cares about that just put the five best guys four best guys around Zion Williamson, out there on the court, and let's figure out what they all do best and how they can work complementary of each other and we'll be a good basketball team, regardless of position.

He said it's kind of a perimeter-big-oriented league, a skilled-big-oriented league, you don't win games by playing a Shaq-style of game with your back to the basket and posting up. You need to have perimeter skills. So if you have a team of bigs who all are talented ball handlers, who can shoot the ball as well. You throw five of them out there and who cares. That's kind of what he's hinting at that they are looking for multi-talented players that they're going to complement one another. So it doesn't really matter what Zion's exact position is right now.

He and David Griffin also mentioned that in terms of Zion Williamson, he's not the focal point. It doesn't really all begin and end with him that there isn't one focal point in that the accountability kind of goes to everybody out there, which I thought was kind of interesting. They try and deflect some of that off of there, but clearly this all does begin and end with Zion Williamson.