Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon are gone .
The other key guys who helped New Orleans make the playoffs two years ago all will miss the start of the season : Holiday ( wife 's surgery ) , Pondexter ( knee ) and Tyreke Evans ( knee ) .
Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon are gone , and the other key guys who helped New Orleans make the playoffs two years ago all will miss the start of the season : Holiday ( wife 's surgery ) , Pondexter ( knee ) and Tyreke Evans ( knee ) .