Norris Cole (ankle) is not yet ready for game action, John Reid of NOLA.com reports.

Cole (ankle) is not yet ready for game action, John Reid of NOLA.com reports.

Analysis:

It was announced that Cole would miss up to six weeks after injuring his ankle in mid-October, and he is just over two weeks into the timetable, so it should come as little surprise that he has been held out of the Pelicans' first two games. With Cole and Tyreke Evans (knee) sidelined, and Jrue Holiday on a minutes limit, Nate Robinson and Ish Smith are ticketed to see plenty of action at the point guard position over the first few weeks of the Pelicans' season.