New Orleans Pelicans

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NBA team professional basketball team

The New Orleans Pelicans are a professional basketball team based in New Orleans that competes in the NBA’s Western Conference.

Aliases (2)

New Orleans Hornets ×11
@PelicansNBA ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NBA team → professional basketball team →
abbreviation	NOP →
city	New Orleans →
conference	Western Conference → Western Conference, Southwest Division →
conferenceChampionships	0 →
country	United States →
division	Southwest Division →
divisionRivals	Dallas Mavericks → Houston Rockets → Memphis Grizzlies → San Antonio Spurs →
formerName	New Orleans Hornets →
foundedAsFranchise	2002 →
generalManager	Trajan Langdon →
governingBody	NBA Board of Governors →
hasNBAFranchiseHistoryFrom	Charlotte Hornets relocation to New Orleans in 2002 →
headCoach	Willie Green →
homeArena	Smoothie King Center →
homeCityMetroArea	New Orleans metropolitan area →
homeGamesPlayedAt	Smoothie King Center, New Orleans →
homeStateAbbreviation	LA →
league	National Basketball Association →
location	New Orleans, Louisiana →
mascot	Pierre the Pelican →
nameChangeEffectiveSeason	2013–14 NBA season →
NBAChampionships	0 →
notablePlayer	Anthony Davis → Brandon Ingram → Chris Paul → Zion Williamson →
officialWebsite	https://www.nba.com/pelicans →
originFranchise	Charlotte Hornets (1988–2002) →
owner	Gayle Benson →
participatesIn	NBA Draft →
playsIn	Smoothie King Center →
presidentOfBasketballOperations	David Griffin →
previousAbbreviation	NOH →
rebrandedToReflect	Louisiana state bird, the brown pelican →
renamedAs	New Orleans Pelicans →
retiredNumber	7 (Pete Maravich, honored) →
sport	basketball →
state	Louisiana →
teamColors	gold → navy → red →
twitterHandle	@PelicansNBA →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Austin Rivers ("New Orleans Hornets") → Austin Rivers → Rajon Rondo → Rajon Rondo →	memberOfSportsTeam
Peja Stojaković ("New Orleans Hornets") → Rashard Lewis ("New Orleans Hornets") → Sean Marks ("New Orleans Hornets") →	playedFor
Dallas Mavericks → Houston Rockets →	divisionRival
Louisiana → New Orleans →	hasSportsTeam
Southwest Division → Western Conference →	hasTeam
Charlotte Hornets ("New Orleans Hornets") → Charlotte Hornets →	successorFranchiseName
Paul Silas ("New Orleans Hornets") →	coachedTeam
Austin Rivers ("New Orleans Hornets") →	draftTeam
2012–13 NBA season ("New Orleans Hornets") →	draftTopPickTeam
New Orleans Pelicans ("New Orleans Hornets") →	formerName
West →	hasNotableFranchises
Southern Association championships →	mostTitlesClub
Rashard Lewis ("New Orleans Hornets") →	NBAteam
Austin Rivers →	playedForFranchise
Charlotte Hornets ("New Orleans Hornets") →	relocatedFranchiseName
New Orleans Pelicans →	renamedAs
New Orleans Hornets →	successorTeam
Rajon Rondo →	team
New Orleans Pelicans ("@PelicansNBA") →	twitterHandle