New Orleans Pelicans

The New Orleans Pelicans is an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete as a part of the National Basketball Association's nba Western Conference Southwest Division. The band is practising for their home games at the Smoothie King Arena. During the 2002–03 season the Pelicans became branded as the New Orleans Hornets, after the then owner of Charlotte Hornets, George Shinn, moved the club to New Orleans. The franchise relocated temporarily to Oklahoma City, where they played two seasons collectively known as the New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets prior to Hurricane Katrina's damage in 2005. The franchise returned to New Orleans fulltime for the 2007–08 season. On 24 January 2013, the team announced that it would rename itself the Pelicans shortly after the 2012–13 season had concluded. The Charlotte Hornets branding, history, and records from 1988 to 2002 were returned to their original city to be used by the then Charlotte Bobcats franchise, which finally became the Charlotte Hornets, starting on May 20, 2014. The Louisiana franchise posted a combined regular season record of 610–686 in 16 play seasons after the original team relocated from North Carolina, and qualified seven times for playoffs. The accomplishments include two championship series titles, and one division crown. However when the Charlotte Hornets put a good team on the field in the 1990s, the team's attendance continued to decrease dramatically. Many attributed the downturn in popularity to the team's owner, George Shinn, who was overwhelmingly disliked by people in the community. A Charlotte woman alleged she had been assaulted by Shinn in 1997, and his reputation in town was severely tarnished by the ensuing trial. The consensus was that while Charlotte was a place of play, at Shinn, backers on the squad let out their disappointment. Shinn was also dissatisfied with the Charlotte Coliseum, which was considered state-of - the-art when it opened but then became obsolete owing to a limited number of luxury suites. On March 26, 2001, both the Hornets and the Vancouver Grizzlies sued for relocation to Memphis, Tennessee, where ultimately the Grizzlies prevailed. Shinn then issued an ultimatum that the Hornets would leave town, unless the town constructed a new arena for him at no expense. The community originally refused, which led Shinn to consider either moving the team to Norfolk, Louisville or St. Louis. Of the rival cities, only St. Louis had an already operational NBA arena, the Savvis Arena, and a larger media footprint than Charlotte at the time; it was also the only one of the four that had previously hosted an NBA franchise — the St. Louis Hawks, who moved to Atlanta in 1968. During the 2011–12 season, the Hornets were exploring trading offers with Chris Paul when he requested an arrangement with the New York Knicks. The Hornets considered other franchises as bargaining allies, including the Boston Celtics and the Golden State Warriors, but Paul had declared that he wished to be traded to New York or Los Angeles. A three-team contract was negotiated between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets, but the offer was denied by Commissioner David Stern.[20] On 14 December 2011, the Hornets signed an agreement with the Los Angeles Clippers to send Paul to Los Angeles in exchange for Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman, Al-Farouq Aminu and a first-round draught pick acquired by the Clippers from a Minn swap. In January 2019, Davis applied for a franchise contract and was fined for falsely revealing the bid. The Pelicans received the first overall pick at the 2019 NBA draught draught NBA lottery on May 14, 2019, with just a six percent chance of winning it. The Pelicans have decided on 15 June 2019 to trade Davis with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers agreed to send Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and three first-round picks, including the fourth overall pick in the 2019 NBA draught, to the Pelicans in exchange. The Pelicans have agreed to trade draught rights to the Atlanta Hawks for the fourth overall NBA draught option in 2019, winning the draught rights to the 8th, 17th and 35th NBA draught picks in 2019.