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This is a list of basketball players who have played in the NBA for the former New Orleans(/Oklahoma City) Hornets franchise. Pages in category "New Orleans Hornets players" The following 115 pages are in this category, out of 115 total.
The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans. The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans were established as the New Orleans Hornets in the ...
The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the New Orleans Hornets/New Orleans Pelicans NBA franchise.
Sports reported that the Hornets would change their name to the New Orleans Pelicans beginning with the 2013–14 season. [35] [36] The team name is inspired by Louisiana's state bird, the brown pelican. [37] The name "Pelicans" can be traced back in New Orleans to the 1865 founding of the New Orleans Pelicans, an amateur
Only players who have appeared in at least one regular season or playoff game for the franchise under the Pelicans name should be placed in this category. For players under the franchise's previous names, please use either Category:Charlotte Hornets players or Category:New Orleans Hornets players.
The Hornets returned to New Orleans full-time for the 2007–08 season. The team changed its name to the New Orleans Pelicans at the conclusion of the 2012–13 season . Led by All-Star Baron Davis, the New Orleans Hornets qualified for their first post-season appearance during the 2002–03 season. They lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in the ...
In 2002, Shinn moved the franchise to New Orleans. The team continued to play as the Hornets until 2013, when its name was changed to the New Orleans Pelicans. As part of an agreement with the NBA, a new team known as the Charlotte Bobcats began competing in the 2004–05 NBA season. [11]
The history of the National Basketball Association 's Charlotte Hornets dates to 1985 when founder George Shinn first thought of bringing professional basketball to Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets commenced play as an expansion team in 1988. After fourteen seasons under its original ownership, the franchise suspended operations in 2002 ...