Tag: Why did New Orleans change from Hornets to Pelicans?
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When did NBA pelicans start?
1988 [mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]The move was made possible by New Orleans Owner Tom Benson’s 2012 decision to select a more regionally appropriate nickname for the Crescent City’s NBA team, which had gone by “Hornets” since moving to Louisiana in 2002. New Orleans…