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As such, the NBA retroactively considers the [[Charlotte Hornets]] to have existed from 1984-2002, then having suspended operations from 2002-2004, and then restarting in 2004, with the Pelicans considered an expansion team beginning in 2002.

As such, the NBA retroactively considers the [[Charlotte Hornets]] to have existed from 1984-2002, then having suspended operations from 2002-2004, and then restarting in 2004, with the Pelicans considered an expansion team beginning in 2002.

After the [[damage]] to New Orleans from [[Hurricane Katrina]], the team played some of their home [[game]]s in [[Oklahoma City]] at the Ford Center for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons (and temporarily rebranded the team as the '''New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets'''; the popularity of NBA basketball in Oklahoma City ultimately led an Oklahoma-based group to purchase the Seattle SuperSonics and relocate the team to Oklahoma City in 2008.

After the [[damage]] to New Orleans from [[Hurricane Katrina]], the team played some of their home [[game]]s in [[Oklahoma City]] at the Ford Center for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons (and temporarily rebranded the team as the '''New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets'''; the popularity of NBA basketball in Oklahoma City ultimately led an Oklahoma-based group to purchase the Seattle SuperSonics and relocate the team to Oklahoma City in 2008).

 

The Pelicans have retired one jersey number, '''7''', which was the uniform number of basketball legend [[Pete Maravich]], for his accomplishments during his college career at [[Louisiana State University]] and with the New Orleans Jazz, the city's original NBA team.

The Pelicans have never appeared in the NBA Finals.

The Pelicans have never appeared in the NBA Finals.