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The New Orleans Pelicans are a professional basketball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana having moved from Charlotte in 2002.

After the damage to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the team played some of their home games in Oklahoma City at the Ford Center; the popularity of NBA basketball in Oklahoma City ultimately led the owners of the Supersonics to move their team to Oklahoma City in 2008.

Originally keeping the Hornets name upon relocation to New Orleans, in 2014 the team renamed itself as the Pelicans (the brown pelican is the Louisiana state bird), thus allowing the Charlotte Bobcats to reclaim the Hornet mascot (in a separate deal, all New Orleans Hornets records were returned to Charlotte and are now part of that team's franchise records).

Roster

Guards

23 - Devin Brown
45 - Rasuel Butler
50 - Antonio Daniels
3 - Chris Paul
9 - Morris Peterson
41 - James Posey
16 - Peja Stojakovic

Forwards

40 - Ryan Bowen
33 - Melvin Ely
4 - Sean Marks
30 - David West
32 - Julian Wright

Centers

12 - Hilton Armstrong
6 - Tyson Chandler

Official Team Website

Official Site of the New Orleans Hornets

NBA Teams

East

Atlantic:

Central:

Southeast:

West

Southwest:

Northwest:

Pacific:

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-The '''New Orleans Hornets'''  are a professional [[basketball]] team originally based in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]] having moved from [[Charlotte]] in 2002.  After the [[damage]] to New Orleans after [[Hurricane Katrina]], the team played some of their home [[game]]s in [[Oklahoma City]] at the Ford Center.  If a new arena is not built in [[Seattle]], [[Washington]], the owners of the [[Seattle SuperSonics|Supersonics]] have stated intentions to move their team to Oklahoma City in 2008.
+The '''New Orleans Pelicans'''  are a professional [[basketball]] team based in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]] having moved from [[Charlotte]] in 2002.
+After the [[damage]] to New Orleans after [[Hurricane Katrina]], the team played some of their home [[game]]s in [[Oklahoma City]] at the Ford Center; the popularity of NBA basketball in Oklahoma City ultimately led the owners of the [[Seattle SuperSonics|Supersonics]] to move their team to Oklahoma City in 2008.
+Originally keeping the Hornets name upon relocation to New Orleans, in 2014 the team renamed itself as the Pelicans (the brown pelican is the Louisiana state bird), thus allowing the [[Charlotte Bobcats]] to reclaim the Hornet mascot (in a separate deal, all New Orleans Hornets records were returned to Charlotte and are now part of that team's franchise records).
-The 2008 [[NBA]] All Star Game will be played in New Orleans, in part to support the city and the team.
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