During a recent interview, Dante Cunningham’s cell phone kept periodically pinging, the sound the device makes when a new text message has arrived. The sender of the steady stream of messages? Cunningham’s NBA teammates. The power forward explained that he’s been in constant contact with other Pelicans players all summer, as a result of a multi-member text that circulates throughout much of the New Orleans roster.
“It’s kind of funny – we’re all in a group chat right now, actually,” Cunningham responded, when asked if he’d recently talked to any of his teammates. “We’ve been poking at each other most of the summer.