The New Orleans Pelicans’ most well-known player has appeared in a total of four career NBA playoff games, mostly missing out on the spotlight that the postseason and guaranteed national TV appearances provide. A vital member of the team’s reserves spent the past three winters in Germany, even further from the ESPN and TNT airwaves. Another player who started 19 games at center for the Pelicans was not even on a basketball team from 2013-17.
It's safe to say that a few of the players wearing New Orleans uniforms during these playoffs will be unfamiliar to new or casual NBA fans.