It’s an exciting time to be a New Orleans fan. There exist real expectations for the 2022-23 season, with many predicting a return trip to the playoffs for the Pelicans.
To be fair though, there’s been a noticeable buzz about this team going as far back as to those dark, turbulent days. This is well before they emerged out of the play-in tournament and gave the Suns a noted run for their money in the playoffs. Before several big regular season wins over LeBron’s Lakers. Even before the trade for CJ McCollum and Larry Nance Jr.