Did you know ... there are SIX former Duke Blue Devils with the New Orleans Pelicans -- 5 players and the General Manager -- and Jahlil Okafor LOVES it!
"It's a brotherhood," Okafor tells TMZ Sports ... "We're all connected no matter when he played at Duke."
Of course besides Okafor (who played with Duke for 1 season in '15) ... you've got Zion Williamson, JJ Redick, Brandon Ingram, Frank Jackson and G.M. Trajan Langdon, who played at Duke from '94 to '99.
"We all have each other's back and it's amazing that we're all together on the Pelicans," Okafor told us Sunday outside Staples Center.