The start of the 2023-24 NBA Regular Season is quickly approaching, and although we don’t know who the New Orleans Pelicans’ first opponent will be, we do have an idea of who a good first opponent would be for them.
Who is that team, you ask? None other than the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Why the Thunder specifically? Let’s start with the obvious fact that they were the team to eliminate them from the playoffs last season. If you’ll recall, they ended the Pelicans’ season in the first game of the play-in tournament 123-118.