During the NBA’s 2020 hiatus, Pelicans.com will feature stories and anecdotes about the backgrounds of New Orleans players, with a goal of helping you get to know the 17 players on the team’s roster a bit better. As we wait for basketball to return, the series will include details on some of the lesser-discussed, unique aspects of player backgrounds, as well as an “Off the Court” series of Q&A’s with Pelicans. We plan to have new content each weekday.
You would definitely need to be paying very close attention to notice this, but when New Orleans’ sharpshooting sixth man’s name is correctly written in articles and the box score, it’s always “JJ” and never “J.