The NBA Schedule was released earlier today and the New Orleans Pelicans are probably pretty happy about how it turned out. In total they will be on national television eight times with six of those appearances on ESPN and two, including DeMarcus Cousins visiting the Sacramento Kings as an opponent for the first time, on TNT on October 26th. Three of those eight national broadcasts are at home including the home opener against the defending champion Golden State Warriors on October 20th (happy birthday Mom) on ESPN.
One more important note on the television schedule, both the home opener and an April 4th matchup with the Memphis Grizzlies on ESPN feature the seldom popular 8:30 local start times.