Normally reserved as the primary venue for working on their basketball skills, New Orleans Pelicans players and coaches spent Monday night in their Metairie practice facility focused on something even more important. The Pelicans hosted a community discussion and dinner, inviting guests that included local youth, law enforcement officials and political leaders. Seated at tables set up on the basketball hardwood, each of the team's players engaged in conversation in groups of 8-10 people.
"It was great to bring everybody together," Pelicans guard and Baton Rouge native Langston Galloway said. "You have so many big-time leaders that need to be a part of this, whether it be NBA players, police officers, community figures.