The New Orleans Pelicans were always going to appear on national TV a lot this season. Thanks to Anthony Davis‘ emergence into one of the top three to five players in basketball and the Pelicans becoming a playoff team last season, the NBA had no reason to keep New Orleans away from the biggest games.
Yesterday afternoon came reports of the first step in that process as the Pelicans were rumored to have landed a Christmas day game against the Miami Heat, making them one of the biggest TV draws in the league in the eyes of the schedule makers.