The New Orleans Pelicans have become one of the most hated and disrespected teams in the NBA throughout the course of this offseason. It's not just angry fans on X, it's sportsbooks giving them an extremely low win total, popular sports media outlets grading their offseason poorly, so it's safe to say that hating on the Pelicans is trending in the NBA world.
This trend continued today when the NBA announced the National Games schedule for the Group Play portion of the Emirates NBA Cup. Across all 15 games, the Pelicans are featured in zero of them.
I mean, how is that possible?