Season tickets were sold at a rapid rate. Team merchandise flew off the shelves in unprecedented numbers. Fan interest on social media spiked.
Pick virtually any aspect of New Orleans Pelicans’ offseason, and there is probably a metric to demonstrate how successful the 2019 offseason was for Crescent City basketball. On Monday afternoon, the highly-anticipated official release of the 2019-20 NBA schedule brought another – the Pelicans have shattered their franchise record for national TV appearances, accumulating a total of 20 on ABC, ESPN and TNT. New Orleans’ previous high in that category was 13 on those networks.