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Unlikely hero defends Pelicans fans after Bill Simmons' ludicrous comments

In a recent episode of the Bill Simmons Podcast, Bill Simmons talked about how he felt the Pelicans were likely to be relocated. He suggested that basketball was failing in New Orleans and that there wasn't enough of a fan base to care about the Pelicans leaving NOLA. These claims by Simmons angered the fan base and even led to a former Pelican, Kendrick Perkins, to say this.

"I barked up that tree before and it was a mistake on my part... The fan base got on my heels like a pair of church socks.