NEW ORLEANS PELICANS (“Pellicani”) – Fallito, mai decollato, il progetto di riavere il nickname Jazz (ormai consolidato nello Utah) Benson decise di optare per Pelicans ovvero Pellicani. La scelta di “Pellicano” non è una casualità, ma piuttosto una conferma di uno dei simboli più amati della Louisiana, infatti Il “pennuto” bianco amante del mare è parte della bandiera e del timbro dello Stato. A New Orleans tale nome era stato usato da una squadra minore di baseball dal 1887 al 1959 e poi di nuovo nel 1977.
Nome: Smoothie King Center
Inaugurazione: 19 Ottobre 1999
Capienza: 17.200
ROSTER 2014/2015
| PLAYER |
POS |
AGE |
EXP. |
CONTRACT TERMS |
SIGNED USING |
COLLEGE |
FREE AGENT |
| Eric Gordon |
SG |
25 |
6 |
4 yr$58,365,563 |
Bird |
Indiana |
2016 |
| Tyreke Evans |
PG |
25 |
5 |
4 yr$44,000,004 |
Bird |
Memphis |
2017 |
| Jrue Holiday |
PG |
24 |
5 |
4 yr$41,000,004 |
Bird |
UCLA |
2017 |
| Ryan Anderson |
PF |
26 |
6 |
4 yr$34,000,000 |
Bird |
California |
2016 |
| Omer Asik |
C |
28 |
4 |
3 yr$25,123,938 |
Cap Space |
TURKEY |
2015 |
| Anthony Davis |
PF |
21 |
2 |
4 yr$23,198,010 |
Rookie |
Kentucky |
2016 |
| Austin Rivers |
SG |
24 |
2 |
3 yr$7,017,240 |
Rookie |
Duke |
2015 |
| Russ Smith |
PG |
23 |
|
3 yr$2,332,826 |
Minimum |
Louisville |
2017 |
| John Salmons |
SF |
35 |
12 |
1 yr$2,000,000 |
Room MLE |
Miami (FL) |
2015 |
| Alexis Ajinca |
C |
26 |
4 |
2 yr$1,616,964 |
Minimum |
FRANCE |
2015 |
| Luke Babbitt |
SF |
25 |
4 |
2 yr$1,369,079 |
Minimum |
Nevada |
2015 |
| Jeff Withey |
C |
24 |
1 |
2 yr$1,306,662 |
Minimum |
Kansas |
2015 |
| Jimmer Fredette |
PG |
29 |
3 |
1 yr$948,163 |
Minimum |
BYU |
2015 |
| Dante Cunningham |
PF |
27 |
5 |
1 yr$831,942 |
Minimum |
Villanova |
2015 |
SALARY 2014/2015
| Player |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
| Omer Asik |
$14,898,938 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Eric Gordon |
$14,898,938 |
$15,514,031 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Tyreke Evans |
$11,265,416 |
$10,734,586 |
$10,203,755 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Jrue Holiday |
$11,000,000 |
$11,000,000 |
$11,000,000 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Ryan Anderson |
$8,491,500 |
$8,500,000 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Anthony Davis |
$5,607,240 |
$7,070,729 |
$9,191,947 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Austin Rivers |
$2,439,840 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| John Salmons |
$2,000,000 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Alexis Ajinca |
$981,084 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Luke Babbitt |
$981,084 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Jimmer Fredette |
$948,163 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Darius Miller |
$915,243 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Dante Cunningham |
$831,941 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Jeff Withey |
$816,482 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Russ Smith |
$507,336 |
$845,059 |
$980,431 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Patric Young |
$507,336 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Gal Mekel |
$72,042 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| TOTALS: |
$77,162,583 |
$52,819,346 |
$21,203,755 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |