New Orleans Pelicans compete the southwest Division of the NBA's Western Conference and have been since 2002.
 Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the team temporarily relocated to Oklahoma City, where they spent two seasons as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets before returning to New Orleans for the 200708 season, and reverted back to the New Orleans Hornets
In 18 seasons of play since the original franchise relocated from Charlotte, the New Orleans franchise has achieved an overall regular season record of 740864 (

