re: Los Pelicanos

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I see Los pelicans on our jersey and it will be the first time I intentionally not watch a game.

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One could easily misinterpret this as racist.
You know, in a take-our-country-back kind of way.

I'll say this
teddy went down swinging the idiot bat

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They speak Portuguese in Brasil, homeslice.

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I'm aware of that. My point was what does language have to do with it.

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So that people from Barcelona will use their frequent flyer miles to catch a couple of NBA games?

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Money is made through merchandise and tv, not putting butts in the seats.
You're not going to see kids in Mexico and Cuba and Panama wearing NBA jerseys, or watching an NBA game.
You can find Man United, Barca, Real Madrid gear here in the states, and those kinds of teams have been playing more and more preseason games here to promote them.
There's a reason the 3 teams i mentioned are the 3 largest revenue collectors in the world when it comes to sports franchises. Hell look at Man U this year with their main sponsership as Chevy. They aren't dumb and know they can make a lot more money the more they tap into the U.S. fanbase. Tapping into a poor fanbase like latin america for the NBA just seems like a waste of money.

Spain is a soccer first country, but they like their basketball, and they probably have the best domestic league in the world after the NBA. They are proud of their ALLSTARS that play here. We saw how much they loved us 23 years ago in Barcelona. WHy we haven't played a game there, at least a preseason game, is beyond me. We've played games in Mexico for some stupid reason.

On top of the fact that there are 3 latin american players playing in the nba, the tiny fanbase of those 3 players are some of the poorest in the world.
I understand marketing the hispanics that live in this country, but even that seems like a waste. You're not going to win over the hispanics that aren't watching now by doing this. NBA games have got to be the most expensive games to go to out of any sport.

Exposing yourself more to European countries like Spain, France, Greece, Turkey and the smaller eastern european countries is where they should be focusing their efforts. No problem with Brazil and Argentina either. There's a lot more money that can be made by going to those markets than the small poor market of hispanics in or near to this country.

It's not the hispanics i don't like, and yeah it's an over exaggeration of hatred i'm portraying here.
I just wish the NBA did more marketing to the European market, just like the BPL and the Barca's, Real Madrids, Bayern Munichs are doing with the US market.

I will say that I hate the country of Mexico and their fans. I'm a soccer fan, and have watched many of US/Mexico matches. I hate Mexico. Maybe that's were this is stemming from.

you seem to take this issue way way too seriously. maybe slip a decaf in at some point

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Please spread awareness as we try to get Los Pelicanos jerseys.

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No.

NEVER!!!

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What language is spoken in Argentina, professor?

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Portuguese or Spanish?

Inclusive? Aren't we a melting pot? Why do we constantly have to appease everyone yet the second we mention assimilation we're called racist, sexist, homophobic, biased, etc.?

What's next?...gay night?...Asian night?...Muslim night?...abused as a child night?...vertically-challenged people night?...bisexual night?...etc..........

The more people talk about inclusion...the more they're interested in representing their "own" specific group. Knock it off!!!

Why can't you just be an American? Why can't you just be a Pelicans' fan? Adding terms is divisive so anyone who supports it should consider looking in a mirror before calling other racist, sexist, etc.

Okay...I'm off my soapbox.

And stay off your soapbox pls.

It's Louisiana, let's do a French night! Le Pélicans