re: Why the frick is it always New Orleans where the NBA media makes this a big deal?

I think it's a mix of us having to do some further educating that we're not the same organization as in years past and large market bitterness.

The league has already seen the steps ownership has taken to be considered a legitimately run franchise. We've gotten so much praise over the past month and now we get the #1 pick. We're now in a world where teams wish they were in the same boat as us and that makes the large markets seethe.