Pelicans’ minds on New Orleans after deadly attack
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Willie Green got the text from his father early Wednesday. The first part wished him Happy New Year. The second offered prayers for New Orleans.
That’s how the coach of the Pelicans found out about the horror happening in his city.
“I’m devastated,” Green said.
The Pelicans had a game to play on Wednesday in Miami — and they arrived to play with their minds elsewhere. New Orleans plays its home games about 1 mile southwest of the intersection of Bourbon Street and Canal Street, where an Army veteran driving a pickup truck bearing the flag of the Islamic State group killed 15 people and injured at least 30 others early Wednesday when he slammed the vehicle into revelers in the city’s famed French Quarter.
“A senseless act of violence,” Green said. “We’ve discussed it a bit with our players. But we’re just living in times and in a world where you just don’t know where you’re safe.”
The Pelicans are scheduled to play at home on Friday against Washington.