New Orleans Pelicans players commenting on social media about trip to Dallas

DALLAS. Winter weather in Dallas has caused travel problems not only for North Texas residents and passers-by, but also for several NBA teams.

The Dallas Mavericks are due to play the New Orleans Pelicans at the American Airlines Center in Dallas at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Due to weather issues affecting the Dallas area, the New Orleans Pelicans did not land in Dallas until approximately 12:40 p.m. Thursday. according to ESPN’s Andrew Lopez.

Several Pelicans players have tweeted about the situation, including guard Jose Alvarado, who said“AAU Vibes”, referring to what it was like to travel while playing basketball as a teenager.

Big Man Pelicans Larry Nancy Jr. commented on the tweet from one of his teammates, saying there were no buses to pick up the team when they landed.

As of 18:00 Thursday, the game is still scheduled for time.

Earlier in the week This was reported by NBA correspondent Mark Stein. The Pelicans, who had just lost to the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday in Denver, practiced again in Denver on Wednesday because they couldn’t fly to Dallas.

Stein reported that another option provided by the Pelicans was to fly to Oklahoma City and then take a bus from there to Dallas to play Thursday’s game. In the end, this did not happen.

The Detroit Pistons also ran into some weather issues related to North Texas.

The Pistons played the Mavs on Monday and the team’s next game is scheduled for Wednesday, February 1 against the Washington Wizards in Detroit, but the team was unable to fly out of Dallas.

As of Wednesday, thousands of flights have been canceled at Dallas-Fort Worth International and Love Field airports over the past few days. There were more than 1,000 on Tuesday and more than 1,500 on Wednesday.

The NBA announced Wednesday afternoon that the Pistons-Wizards game will be rescheduled due to the team being unable to fly back to Detroit.

“A date for the rescheduled game will be announced at a later date,” the NBA said in a statement.

Pistons head coach Duane Casey expressed optimism that the team would be able to return to Michigan by then.

The group tried to fly out on Tuesday, but a spokesman said they waited on the plane for about six hours to take off because the crew had timed out.

Casey lived in Dallas, as he did with the Mavericks when they won the NBA championship in 2011. So he knows firsthand how Texas shuts down in weather like this, but admits that a place like Michigan would likely be better. prepared for all this ice.

“I had those days and nights where you come here once or twice during the winter,” Casey said. “In Detroit, on the eve of something like this, you see trucks all over the city just rushing down the roads and treating them. It’s not disrespectful to Dallas, it’s just that the weather doesn’t happen here.”