October 22nd can’t get here soon enough for the New Orleans Pelicans .

That’s when the Pelicans will be in Memphis to play the season opener against the Grizzlies.

It’ll be the first of 82 chances the Pelicans get to remove the bitter taste from one of the worst seasons in franchise history.

The Pelicans finished 21-61 last season and missed the playoffs in a season filled with far more injuries than wins.

Will this season, the first one with Joe Dumars calling the shots as the team’s executive vice-president of basketball operations, be better?

Time will tell.

But we now know the path the Pelicans will be on this season after the NBA released the schedule Thursday for the upcoming season.

Here are five takeaways from the Pelicans’ schedule as they try to get back on track after

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