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New Orleans Pelicans Get Hella Creative To Ride The Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift Hype Train

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After the Chiefs took out the 49ers to win Super Bowl LVIII, the New Orleans Pelicans celebrated their center Jonas Valanciunas (a Travis Kelce lookalike). [X/Screenshot/Public — @retro_pels]

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Andrew Powell Sports and Entertainment Blogger
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When it comes to the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory, the New Orleans Pelicans are all in.

“The New Orleans Pelicans?”

Yes, the New Orleans Pelicans, who are celebrating their starting center Travis K … I mean, Jonas Valanciunas, who looks just like Taylor Swift’s boyfriend. And I’m serious, the resemblance is quite unreal.

After the Chiefs locked up the win Sunday night over the San Francisco 49ers, players in New Orleans were joking around with Valanciunas, wishing him a “congratulations” for winning the Super Bowl.

And Valanciunas was all about it.

Things were made even better Monday evening when the Pelicans‘ social media team got involved, posting a photo of Valanciunas on Twitter while he was warming up for New Orleans’ game taking on the Memphis Grizzlies.

“Won the Super Bowl last night and already back to work,” the Pels wrote.

If you’re an NBA team and want to ride the hype train of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s relationship, there’s no way in hell you’re doing better than this — this is pure genius.

And a side note: How are New Orleans Saints fans feeling about this?

If the Miami Heat were out here celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs, with the Miami Dolphins just down the road, not gonna lie, I’d be a bit irked. (RELATED: Mark Cuban Absolutely Hammers Spencer Dinwiddie With Incredibly Shady Social Media Post)

But that’s just me as a fan … as an outsider, however, this is classic.