If Hoffman was flying the flag for the club’s thespian backers, Nance more than did the honours for Leeds’ athlete investors. And it is a role the New Orleans Pelican appears to relish. Nance Jr, who joined the ownership group when it completed its takeover of the club last summer, has been to Leeds games — and pubs — several times, contributed to charities championed by Leeds fans and spread his love of Leeds, Leeds, Leeds in podcasts and on social media. In fact, he ran into another Leeds co-owner at work two months ago, when the Pelicans hosted the Indiana Pacers, with fellow 49ers Enterprises investor and point guard T.J. McConnell playing for the latter. The NBA duo posed for a picture doing “Leeds salutes” and the club posted it on their Instagram feed with the tag “All Leeds, Aren’t We!”, a reference to one of the club’s anthems.
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