(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1974 1974 1979 New Orleans Jazz Team Formation On March 7, 1974, New Orleans became the 18th member of the NBA as a nine-man group headed by Fred Rosenfeld and Sam Battistone paid $6.15 million for the expansion franchise. Then on May 3, 1974, Pete Maravich was acquired by trade from Atlanta, becoming the first …