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The New Orleans Pelicans have signed guard Markquis Nowell to a training camp deal.
Shamit Dua: The Saddiq Bey contract comes in with a declining structure: Year 1: $20.1 M Year 2: $18.5 M Year 3: $16.9 M The trade kicker is the lesser of $1M or 15%
Shams Charania: Saddiq Bey missed the entire 2024-25 season after suffering a torn ACL in Atlanta and then had a resurgent comeback season last year in New Orleans, averaging a career high 17.7 points. He now locks in a fully guaranteed deal through 2029-30 with the Pelicans.
Shams Charania: New Orleans Pelicans forward Saddiq Bey has agreed on a three-year, $55.5 million contract extension with the franchise, plus a trade kicker, agents James Dunleavy and Jordan Gertler of Excel Sports Management tell ESPN.
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Etienne Catalan: Bennedict Mathurin ( @BennMathurin ) will wear No. 24 for the #Pelicans. Number last worn by Jordan Hawkins in 2026. #NBA
Michael Scotto: The New York Knicks have signed Bruce Brown to an Exhibit 9 deal, team says. Brown, a 2023 champion, has averaged 8.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists in 24.8 minutes per game in eight NBA seasons with the Pistons, Nets, Nuggets, Pacers, Raptors, and Pelicans.
Mike Vorkunov: Myles Turner has been elected as a VP on the NBPA Executive Committee. He replaced Garrett Temple, who retired. This is now the full NBPA executive committee: • Fred VanVleet, President • Grant Williams, First Vice President • Mason Plumlee, Secretary-Treasurer • Karl-Anthony Towns, Vice President • Santi Aldama, Vice President • Jaylen Brown, Vice President • Trey Murphy III, Vice President • Myles Turner, Vice President • Gabe Vincent, Vice President
"Who was your inspiration? Who did you watch and be like, I like how he plays, I want to integrate that into my game?" Derik Queen: "Really James Harden. When I wanted to learn how to dribble, he was on the Rockets doing his one-on-one stuff. Even Oklahoma City, I caught the later years of OKC. But when he was on the Rockets, he just used to do his one-on-one and I was just like, I want to do that. Him and LeBron are my favorite players. LeBron, I'm not athletic like him, but all three of us can pass. Those two were my favorite, so I just try to play like them, but at a different size and I'm not fast like them. I still fry you though."
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The New Orleans Pelicans have waived forward Christian Shumate.
The New Orleans Pelicans signed center Johnny O'Neil to a training camp deal.
Keith Smith: Bennedict Mathurin's contract came in a bit lower than originally reported: 2026-27: $7.5M 2027-28: $7.8M - Player Option Pelicans have $7.5M of the Non-Taxpayer MLE remaining. New Orleans is $4M from the luxury tax with 15 players on standard contracts.
The Pelicans have officially signed Christian Shumate to a training camp contract, tweets Paul Garcia of The Spot Up Shot. Shumate went undrafted in 2025 after spending his final four college seasons at McNeese State. While the 6’6″ forward made just 26.9% of his three-pointers and 51.2% on free throws over the course of his college career, he was an All-Southland selection in each of his four years with the Cowboys and won the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year award in both 2024 and 2025.