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Gayle Benson—owner of both the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans—has acquired the Windsor Court hotel in New Orleans. The acquisition brings the 42-year-old hotel under 100 percent local ownership for the first time, with the Berger family retaining a minority ownership interest.
Darryn Peterson noted that he’s taking a second or two longer than he should to make decisions and that the openings he had for shots in college aren’t there in the NBA. “Trying to be aggressive is my biggest thing right now,” Peterson told The Salt Lake Tribune after Utah’s win against New Orleans. “I feel like I’m being indecisive a ton. I feel like I work too hard to be indecisive. I just got to find that place, and once I find it, I won’t lose it all. So, I’m not worried about it. Third game in. It’s too early.”
Tony East: Ben Sheppard has a left meniscus injury that happened in the New Orleans game. He’s going to be out “a little bit,” Rick Carlisle says. Happened in New Orleans. Unsure on timeline but said it could be “a few weeks”.
Michael Scotto: The New Orleans Pelicans exercised team options on Jeremiah Fears ($8.27M), Derik Queen ($5.67M) and Yves Missi ($5.60M) for the 2027-28 season. New Orleans will decline their team option on AJ Johnson ($5.49M) for the 2027-28 season. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent in 2027
He accepted his role with the Pistons without knowing how long he’d have to assemble a competent roster alongside general manager Trajan Langdon, who brought him along to Detroit from New Orleans in 2024. Blackstone, who has never smoked, said his love of basketball and Detroit has helped carry him through his radiation treatments. He plans to continue working. He sees it as choosing to fight his diagnosis while simultaneously fighting to reshape the Pistons into a title contender.
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Marc Stein: Reported July 23 below that New Orleans was working to trade Jordan Hawkins to Memphis. Now that AJ Johnson’s contract can be aggregated that trade finally happens today and will provide the Pels nearly $6 million in savings to proceed with the addition of Bennedict Mathurin.
Jake Fischer: But, yeah, NOLA has been the Bennedict Mathurin team since before February’s trade deadline. Said yesterday on @BleacherReport Chicago wasn’t factoring into his free agency. But I believe the Bulls are involved in Jonathan Kuminga’s process to a real degree, in addition to Lakers, Wolves.
Shams Charania: Free agent F Trendon Watford has agreed to a one-year, $2.9 million deal with the New Orleans Pelicans, sources tell ESPN. Watford considered multiple options but for New Orleans serves as a productive two-way get late into the offseason after a year in Philadelphia where he notched a 20-point, 17-rebound, 10-assist triple double in November.
“Do you think that game would be at home, if not on national television?” Tyrese Haliburton followed up, as the hosts again agreed. “Do you think that that game would be at New Orleans?” Haliburton added, with a smirk on his face. Haliburton continued after the panel reacted to his questioning. “When I saw the schedule, I was like, ‘Oh wow!” he said. “Shoutout [Pelicans star] Trey Murphy [III], love my boy, Trey. Love New Orleans. But I was shocked to see that.”
To that end, the Knicks spoke to multiple teams about trades for big men under contract earlier in the offseason. One of those big men was New Orleans’ Karlo Matkovic, per league sources; nothing came to fruition. New York targeted Moussa Cisse as a restricted free agent, but Dallas matched the offer.
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Thus, New Orleans has explored the trade market on Jordan Hawkins, including discussions with the Memphis Grizzlies involving AJ Johnson, league sources told HoopsHype. Shedding Hawkins’ $7.02 million salary from their books would keep New Orleans below the luxury tax while using the non-taxpayer mid-level exception to make a run at Mathurin.
The Stein Line on Tuesday learned that Chicago is Mathurin's other current suitor. You'll recall that The Stein Line also revealed recently (July 23 to be exact) that New Orleans has been trying to shed Jordan Hawkins' contract via trade to move further away from the first apron. Among the options available to the Pelicans, if they succeed in those efforts, would be opening up the use of a healthy portion of its midlevel exception to assemble an offer sheet to Mathurin.
Michael Scotto: The New Orleans Pelicans and Christian Koloko have agreed to a one-year deal, league sources told @hoopshype. He’ll compete for the final Pelicans roster spot after stints with the Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, and Atlanta Hawks in the last four seasons.
Michael Scotto: The New Orleans Pelicans and Kobe Bufkin have agreed to a one-year deal, league sources told @hoopshype. Bufkin was the 15th pick of the 2023 NBA Draft. He’s spent the past three seasons with the Hawks and Lakers. He averaged 21.3 points in Summer League with the Pelicans.