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ROSTER PELICANS FREE

If the Pelicans move on from Richardson, Jaxson Hayes and Garrett Temple (whose contract is non-guaranteed for the 2023-24 season), they should have around $11 million of breathing room below the luxury tax line to sign potential free agents and draft picks. By trading him, the Pels will be able to remove that money from their books.

Graham was due to make $12.1 million next season. being the only point guards on the bench behind CJ McCollum, the Pelicans’ perimeter defense was limited against certain teams.īut all signs point to this trade being more about the Pelicans’ future financial standing than improving the current roster. With Graham, Jose Alvarado and Kira Lewis Jr. Richardson provides more size and a steady defensive presence to a Pelicans backcourt that has struggled to match up against bigger guards this season. While Richardson, 29, is in the final year of his contract, a team source confirmed the Pelicans plan to keep him on the roster after this trade. New Orleans’ only move was to trade Devonte’ Graham and four second-round picks to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for veteran guard Josh Richardson, league sources confirmed to The Athletic. Anunoby, Atlanta’s John Collins and Detroit’s Bojan Bogdanovic to New Orleans were greatly exaggerated. As it turns out, all the rumors linking big-name players like Toronto’s O.G. CT deadline turned out to be less noisy than many hoped. With all those fireworks going off, the Pelicans’ only move before Thursday’s 2 p.m.