THE New Orleans Pelicans The Pink Sox are making ultimate preparations earlier than beginning coaching camp subsequent week. As a substitute of staying in New Orleans, their typical residence, the staff will journey to Nashville, Tenn., whereas town’s amenities are being renovated. New Orleans signed three gamers Wednesday to bolster its coaching camp roster.
Izaiah Brockington, Keion Brooks Jr. and Galen Robinson Jr. all signed Exhibit-10 contracts with the Pelicans. An Exhibit-10 contract is a one-year, non-guaranteed deal for the league minimal, sometimes to deliver gamers to coaching camp. Most of those contracts are voided earlier than the beginning of the season.
Brockington performed one recreation for the Pelicans final yr, scoring 4 factors in his NBA debut. He performed 33 video games for the staff’s G League affiliate, the Birmingham Squadron, the place he averaged 12.4 factors, 5.4 rebounds and a pair of.1 assists.
Robinson Jr. was his teammate on the Squadron for 22 video games. The 1.85m guard averaged 5 factors, two rebounds and a pair of.7 assists. After 4 years on the College of Houston, Robinson Jr. went undrafted within the 2019 NBA Draft. He bounced across the G League and Europe earlier than signing with the Squadron final yr.
Brooks Jr. is an undrafted rookie who performed on the Pelicans’ Summer season League staff and carried out nicely. He averaged 9.8 factors and three.5 rebounds throughout his time in Las Vegas. The College of Washington standout earned First Crew All-Pac 12 honors final yr. At 6-foot-1, 200 kilos, Brooks Jr. is a lanky, athletic ahead who can play a number of positions.
The three new signings come after New Orleans’ signing Elfrid Payton, former Pelicans goalie Payton signed a coaching camp contract final week. He’s from the New Orleans space and performed in his hometown for one season. Highschool star John Ehret recorded a triple-double in his Pelicans debut and, throughout one stretch of the season, recorded 5 consecutive triple-doubles.
New Orleans did not herald any facilities for camp and appeared ready to go together with a small roster to implement its recreation plan. The staff will function Daniel Theis, rookie Yves Missi and Trey Jemison as facilities, with a rotation that features Zion Williamson, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl and Karlo Matkovic, who will play the fifth place.
The Pelicans will spend every week in Nashville earlier than their preseason opener at residence towards the Orlando Magic on Oct. 7. New Orleans will play the rest of its preseason video games away from residence, after which it opens its common season at residence towards the Chicago Bulls on Oct. 23.
