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Trade Radar · open rumor · Sunday, November 1 · 4 d ago

Pelicans Notes: Fears, Jones, Murray, Matkovic, McCollum

Reported by Les EastRead the original report ↗

New Pelicans head coach Jamahl Mosley was forced to alter his rotation on Thursday against Sacramento because Dejounte Murray was away from the team due to the birth of his son and Jordan Poole was out with an ankle injury, writes Les East of NOLA.com. Herbert Jones took Murray’s place in the starting lineup and […]

Confidence
46%
Reporter starting tier50editorial tier, not a measured record
Corroboration+0nobody else has reported this yet
Age−44 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25
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Who it involves
Dejounte Murray
Dejounte Murray
Pelicans · G · 16.7 pts · 5.4 reb · 6.4 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $32.79M · next season $30.75M
Herbert Jones
Herbert Jones
Pelicans · F · 8.9 pts · 3.4 reb · 2.8 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $14.90M · next season $20.86M
Jordan Poole
Jordan Poole
Pelicans · G · 13.4 pts · 2.0 reb · 3.1 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $34.04M · expiring
New Orleans Pelicans
$196.6M · over the cap · 16 contracts · cap sheet

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