The move
MEM → NOP
official roster · Sep 8, 2026
2026-27 cap hit
$3.24M
2 seasons on the books through 2027-28
Pelicans payroll
$196.6M
over the cap · cap $165.0M · tax $200.4M
Roster
18 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
Part of a trade
Grizzlies-Pelicans trade: the full deal, who goes where and the money on both sides →
Pelicans Nightly Desk
This move is part of a multi-player trade: the Hoops Nightly Desk tells the whole deal in one piece, linked above. Below, this player's contract and the cap sheet.
The report that came first · Tue, Sep 8
Shams Charania · confidence 90% · moved
Contract
Pelicans cap sheet →2026-27$3.24M
2027-28$5.49M
Pelicans rotation
tracker →Dejounte Murray34.8 min · 18.2 pts
Trey Murphy III33.0 min · 14.9 pts
Zion Williamson32.9 min · 21.5 pts
Jeremiah Fears28.0 min · 13.6 pts
Saddiq Bey26.6 min · 16.4 pts
Derik Queen24.1 min · 13.4 pts
More moves
all transactions →Wed, Nov 4
Dalen Terry Joins the Oklahoma City Thunder Roster
Tue, Nov 3
Enrique Freeman Leaves the Minnesota Timberwolves Roster
Thu, Oct 29
Blake Wesley joins the LA Clippers roster
Wed, Oct 28
Lawson Lovering joins the Los Angeles Lakers roster
Wed, Oct 28
AK Okereke leaves the Los Angeles Lakers roster
Wed, Oct 28
Enrique Freeman joins the Minnesota Timberwolves roster
Moves are detected from the official rosters, so the mechanism (trade, signing, waiver claim, two-way conversion) comes from the linked report when there is one. Salary figures are cap hits from public salary data.