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
$200.1M
over the cap · cap $165.0M · tax $200.4M
Roster
19 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% · confirmed by the roster
Contract
Pelicans cap sheet →2026-27$3.24M
2027-28$5.49M
Pelicans rotation
tracker →Trey Murphy III35.5 min · 21.5 pts
Saddiq Bey31.2 min · 17.7 pts
Zion Williamson29.7 min · 21.0 pts
Herbert Jones28.4 min · 8.9 pts
Dejounte Murray27.8 min · 16.7 pts
Jeremiah Fears25.8 min · 14.3 pts
More moves
all transactions →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.