Jae’Sean Tate remained with the Rockets, but that doesn’t mean there was a lack of interest in the young forward, Kelly Iko of The Athletic tweets. A number of teams brought up Tate prior to the trade deadline but the Rockets obviously didn’t receive a strong enough offer. He’s averaging 12.3 PPG, 5.6 RPG and 3.1 APG this season.
We have more from the Southwest Division:
- Grizzlies swingman Dillon Brooks is expected to return early next month, Chris Herrington of The Daily Memphian tweets. Brooks has been sidelined since January 8 due to a left ankle injury.
- The Pelicans emerged from the trade deadline with an open roster spot. They’ll likely target a defensive-minded wing on the buyout market, Christian Clark of the New Orleans Times Picayune tweets.
- CJ McCollum said he was involved in the process of the Trail Blazers’ negotiations to trade him, Will Guillory of The Athletic tweets. McCollum was intrigued with the idea of joining the Pelicans due to their young talent and the opportunity to play with Brandon Ingram.
- Pelicans forward Zion Williamson will have more scans done on his injured right foot at the end of next week or the following week, Andrew Lopez of ESPN tweets. GM Trajan Langdon visited with Williamson in Oregon last week and said Williamson “feels good.”
Absolutely disgusting what has been happening with Zion first it was ready for start of season then 6 weeks then 6 more weeks 9 weeks later we finally get an update… which was basically we’ll get an update in a week or two also David griffin said he doesn’t have much info on Zion at the moment no info on franchise player I’m no conspiracy theorist but the fact he’s never had an injury on camera and the lack of information being released makes me question the legitimacy of Zion’s injury something else going on
And the news on the buyout market was……
…apparently nil!
Bembry would be a good fit on the wing for the pels. Young enough to keep him past this yr too.
I was thinking the same thing. They could claim him off waivers.
I feel the pelicans need a new starting pg more than a reserve wing, especially if Zion comes back, and w/o Zion they can’t win anyway so might as well plan as if he’s coming back. I would go after Schroeder. If Zion comes back healthy this year and the player they get on the buyout market does well the pels can win it all this year