The Pelicans have made a minor change to their 21-man training camp roster, announcing today in a press release that they’ve signed guard Adonis Arms and waived guard Izaiah Brockington.
Arms, 26, has played in the G League since going undrafted out of Texas Tech in 2022, spending time with the Nuggets’ and Grizzlies’ affiliates in his first two professional seasons. In 42 total Showcase Cup and regular season NBAGL games last season for the Memphis Hustle, he averaged 16.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per contest, with a shooting line of .458/.399/.720.
The Birmingham Squadron announced last month that they’d acquired Arms’ returning rights from the Hustle in a five-team trade, which is a signal that the Pelicans’ plan is to waive him before opening night and have him report back to the G League this fall. Assuming Arms spends at least 60 days with the Squadron, he’ll earn an Exhibit 10 bonus worth up to $77.5K.
That figures to be the plan for Brockington too. He signed an Exhibit 10 deal with New Orleans last week after spending the 2023/24 season with Birmingham.
I thought this was Archer Archer for a second
Now if they could sign Jaylen Hands, they’d have an incredible defense