Free agent center Mohamed Bamba is signing a 10-day contract with the Pelicans, agents Mark Bartelstein and Greer Love tell Shams Charania of ESPN.
As our roster count tracker shows, New Orleans currently has an opening on its 15-man roster, which means no corresponding move will be necessary to add Bamba.
Bamba, 26 was traded from the Clippers to the Jazz ahead of last month’s deadline and was subsequently released by Utah. He has been a free agent since early February.
A former lottery pick, Bamba was unable to carve out a consistent role in his four-plus seasons with Orlando, the team that selected him sixth overall back in 2018. He was traded to the Lakers in February 2023, but only played nine games for the club due to injury.
Bamba signed a one-year, minimum-salary contract with Philadelphia in the summer of 2023. Last offseason, he inked the same type of deal with the Clippers.
In 28 games with the Clips in 2024/25, Bamba averaged 4.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.0 block in 12.6 minutes per contest. He posted a shooting slash line of .466/.300/.680 while backing up Ivica Zubac.
As Charania notes, Bamba has been playing for the Pelicans’ G League affiliate — the Birmingham Squadron — since he was cut by the Jazz. He has appeared in four games for the Squadron, averaging 21.0 PPG, 14.5 RPG and 1.8 BPG on .517/.435/.667 shooting in 30.8 MPG.
Bamba will serve as a depth piece in a Pelicans frontcourt that also features Yves Missi, Zion Williamson, Kelly Olynyk and Karlo Matkovic, among others.
Just sign Moses Brown to a contract. Then trade D Murray for anything (even for a bag of peanuts and two dollars would be win for NOP) next off season. D Murray’s contract looks horrible now
Sign Moses Brown and let Bamba’s 10 day expire
They should sign M Brown. He has upside still. I agree. Still like Mamba for a team. That will use him as rim protector. I believe he can be as good if not better than Mitch. Don’t understand why teams don’t do it that way. Defense and rebounding.
Good call. I wouldn’t mind my Celtics signing him, since it’s pretty obvious at this point that Porzingis doesn’t want to play.
Funny. He is with his 4th team in a year. He was replaced by Ben Simmons. Undoubtedly, someone will say that the Warriors should have signed him…Uh…Why?
Better than Alex Len. Why Moses Brown is not on an NBA roster is beyond me.
Why won’t the Warriors sign Mo. Just 15 mins a game. He gives you rebounding and rim protection. And they are a better team for it.