CJ McCollum, Dejounte Murray, Jose Alvarado, Jordan Hawkins, Herb Jones And Zion Williamson… The list of injured players is as long as ever for New Orleans, which is having a very difficult start to the season with ten losses in its first fourteen regular season games. The Pelicans must find solutions to remain competitive and for now, the simplest solution is to dig into their G-League team from the Birmingham Squadron, as proven by the return of Karlo Matkovic (2m07, 23 years old).
The Louisiana Franchise recalled Monday his Croatian interior, drafted in 52nd position in the 2022 Draft and seen at the start of the season (5 minutes played in two matches). A choice that may raise questions since position 5 is the only one not affected by injuries within Willie Green's squad.
With an imposing physique and rather a pivot by trade even if he is capable of shooting from afar, Karlo Matkovic will in any case challenge Yves Missi, Daniel Theis and Trey Jemison III. Returned to the G-League two weeks ago, he compiled 17.3 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in 27 minutes on average over four games with the Squadron.
