With only one pick in the last Draft, with which they selected Yves Missi in 21st place, the New Orleans management finally managed to get their hands on a second-round player who was clearly close to their hearts: Antonio Reevesdrafted by the Magic in 47th position.
The Louisiana franchise thus had to let go of two “second round” Draft picks in 2030 and 2031, but still ended up securing the services of this 23-year-old shooting guard who is coming off a big season with the Kentucky Wildcats, at 20.9 points and 44.7% success at 3-points in 35 games.
Sure of their move, the Pelicans took the opportunity to secure the future of their second rookie via a three-year contract worth $5.41 million, the agreement of which was revealed by Hoopshype.
It's not certain that the three years are guaranteed, while the competition will be particularly tough for the 2/3 positions in Louisiana, but Antonio Reeves (1m98, 88 kg) will undoubtedly have the opportunity to show what he is worth.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Zion Williamson | 70 | 31.5 | 57.0 | 33.3 | 70.2 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 22.9 |
| Brandon Ingram | 64 | 32.9 | 49.2 | 35.5 | 80.1 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 20.8 |
| Cj Mccollum | 66 | 32.7 | 45.9 | 42.9 | 82.7 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 20.0 |
| Trey Murphy Iii | 57 | 29.7 | 44.3 | 38.0 | 81.5 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 14.8 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | 82 | 23.5 | 55.9 | 30.8 | 78.5 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 12.2 |
| Herb Jones | 76 | 30.5 | 49.8 | 41.8 | 86.7 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 11.0 |
| Jordan Hawkins | 67 | 17.3 | 38.2 | 36.6 | 83.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 7.8 |
| Jose Alvarado | 56 | 18.4 | 41.2 | 37.7 | 67.3 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| Naji Marshall | 66 | 19.0 | 46.3 | 38.7 | 79.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 7.1 |
| Dyson Daniels | 61 | 22.3 | 44.7 | 31.1 | 64.2 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 5.8 |
| Larry Nance, Jr. | 61 | 19.9 | 57.3 | 41.5 | 77.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| Matt Ryan | 28 | 13.9 | 43.4 | 45.1 | 92.9 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| Izaiah Brockington | 1 | 3.4 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-earl | 39 | 8.6 | 47.4 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| Kira Lewis, Jr. | 15 | 9.6 | 30.8 | 10.0 | 90.9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| Dereon Seabron | 6 | 9.2 | 30.8 | 50.0 | 83.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.3 |
| Cody Zeller | 43 | 7.4 | 41.9 | 33.3 | 60.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| Ej Liddell | 8 | 2.9 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Jalen Crutcher | 1 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kaiser Gates | 1 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
