Recruitment is less ambitious than with some but the Pelicans wanted to strengthen their workforce a little more before taking off for Orlando tomorrow: the official website of the club announces the signing of Sindarius Thornwell.
Author of a good rookie season with the Clippers after his selection in 47th position in the 2017 Draft, he disappeared from the rotation of Doc Rivers until he was cut the following summer. He had tried to bounce back in Cleveland, but the Cavaliers had the same fate for him just before the start of the season.
Since then, he has refined a complete defense-oriented set of G-League players (9.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.4 interception, 0.9 against average), until the Pelicans called as a joker, when the workforce is already full. In whose place, then? Darius Miller will not be on the trip according to the Times-Picayune, but that’s because he’s not recovered from his Achilles tendon rupture. However, a replacement is possible only if a player refuses to go to Orlando or if he is contaminated by Covid-19.
Perhaps the sign of a package to come in the bayou, where three players had tested positive a few days ago.
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