Pelicans trade Jordan Hawkins, Micah Peavy to Grizz

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The New Orleans Pelicans have traded Jordan Hawkins, Micah Peavy, a future second-round draft pick and a future second-round pick swap to the Memphis Grizzlies for AJ Johnson and Taj Gibson, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.

The trade clears roster space for the Pelicans, frees up salary flexibility to sign Bennedict Mathurin to a two-year, $16 million deal, and allows the New Orleans to have a look at a young player in the 21-year-old Johnson, who was the No. 21 pick in the 2024 draft.

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Thoughts?

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...-4-player-deal

Paying for Dumars' mistake from last offseason. With Watford signed, Peavy probably redundant, so cost a 2nd and a swap