New Orleans Pelicans Opening Day Rosters

2023-2024 New Orleans Pelicans Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Jose Alvarado PG 6-0 179 Apr 12, 1998 25 Georgia Tech 2 2021 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Dyson Daniels SG 6-7 199 Mar 17, 2003 20 NBA G League Ignite 1 2022 1st Rnd, #8, New Orleans Pelicans
Kaiser Gates SF 6-7 225 Nov 8, 1996 26 Xavier 0 2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Jordan Hawkins SG 6-5 190 Apr 29, 2002 21 UConn 0 2023 1st Rnd, #14, New Orleans Pelicans
Brandon Ingram PF 6-8 190 Sep 2, 1997 26 Duke 7 2016 1st Rnd, #2, Los Angeles Lakers
Herb Jones SF 6-7 206 Oct 6, 1998 25 Alabama 2 2021 2nd Rnd, #35, New Orleans Pelicans
Kira Lewis, Jr. PG 6-1 170 Apr 6, 2001 22 Alabama 3 2020 1st Rnd, #13, New Orleans Pelicans
E.J. Liddell SF 6-6 240 Dec 18, 2000 22 Ohio State 1 2022 2nd Rnd, #41, New Orleans Pelicans
Naji Marshall SF 6-6 220 Jan 24, 1998 25 Xavier 3 2020 NBA Draft, Undrafted
C.J. McCollum SG/PG 6-3 190 Sep 19, 1991 32 Lehigh 10 2013 1st Rnd, #10, Portland Trail Blazers
Trey Murphy III PF 6-8 206 Jun 18, 2000 23 Virginia 2 2021 1st Rnd, #17, Memphis Grizzlies
Larry Nance, Jr. F-C 6-8 245 Jan 1, 1993 30 Wyoming 8 2015 1st Rnd, #27, Los Angeles Lakers
Matt Ryan SF 6-6 215 Apr 17, 1997 26 Chattanooga 2 2020 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Dereon Seabron SG 6-5 180 May 26, 2000 23 NC State 1 2022 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Jonas Valanciunas C 6-11 265 May 6, 1992 31 Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania) 11 2011 1st Rnd, #5, Toronto Raptors
Zion Williamson SF 6-6 284 Jul 6, 2000 23 Duke 4 2019 1st Rnd, #1, New Orleans Pelicans
Cody Zeller C/PF 6-11 240 Oct 5, 1992 31 Indiana 10 2013 1st Rnd, #4, Charlotte Hornets

New Orleans 111, Memphis 104

October 25, 2023

Regular Season

FedExForum (Memphis, Tennessee)

Attendance: 17,798

Officials: Rodney Mott, Courtney Kirkland, Danielle Scott

Team Rebounds: New Orleans (8) Memphis (10)

Technicals: New Orleans (0) Memphis (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
NOP (1-0) 25 32 25 29 111
MEM (0-1) 28 19 23 34 104

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NOP 102 108.7 101.8
MEM 102 101.8 108.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NOP .553 0.206 0.212 0.200
MEM .484 0.127 0.216 0.176

New Orleans Pelicans

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
3 C.J. McCollum Starter PG 37:20 8-16 6-11 2-2 20.0 1.0 3 4 6 3 2 1 2 24
17 Jonas Valanciunas Starter C 29:12 4-7 2-4 2-2 13.5 0.0 12 12 1 1 0 1 3 12
14 Brandon Ingram Starter SF 35:56 7-18 0-3 5-6 10.0 0.0 7 7 6 3 2 0 5 19
1 Zion Williamson Starter PF 31:43 9-17 0-0 5-7 13.4 4.0 3 7 3 1 0 0 3 23
5 Herb Jones Starter SG 38:06 4-8 2-3 3-5 12.4 3.0 5 8 3 3 1 1 3 13
22 Larry Nance, Jr. Bench C 14:56 1-2 0-0 0-0 5.2 1.0 7 8 0 1 1 0 2 2
37 Matt Ryan Bench PF 13:52 3-6 3-6 0-0 5.2 0.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 9
13 Kira Lewis, Jr. Bench SG 10:49 0-3 0-2 0-0 -2.8 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
24 Jordan Hawkins Bench SG 09:14 1-2 1-2 0-0 2.5 0.0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3
11 Dyson Daniels Bench PG 18:53 3-6 0-1 0-0 4.8 2.0 3 5 0 4 2 1 2 6
  Team                   8            
        240 40-85 14-32 17-22 116.2 11 41 60 22 21 8 5 21 111
          47.1% 43.8% 77.3%                    

Memphis Grizzlies

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
36 Marcus Smart Starter PG 32:06 6-11 2-6 3-6 5.0 0.0 0 0 3 3 2 0 5 17
13 Jaren Jackson, Jr. Starter PF 35:43 2-9 0-5 4-4 6.2 1.0 4 5 3 5 0 5 3 8
2 Xavier Tillman, Sr. Starter C 33:42 7-16 1-5 2-2 21.2 4.0 8 12 4 2 3 1 0 17
22 Desmond Bane Starter SG 36:08 11-22 5-10 4-5 21.9 0.0 5 5 5 1 2 1 2 31
8 Ziaire Williams Starter SF 29:16 4-7 1-3 0-0 4.8 0.0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 9
23 Derrick Rose Bench PG 15:54 3-11 2-4 0-0 4.5 1.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 8
10 Luke Kennard Bench SG 14:40 0-5 0-5 3-3 0.9 1.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 3
21 David Roddy Bench PF 27:53 4-7 1-3 0-0 7.8 1.0 4 5 2 2 0 0 1 9
3 Jake LaRavia Bench SF 14:38 1-3 0-2 0-0 1.2 0.0 2 2 1 4 1 0 0 2
  Team                   10            
        240 38-91 12-43 16-20 85.5 8 29 47 23 19 8 7 13 104
          41.8% 27.9% 80.0%                    

New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C.J. McCollum
24p, 4r, 6a
Herb Jones
13p, 8r, 3a
Brandon Ingram
19p, 7r, 6a
Zion Williamson
23p, 7r, 3a
Jonas Valanciunas
12p, 12r, 1a
Rotation Dyson Daniels
6p, 5r, 0a
Kira Lewis, Jr.
0p, 0r, 0a
 
 
Matt Ryan
9p, 1r, 1a
Larry Nance, Jr.
2p, 8r, 0a
Lim PT  
 
Jordan Hawkins
3p, 0r, 2a
 
 
 
 
 
 

Memphis Grizzlies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Marcus Smart
17p, 0r, 3a
Desmond Bane
31p, 5r, 5a
Ziaire Williams
9p, 4r, 0a
Jaren Jackson, Jr.
8p, 5r, 3a
Xavier Tillman, Sr.
17p, 12r, 4a
Rotation Derrick Rose
8p, 2r, 3a
Luke Kennard
3p, 2r, 2a
Jake LaRavia
2p, 2r, 1a
David Roddy
9p, 5r, 2a