Eric Gordon will not play in the New Orleans Hornets' regular season opener against the Spurs.

Gordon missed the entire preseason due to his persistent right knee issues.

Monty Williams said Gordon is likely out indefinitely.

The New Orleans Hornets have exercised their fourth-year option on Greivis Vasquez. 

Vasquez, a University of Maryland product, was acquired by the Hornets from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Quincy Pondexter on December 24, 2011. Vasquez was originally selected by Memphis in the first round of the 2010 NBA Draft (28th overall). During the 2011-12 season, Vasquez tallied 8.9 ppg, 5.4 apg and 2.6 rpg while appearing in all 66 games. Vasquez led the Hornets in assists in seven of the eight games this preseason. He concluded the 2012 preseason averaging 7.4 assists per game, third best in the NBA behind only Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers and Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics.

Austin Rivers is day-to-day with an injured right ankle after an MRI showed no structural damage.

Rivers sprained his ankle in the second quarter of the New Orleans Hornets' game on Monday against the Mavericks.

At Tuesday's practice, Rivers showed up wearing a walking boot.

Rivers will miss the final two preseason games.

"It’s actually not that bad,’’ Rivers said after Tuesday’s practice. "This is not really swollen. But it’s not too bad just based on how I feel right now. I can be back very quickly. I’m not really worried about it.’’

Austin Rivers believes his one season at Duke, where the Blue Devils went 27-7 but lost their opening-round NCAA Tournament game to Lehigh, helped prepare him for the ups and downs of the NBA game.

“Have tough skin,” Rivers said. “Playing at Duke you are the most scrutinized college in sports, period, especially if you play on the basketball team. So far as far as media pressure, fan pressure, dealing with expectations, dealing with failure, the loss we had (to Lehigh), I’ve dealt with all that stuff. That stuff has all made me tougher, made my skin tougher and allowed me to not ever worry about the hype. I could care less what people think now.”

Rivers isn’t worried about co-existing with Eric Gordon.

“He’s a scoring guard. I’m a scoring guard,” Rivers said. “He can play a little bit of point guard. I can play a little bit of point guard. He can also be a great scorer at the 2. That’s what I am. People say `How can you do it?’ I say because we can both do multiple things, we can play at the same time. Eric’s a guy that I’m excited to be playing with because I want to get better, playing with him and against him in practice.”

The New Orleans Hornets have signed free agents Solomon Alabi, Dominique Morrison and Chris Wright to camp deals. 

With the additions, the Hornets current training camp roster stands at 17 players. 

Alabi (7-1, 252) spent the 2011-12 season with the Toronto Raptors and made 14 appearances, averaging 2.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in 8.7 minutes per game.

Morrison (6-6, 210) played four seasons at Oral Roberts University and averaged 16.1 points and 4.4 rebounds in 129 career games for the Golden Eagles. Morrison left Oral Roberts ranked fifth in school history with 2,080 points.  

Wright (6-1, 209) competed for the Olin Edirne of the Turkish Professional Basketball League during the 2011-12 season. He averaged 12.7 points while leading the team with 4.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game. 

Eric Gordon will have limited participation in training camp due to soreness in his right knee. Eric experienced soreness in his right knee while participating in voluntary workouts with the team at the end of the summer. Gordon underwent arthroscopic surgery last season on his right knee and returned to full strength at the end of the season and during the Olympic tryouts.

“The team is taking a cautious approach with Eric to give him the best chance to be ready for the season," General Manager Dell Demps said.