March 2014 New Orleans Pelicans Wiretap

Pelicans Interested In Re-Signing Gal Mekel Later In Season

Dec 20, 2014 2:05 PM

The New Orleans Pelicans waived Gal Mekel but remain interested in potentially re-signing him later in the season.

"We just felt like it was a move that we wanted to take a look at him," Monty Williams said. "We thought he did a good job, (but) there are some particulars financially that I am not going to discuss, that's for Dell and his staff (to discuss). They do a good job of keeping the organization in a good place. We like (Mekel) a lot. That doesn't mean we won't bring him back. But at this point we felt like we were going to go in a different direction."

Mekel appeared in four games with New Orleans, averaging 1.5 points and 3.3 assists. 

"I thought he brought some really good stuff to our team and it kind of stirred the pot a little bit even though we didn't do that on purpose," Williams said. "I thought our guys had a great understanding that we are going to continually tweak the roster to make our team better. For the time that he was here, he helped us."

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Gal Mekel Waived By Pelicans

Dec 19, 2014 12:45 PM

The New Orleans Pelicans have waived Gal Mekel.

Mekel, 6-3, 191, was signed by the team on December 5 as an unrestricted free agent. Mekel appeared in four games with New Orleans, averaging 1.5 points and 3.3 assists.

New Orleans’ roster now stands at 14.

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Pelicans Committed To Keeping Tyreke Evans

Dec 15, 2014 10:35 PM

The New Orleans Pelicans have received trade interest in Tyreke Evans, but a source indicates they're committed to keeping him.

Evans was acquired in a sign-and-trade deal in the 2013 offseason.

The Pelicans have been very happy with the play of Evans this season.

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Anthony Davis Sits Out With Chest Contusion

Dec 14, 2014 5:30 PM

Anthony Davis will miss the New Orleans Pelicans' game against the Golden State Warriors on Sunday due to a chest contusion, the team announced.

Davis suffered the injury this week in the Pelicans' win over the Miami Heat.

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Pelicans To Sign Gal Mekel

Dec 5, 2014 4:52 PM

Gal Mekel will sign with the New Orleans Pelicans, according to Roey Gladstone of Israeli Channel 5.

According to Gladstone, the deal will be for two seasons with the first for the remainder of this season, and then a team option for the second year.

Mekel was released by the Dallas Mavericks on the eve of the season to create a roster spot for J.J. Barea.

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Pelicans Assign Russ Smith To D-League

Dec 5, 2014 12:44 PM

The New Orleans Pelicans have assigned Russ Smith to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League.

Smith, 6-0, 185, has appeared in three games for New Orleans, averaging 0.3 rebounds per game. Smith appeared in six preseason contests for the Pelicans, averaging 5.0 points, 1.2 assists and 0.8 rebounds.

Drafted out of the University of Louisville by Philadelphia with the 47th overall pick of the 2014 NBA Draft, Smith was acquired by New Orleans in a draft night trade.

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Pelicans Sign Dante Cunningham

Dec 4, 2014 1:21 PM

The New Orleans Pelicans have signed Dante Cunningham.

Cunningham was most recently with the Minnesota Timberwolves and has had previous stops with the Portland Trail Blazers, Charlotte Bobcats and Memphis Grizzlies.

Cunningham was arrested in April on domestic abuse charges, but those were dropped in August due to evidence that accusations had been fabricated.

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