Dan Geriot is joining the Pelicans as an assistant coach under Willie Green, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps tweets. Geriot spent the past nine years with the Cavaliers. New Orleans’ interest in Geriot was reported earlier this week.
We have more from the Southwest Division:
- Pelicans wing Trey Murphy, who is participating this summer with the Select Team, said that if Zion Williamson can stay healthy, New Orleans will be a serious contender. “You get to see what a generational talent looks like with a healthy team. That’s the biggest thing. We’ve got to be healthy,” Murphy told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. “That’s always been our thing for my entire time in New Orleans. If we have a healthy team, I think we can make a deep run.”
- Grizzlies lottery pick Zach Edey sat out Friday’s Summer League game against the Kings with a mild ankle sprain, according to Michael Wallace of Grizzlies.com (Twitter link). Edey is expected to return to action in Las Vegas at some point.
- Spurs lottery pick Stephon Castle has aspirations to be a starting point guard but it probably won’t happen this year with Chris Paul signing with the club. Castle says he’s looking forward to the experience of playing with and learning from the future Hall of Famer. “I’m super happy about that,” Castle told Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News. “To have a guy like that and play alongside him and have him mentor me a bit, it’s going to be fun.”
CP 3 gunna load manage and only start 45 games
Great spot for Castle
That’s ridiculous. Paul signed there because it’s important to him to play regularly. While he certainly isn’t going to play big minutes, he’s going to be in the lineup most every night so Pop can keep his rotation in tact and the young guys can benefit from his experience. Playing reduced minutes and only half the games does nothing for Paul or the rest of the team. The Spurs aren’t paying him 11 mil to not play and if not playing was something that was going to happen, Paul would have done so in a place where he could have chased a ring. Paul is in San Antonio to play minutes, not chase a ring. Everyone has made that clear.
“If Zion can stay healthy”
We’ve heard that one before plenty of times..