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New Report on Potential Mavericks-Pelicans Trade

The New Orleans Pelicans and Dallas Mavericks could be active at the NBA trade deadline.
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Feb 2, 2023; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) and New Orleans Pelicans forward Herbert Jones (5) in action during the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the New Orleans Pelicans at American Airlines Center.
Feb 2, 2023; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) and New Orleans Pelicans forward Herbert Jones (5) in action during the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the New Orleans Pelicans at American Airlines Center. | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

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The New Orleans Pelicans have won three-straight games, but are just 11-32 on the season. What was a promising roster in the offseason has been decimated by injuries, leaving New Orleans with a shell of the group it entered the season with.

Because the Pelicans’ postseason hopes are likely finished for this season, some moves could be made at the NBA trade deadline. Several reports have indicated a willingness from New Orleans to deal players like Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram, but others on the roster may be more difficult to acquire.

One player the Pelicans may not be looking to move is defensive star Herbert Jones, who has drawn interest from the Dallas Mavericks, per reports.

Herbert Jones
Jan 13, 2024; Dallas, Texas, USA; New Orleans Pelicans forward Herbert Jones (5) in action during the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the New Orleans Pelicans at the American Airlines Center. | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

NBA insider Marc Stein provided a new update on this via his Substack.

“The Mavericks are known to have strong interest in the Pelicans' Herb Jones, but as both Jake and I have covered here more than once, New Orleans has been consistently discouraging trade interest in its perimeter defensive ace,” Stein reported.

Jones is under contract through the 2026-27 season season, and is just 26 years old. Even if the Pelicans blow up their roster, keeping a player like Jones makes sense.

While Dallas reportedly has interest in the All-Defensive star, it doesn’t seem that New Orleans is going to move him.

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Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA and WNBA for On SI. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined On SI to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts and in the classroom earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time, primarily serving as a Clippers beat writer.

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