After refusal his from a bilateral contract in August Pelicans officially re-signed the center Hunter Dickinsonthe team announced in a press release.
It’s a non-guaranteed deal in training camp for the former Michigan and Kansas star, Paul Garcia of Spot Up Shot confirms (via Twitter), indicating that Dickinson’s new contract has language in Addendum 10. The 25-year-old center could return to the G League to play for the Laketown Squadron, New Orleans’ rebranded and relocated affiliate.
The 7-foot-1 played in five games for the Pelicans last season on a two-way contract, recording 12 points, five rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 42 minutes. He averaged 17.6 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 0.8 blocks in 30.3 minutes per game in 44 games for the Squadron in 2025/26.
Here are some more relatively minor transactions from around the NBA:
- The Spurs signed the former second-round pick Kendall Brown training camp contract tweets Garcia. The 23-year-old wing, who has a two-year deal with the Pacers from 2022-24, played for Boston’s NBAGL affiliate in Maine last season. In 43 games with the Maine Celtics, Brown averaged 15.4 ppg, 4.9 ppg, 2.4 ppg and 1.3 ppg on a .530/.323/.719 field goal.
- The The necklaces added the big man David Mooka per training camp deal, according to Garcia (Link to Twitter). A 6’10” center from Hong Kong, Muoka played last season for the Long Island Nets of the G League. In 45 games (17.7 mpg), the 25-year-old averaged 5.6 ppg, 5.1 ppg and 1.0 rpg. It appears that Dickinson, Brown and Muoka will all be waived before the start of the season, allowing them to receive bonuses of up to $91K if they spend at least 60 days with their teams’ NBAGL affiliates.
- The Mavericks requested waivers from Jorge Diaz Grahamaccording to the team (Link to Twitter). Diaz Graham had five points and three rebounds in 12 minutes in Wednesday’s preseason loss to New Orleans after signing with Dallas on Tuesday. The Texas Legends, the Mavs G League affiliate, previously selected the 6’10â forward/center with the first overall pick this year NBAGL International Draft. The Spanish big man was also part of Dallas’ Summer League squad in July after finishing his college career with Oregon State, averaging 7.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in 18.2 minutes per game over five games with the Mavericks in Las Vegas.
