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Today's lineup presented by ABC Insurance Agencies includes Pelicans guard Larry Drew II, Daniel Jeremiah of NFL Network's 'Move the Sticks,' and Saints tight end Benjamin Watson.

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Black and Blue Report presented by ABC Insurance Agencies: March 30, 2018

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Pelicans Shootaround: Larry Drew II 3-30-18

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NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has signed guard Larry Drew II to a second 10-day contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. 

Drew, 6-2, 180, who was originally signed by the Pelicans to a 10-day contract on March 14, has appeared in five games with New Orleans, averaging 3.0 points and 1.2 assists per game.

Undrafted in 2013 out of UCLA, Drew has appeared in 15 career NBA games for Philadelphia, holding averages of 3.2 points, 3.1 assists and 1.1 rebounds in 15.6 minutes per contest. Additionally, Drew was a member of the Pelicans’ 2015 NBA Summer League Team in Las Vegas, where he earned All-NBA Summer League Second Team honors.

New Orleans’ roster currently stands at 16, including on two-way player (Charles Cooke).

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Pelicans sign Larry Drew II to second 10-Day Contract

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NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has signed free agent guard Larry Drew II to a 10-day contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Drew, 6-2, 180, has appeared in 35 games this season for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League, posting averages of 11.8 points while shooting .401 from three-point range, 7.4 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.3 steals. Drew was also a member of the United States National Team that took home the gold medal at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.

Drew will wear #1 for the Pelicans and be available for their game tonight in San Antonio. New Orleans’ roster currently stands at 16, including on two-way player (Charles Cooke).

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Pelicans sign Larry Drew II to 10-Day Contract

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LAS VEGAS – The last time Jameel McKay talked to Bryce Dejean-Jones, the two former Iowa State teammates discussed their dream scenario of reuniting in the NBA as members of the New Orleans Pelicans. Six weeks later, McKay has joined the Pelicans and is part of their summer league team, but his friend is gone. Dejean-Jones died May 28 in Dallas, while visiting the city to celebrate his daughter’s first birthday.

McKay and his New Orleans summer teammates are honoring the memory of Dejean-Jones, who was 23 years old, by wearing a “BDJ” patch on the left chest of their uniforms. The Pelicans play their first game tonight against the Los Angeles Lakers (9:30 Central) on ESPN.

“I talked to Bryce two days before the incident,” McKay said of a late-May phone call. “I was hoping I’d play for the Pelicans in summer league (if McKay went undrafted), because I knew they were interested in me, so we were talking about being teammates again.

“When I heard about what happened, it was just shocking. Everyone called me for confirmation, but I couldn’t give it. I didn’t know.”

The summer Pelicans coincidentally also have a high school classmate of Dejean-Jones on their roster. Point guard Larry Drew II, who excelled in ’15 summer league while playing with Dejean-Jones, went to the same Taft Charter High in Woodland Hills, Calif., near Los Angeles. Dejean-Jones was expected to play in ’16 summer league and in late May was roughly one week from completing his recovery from a broken right hand. Dejean-Jones played 14 games for New Orleans during the 2015-16 regular season, starting 11 times.

“It’s tough. It’s a tough situation,” Drew said of Dejean-Jones’ death. “We are from the same place. Watching him grow up and actually get the opportunity to achieve his goal of playing in the NBA, even being a part of helping him reach that, that was special for me.

“It’s a tragedy to say the least. I feel like I’m definitely out here playing for him here, and everything I do the rest of my career. He was a great dude, a very positive kid.”

McKay said one thing that stood out most about Dejean-Jones as a player was his relentless pursuit of reaching his NBA dream. After going undrafted in June 2015, he excelled in summer league with New Orleans and eventually signed a multi-year deal, initially on the team’s roster via a 10-day contract.

“He had a never-give-up attitude,” McKay said. “He went undrafted and took the hard way into the NBA, but he never questioned his ability and stuck with it. When he made it, it never came as a surprise to me, because I knew his abilities. It was just whether someone gave him an opportunity.”

“Every time I was around Bryce, I got the sense he knew where he wanted to be and he wasn’t going to let anything stop him from getting there,” said the 26-year-old Drew, trying to control his emotions. “He was fearless. He wasn’t afraid of the challenge and embraced it, and he got to achieve his goal of making it to the NBA.

“I felt like I was his big brother, and he was my little brother. That’s why it really hits home for me.”

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Summer league Pelicans honor memory of Bryce Dejean-Jones with jersey patch

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Pelicans Summer League 2015: Quarterfinals vs. GSW

1)      The Pelicans (4-0 in summer league) will try to keep their perfect mark intact Saturday night, facing Golden State at 9 p.m. Central in a NBA Summer League tournament quarterfinal game. All games the rest of the way in Las Vegas will air live on NBA TV.

2)      Pelicans-Warriors is full of unique connections.

3)      The winner of Saturday’s game will meet Phoenix or Chicago in Sunday’s semifinals (tip-off at 7 p.m. Central, NBA TV).

4)      Seth Curry (25.3 ppg) and Larry Drew II (8.0 apg) remain Las Vegas league leaders in scoring and assists, respectively.

5)      New Orleans signed veteran forward Alonzo Gee to a contract Friday.

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Five things to know about the Pelicans on July 18

LAS VEGAS – Winning is nice, but from Day 1 of summer league practice, Pelicans coach Darren Erman has stressed that giving his players opportunities to shine and show what they can do is a primary objective. With zero full-time NBA players on the New Orleans summer roster, every member is hoping to improve their stock in the eyes of scouts and general managers.

Through three games, Erman and the Pelicans are off to a resounding start in that category, going 3-0 and averaging 93.3 points per contest. Virtually every player who’s been on the floor has made a contribution of some kind, including numerous Pelicans with one or more double-digit scoring performances.

“There are probably six NBA guys on the team now,” Erman said after beating Brooklyn on Monday.

Entering Tuesday’s final day of pool play at NBA Summer League, the Pelicans had league leaders in three major statistical categories. New Orleans only has three players on its summer roster who’ve ever appeared in a regular season NBA game – with Jarvis Varnado’s 37 career appearances topping the list – but that number could rise in 2015-16 if the Pelicans continue to excel in the desert. A closer look at some of the players who’ve excelled so far in Nevada:

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Large group of lesser-known Pelicans have impressed in Las Vegas

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