Will Guillory: Tonight’s starters: NOP: Payton, Holiday, Moore, Mirotic and Davis SAC: Fox, Ferrell, Hield, Bjelica and Cauley-Stein Pels also announced that Julius Randle (foot) will be available tonight
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Position: F
Born: 11/29/94
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:250 lbs. / 113.4 kg.
Salary: $8,641,000
Born: 11/29/94
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:250 lbs. / 113.4 kg.
Salary: $8,641,000
Scott Kushner: After Saturday’s practice, Anthony Davis said the Pelicans have yet to try a lineup of himself, Nikola Mirotic & Julius Randle in practice. “No. We haven’t. Not even in practice. Maybe we will (Monday). But I definitely want to see it. I think it will be an interesting lineup.”
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After Saturday’s practice, Mirotic – who split his 39 total Pelicans games last season between starting (20 times) and coming off the bench (19) – reiterated that he’s fine with the arrangement. “We are all here to do what’s best for the team,” the smoothing-shooting forward/center said. “If I start one day, good. If Julius starts, great also. We just need to do what is best for the team. Each night is going to be a different matchup.”
“I remember last season when I first got here, some of the games I would start, some of the games not,” Mirotic said. “It’s not a big deal. Most important is the minutes, and the quality of the minutes I’m going to play. When I’m on the court, I have to bring the energy and play smart. We can accomplish a lot with each other, Julius, AD and me. We can play together at the 4 or 5. I think we’re going to be a big problem for the rest of the teams. I’m not worried about our roles.”
Although the Pelicans haven’t trotted out a Davis/Mirotic/Randle alignment yet, Davis noted after Saturday’s practice that he’s looking forward to trying it at some point.“I definitely want to see it,” the five-time All-Star said, smiling. “I think it will be an interesting lineup.”
