Needing to clear money to complete their signing of Bennedict Mathurin, the New Orleans Pelicans are trading Jordan Hawkins and Micah Peavy to the Memphis Grizzlies in a four-player deal. <\/p>\n
Per ESPN’s Shams Charania<\/a>, Hawkins and Peavy will go to Memphis with AJ Johnson and Taj Gibson coming back to New Orleans. <\/p>\n The Grizzlies will also receive a future second-round pick and a second-round pick swap in the trade. <\/p>\n ESPN’s Bobby Marks added the deal saves $5.7 million for the Pelicans, who recently agreed to a two-year, $16 million<\/a> contract with Mathurin. <\/p>\n This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.<\/p>\n Make Bleacher Report one of your preferred sources on Google by selecting Bleacher Report on the “source preferences” page\u00a0here<\/a>. For more from Bleacher Report, check out our\u00a0B\/R app<\/a>,\u00a0homepage<\/a>\u00a0and social feeds\u2014including\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0TikTok<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n