{"id":928352,"date":"2026-10-10T23:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T23:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928352\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T23:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T23:54:18","slug":"pelicans-sign-jalon-moore-hoops-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928352\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelicans Sign Jalon Moore | Hoops Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pelicans have signed free agent Jalon Moore<\/a>, per a team press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A 6\u20197\u2033 forward, Moore spent two seasons at Georgia Tech from 2021-23 and then two years at Oklahoma from 2023-25 before going undrafted last year. As a senior in 2024\/25, he averaged 15.9 points and 5.8 rebounds in 30.3 minutes per game across 34 outings (all starts) for the Sooners, posting a solid shooting line of .471\/.381\/.840.<\/p>\n

Moore had been projected as a possible second-round pick in 2025 before he suffered an Achilles tear<\/a> during a workout with San Antonio, which prompted his agent Mike Silverman to call for changes to how the pre-draft process works.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re truly heartbroken for Jalon,\u201d Silverman told Jonathan Givony in June 2025. \u201cIt\u2019s time to revamp the NBA pre-draft process. Flying around the country to perform intense competitive workouts exposes players to risk of major injuries. No other pro sports league puts their draft prospects in this position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Moore missed all of last season, the Pelicans signed-and-waived<\/a> him in September 2025<\/a> in order to gain his G League rights, with an eye toward keeping him in their system for 2026\/27. The 23-year-old\u2019s new agreement is likely an Exhibit 10 contract, which would enable him to earn a bonus worth up to $91K if he\u2019s waived before the season and spends at least 60 days with the Laketown Squadron, New Orleans\u2019 affiliate.<\/p>\n

Moore returned to action in July, averaging 6.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG and 1.3 SPG in three games (19.3 MPG) for the Pelicans\u2019 Summer League team in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

The Pelicans waived<\/a> big man Christian Koloko<\/a> in order to sign Moore. Their roster is now back at the preseason limit of 21 players under contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pelicans have signed free agent Jalon Moore, per a team press release. A 6\u20197\u2033 forward, Moore spent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,318820,459,82],"class_list":["post-928352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jalon-moore","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}