{"id":840839,"date":"2026-09-08T18:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/840839\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T18:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:00:08","slug":"pelicans-and-grizzlies-swap-jordan-hawkins-and-aj-johnson-in-multiplayer-trade-ap-source-says-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/840839\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelicans and Grizzlies swap Jordan Hawkins and AJ Johnson in multiplayer trade, AP source says :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW ORLEANS (AP) \u2014 The New Orleans Pelicans have traded former first-round draft pick Jordan Hawkins and Micah Peavy to the Memphis Grizzlies for AJ Johnson and Taj Gibson, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade had not been announced, said the teams also swapped future second-round picks.<\/p>\n<p>Hawkins, a perimeter shooter and slasher out of UConn, was selected 14th in 2023, two years before a regime change that saw Joe Dumars replace David Griffin as basketball operations chief.<\/p>\n<p>Hawkins has struggled to find a regular spot in New Orleans\u2019 rotation since entering the league, averaging 8 points in 18.2 minutes per game during his first three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was drafted 23rd by Milwaukee in 2024 and also has spent time with Washington and Dallas during his first two seasons, averaging 4.9 points in 14.2 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson is a 17-year veteran who has averaged 8.3 points and 5.7 rebounds during his career. Because Gibson\u2019s last contract was not fully guaranteed, the Pelicans could cut him to clear close to $3.8 million in space under the NBA salary cap.<\/p>\n<p>Peavy was a second-round pick in 2026 who showed promise as a defender and averaged 4.3 points in 15 minutes per game as a rookie.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>\n                See AP\u2019s full NBA coverage here\n              <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW ORLEANS (AP) \u2014 The New Orleans Pelicans have traded former first-round draft pick Jordan Hawkins and Micah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[160359,2724,355,99],"class_list":["post-840839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ap-sports","tag-associated-press","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}