The New Orleans Pelicans announced today their 2023 training camp roster.
Training camp practices will take place from Tuesday, Oct. 3 through Monday, Oct. 9 at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center in Metairie, LA. Practice times will be announced the day prior to each practice. Training camp practices are closed to the public and will be open to the media at the conclusion of each practice. Open practice will be held on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 5:00 p.m. at the Smoothie King Center.
Below is the Pelicans’ 2023 Training Camp roster:
Head Coach: Willie Green, Detroit Mercy
Associate Head Coach: James Borrego, San Diego
Assistant Coaches: Jarron Collins, Stanford; Ryan Frazier, Bucknell; Casey Hill, Trinity; Aaron Miles, Kansas; Fred Vinson, Georgia Tech
Coaching Advisor: Mike D’Antoni, Marshall
Player Development Coaches: Corey Brewer, Florida; Darnell Lazare, Louisiana State
Head Athletic Trainer: Tom Maystadt, Iowa State
Director of Performance & Sports Science: Daniel Bove, Penn State
Director of Rehabilitation: Amy Atmore, Southern California
The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that the team has signed forward Kaiser Gates to a two-way contract. Additionally, the Pelicans signed guard Malcolm Hill, center Trey Jemison, guard/forward Tevian Jones, guard/forward Landers Nolley II and center Liam Robbins. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Gates, 6-7, 225, appeared in 24 games (13 starts) with the Nets’ G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, in 2022-23, averaging 14.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 23.4 minutes per contest while shooting .554 from three-point range. The Xavier (OH) product holds G League averages of 12.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 1.9 assists in 122 games (66 starts) across four seasons with Long Island, the Maine Celtics and Windy City Bulls.
Hill, 6-6, 225, has appeared in 24 NBA games in the past two seasons with Atlanta and Chicago, averaging 3.2 points and 1.6 rebounds in 9.2 minutes per contest. Last season, Hill played nine games with the Pelicans’ G League affiliate, the Birmingham Squadron, in which he averaged 15.4 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.4 assists. Hill holds G League averages of 16.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists with Birmingham and the Windy City Bulls.
Jemison, 7-0, 260, played five collegiate seasons at UAB (2020-23) and Clemson (2018-19) in which he averaged 5.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks in 152 games (102 starts). In his 2022-23 campaign, Jemison averaged 9.0 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks en route to Third Team All-CUSA and CUSA All-Defensive honors. Jemison led the CUSA in total rebounds (329) and rebounds per game (8.4), and ranked second in the conference with 67 blocks.
