{"id":123311,"date":"2025-02-11T14:43:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=123311"},"modified":"2025-02-11T14:43:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:43:54","slug":"new-orleans-pelicans-herbert-jones-injury-miss-remainder-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/11\/new-orleans-pelicans-herbert-jones-injury-miss-remainder-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelicans Starter Expected to Miss Remainder of Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/11\/new-orleans-pelicans-buyout-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> defensive star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/joneshe01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Herbert Jones<\/a> suffered a shoulder injury. At the time, it was reported that he would be out indefinitely with no timetable for his return. Unfortunately for Jones and the Pelicans, the team is expecting the worst. Via Pelicans writer Erin Summers, David Griffin, the Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations, expects Jones to miss the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Griffin said that Herb Jones has gotten other opinions regarding his shoulder, and will probably be shut down for the season soon <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pelicans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Pelicans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erin Summers (@ErinESummers) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErinESummers\/status\/1889364359282835529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This season, Jones appeared in 20 games for the Pelicans. In those games, he averaged 10.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.9 steals.<\/p>\n<h2>New Orleans Pelicans Starter Expected to Miss Remainder of Season<\/h2>\n<h3>Herbert Jones Was a Top Trade Target Before His Injury<\/h3>\n<p>Ahead of this year&#8217;s trade deadline, multiple teams reportedly had interest in Jones. More specifically, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/10\/mavericks-notes-anthony-davis-the-good-bad-and-the-ugly\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> were potentially eying the 26-year-old (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6029076\/2025\/01\/01\/luka-doncic-injury-dallas-mavericks-kyrie-irving\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscription required<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mavericks have contemplated trying to add an impact perimeter defender before the Feb. 6 trade deadline, front-office sources on rival teams told The Athletic. The New Orleans Pelicans\u2019 Herb Jones, who last season was the only non-center to make the NBA\u2019s All-Defensive First Team, is one player who fits that description.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, no trade occurred and Jones remains a Pelican. However, this was expected the whole time as NBA insiders Jake Fischer and Marc Stein (<a href=\"https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/p\/all-the-jimmy-butler-and-nba-trade\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscription required<\/a>) reported that the Pelicans <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/12\/12\/new-orleans-pelicans-unlikely-trade-herbert-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">were not interested in trading<\/a> the Alabama native.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis feels like an annual exercise here, but league sources tell The Stein Line that teams interested in Herb Jones amid the injury-ravaged Pelicans\u2019 5-20 misery needn\u2019t bother. New Orleans, sources said, has no interest in fielding trade pitches for its highly regarded perimeter defensive ace.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Herbert Jones Is Not the Only Pelican Out Due to Injury<\/h3>\n<p>This has been a difficult season for New Orleans. In addition to Jones, guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrade01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dejounte Murray<\/a> suffered a season-ending Achilles injury against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/10\/boston-celtics-payton-pritchard-rejected-all-star-festivities\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Boston Celtics<\/a> on January 31. Currently, they are 12-41 and are at the bottom of the Western Conference standings. Furthermore, they are in the midst of a nine-game losing streak, which is the longest active streak in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the trade deadline, the Pelicans sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/ingrabr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Ingram<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/10\/raptors-brandon-ingram-long-term-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> in exchange for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/olynyke01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelly Olynyk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brownbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bruce Brown<\/a>. Though many anticipated the move, it was still difficult for some within the organization, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/willizi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-11_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zion Williamson<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vaDSgKy3hPw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was tough to see him go. He\u2019s somebody that\u2019s been here with me since day one, all the ups and downs of the Pels. You wish it could be different but I think he was just at a point where he felt like he had to do what was best for him, and as a friend all you can do is support that decision,&#8221; Williamson said.<\/p>\n<p>While not officially out of the playoff race just yet, it is tough to imagine they can turn things around this late in the season. Regardless, there is a lot to like about this Pelicans team as they look to rebound next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Scott Kinser-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January, New Orleans Pelicans defensive star Herbert Jones suffered a shoulder injury. At the time, it was reported that he would be out indefinitely with no timetable for his return. Unfortunately for Jones and the Pelicans, the team is expecting the worst. Via Pelicans writer Erin Summers, David Griffin, the Executive Vice President of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":123313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,2,62,33,3],"tags":[4112,4745],"class_list":["post-123311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-nba","category-pelicans","category-news","tag-herb-jones","tag-nba-injuries"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123311"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123323,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123311\/revisions\/123323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}