Pelican abandons Zylan Cheatham and Jared Harper and signs James Banks and Malcolm Hill – NBA Blog – NBA Sports

New Orleans Pelican yesterday abandoned Giraffe Totam, guarded Jared Harper, and signed the center’s James Banks and guard Malcolm Hill.

Banks, 6-10, 250 recently played in the Israeli Super League’s Hapoel Beer Sheva, playing 13 games, averaging 5.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 20.5 minutes per game. Banks voted for the ACC All-Defensive Team after playing 31 games (starting 29 games) during the Georgia Institute of Technology’s 2019-20 season, averaging 9.5 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 2.5 blocks per game. it was done.

Hill (6-6, 225) has played abroad for four seasons in the Philippines, Germany, Kazakhstan and Israel since 2016-21. During the 2020-21 season, he played in 19 games (13 games) with an average of 10.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and Basketball Champions League Hapoel Jerusalem.