LeBron’s MRI “clean,†is day-to-day but will miss a few games

The New Orleans Pelicans announced that forward Herb Jones has been diagnosed with a posterior labrum tear in his right shoulder. An MRI taken yesterday confirmed the injury. Jones will be out indefinitely and further updates will be appropriately provided.

Drafted 35th overall by New Orleans in the 2021 NBA Draft, Jones has appeared in 240 games (231 starts) for the Pelicans, holding averages of 10.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 30.2 minutes per contest. This season, Jones appeared in 20 games (all starts) with averages of 10.3 points, 3.9 rebound and 3.3 assists in 32.4 minutes per game.

The Indiana Fever selected former South Carolina star and 2022 Naismith Player of the Year Aliyah Boston with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 WNBA draft on Monday night at New York City’s Spring Studios.

Boston — a 6-foot-5 forward who grew up in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands before moving to Massachusetts as a teenager to pursue her basketball dream — became the second top overall pick out of South Carolina, joining two-time league MVP A’ja Wilson in 2018.

Maryland’s Diamond Miller was selected second by the Minnesota Lynx, while Maddy Siegrist became Villanova’s highest-ever WNBA draft pick at No. 3, going to the Dallas Wings.