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The New Orleans Pelicans have been looking to add another center this offseason. Jonas Valanciunas is in the final season of his contract. Valanciunas has sought an extension, but none has come from the Pelicans as of yet.

New Orleans has had rumored interest in Jarrett Allen of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Isaiah Stewart II of the Detroit Pistons. Allen has three years and $60 million (at a flat $20 million per year) left on his contract. Stewart is in the final year of his rookie scale contact, but inked a four-year, $60 million extension that starts with the 2024-25 season.

In early-November of 2021, when he was a member of the Miami Heat, Markieff Morris delivered a hard foul to Nikola Jokic in transition. Jokic responded by hitting Morris in the back. Morris then missed roughly four months of the season due to whiplash suffered from Jokic’s shove.

Morris hasn’t forgotten the incident, despite it being nearly two years old.

“Sucker shot. That’s what we call it in my hood,” Morris said of the shove from Jokic. “Took a sucker shot. They call it snuck. He snuck me. It was a sucker shot. He’s gonna get his though. Don’t trip.”

Morris is currently unsigned, but reportedly will sign a deal to return to the Dallas Mavericks ahead of the upcoming season. Morris was traded to Dallas in the deal that sent Kyrie Irving to the Mavericks ahead of last season’s trade deadline.

Dallas and the Denver Nuggets are scheduled to play their first game on November 3.