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New Orleans Pelicans: 25 Best Players To Play For The Pelicans

By Phil Watson

Oct 23, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; A general view from the court during the second half of a game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Miami Heat at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans defeated the Heat 93-90. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 23, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; A general view from the court during the second half of a game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Miami Heat at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans defeated the Heat 93-90. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 25, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; New Orleans Pelicans guard Eric Gordon (10) shoots against the Miami Heat in the first half of a NBA basketball game on Christmas at American Airlines Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 25, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; New Orleans Pelicans guard Eric Gordon (10) shoots against the Miami Heat in the first half of a NBA basketball game on Christmas at American Airlines Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /

69. <strong>How acquired:</strong> Trade, Los Angeles Clippers, Dec. 14, 2011.. SG-PG. 2011-16. Eric Gordon. 15. player

Eric Gordon was the biggest piece the New Orleans Hornets got back in a December 2011 trade with the Los Angeles Clippers, getting the shooting guard along with Chris Kaman, Al-Farouq Aminu and a first-round pick in 2012 in exchange for Chris Paul and two second-round selections in 2015.

The problem was that Gordon had trouble staying healthy with the Hornets/Pelicans, missing at least 18 games in each of his five seasons with the team.

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Gordon left New Orleans to sign a four-year, $53 million deal with the

Houston Rockets

as a free agent on July 9, 2016.

Second in the NBA in 3-point shooting in 2014-15, Gordon missed 37 games last season with a fractured ring finger on his right hand, initially injuring it in January and then re-breaking the finger when he came back in March.

In 45 games in 2015-16, he averaged 15.2 points, 2.7 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 32.9 minutes per game, shooting .418/.384/.888.

In five seasons in New Orleans, Gordon averaged 15.3 points, 3.3 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 32.3 minutes per game on .420/.390/.819 shooting.

Gordon was the seventh overall pick out of Indiana by the Clippers in the 2008 NBA Draft and was an All-Rookie selection in 2008-09.

His new deal with the Rockets runs through 2019-20.

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