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New Orleans Pelicans: 2016 Offseason Grades

By Gerald Bourguet

Apr 7, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) and guard Eric Gordon (10) during the a game against the Golden State Warriors at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans defeated the Warriors 103-100. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 7, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) and guard Eric Gordon (10) during the a game against the Golden State Warriors at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans defeated the Warriors 103-100. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 12, 2015; Houston, TX, USA; Houston Rockets forward Terrence Jones (6) guards New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) during the game at the Toyota Center. The Rockets defeated the Pelicans 121-114. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

T-Jones Joins

On a one-year minimum contract, it’s hard to feel too bad about signing Terrence Jones, a player who has completely failed to live up to expectations due to injuries and the litany of chemistry problems that befell the Houston Rockets over the last year.

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    • At one point — at the end of his sophomore season when he put up 12.1 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, to be exact — it felt like Jones was on the verge of joining James Harden and Dwight Howard as the third member of Houston’s Big Three.

    Instead, he missed 49 games the following season due to injury, failing to build upon his potential as the stretch-4 Houston had been craving ever since the Miami Heat managed to steal Chris Bosh back from the Rockets’ clutches in free agency.

    The season after his first injury-stricken year, Jones’ role in the rotation was largely diminished, with his numbers dropping to 8.7 points and 4.2 rebounds per game — all while playing six fewer minutes per game, shooting just 31.6 percent from three-point range and missing another 32 games due to injury.

    It doesn’t hurt that he has a relationship with Anthony Davis from their time winning a championship together at Kentucky.

    At age 24, the potential is still there for Jones. He’s a good rebounder, an aggressive player in the paint and it feels like he’s right on the cusp of being able to spread the floor out to three-point range.

    But we’ve also been saying that about Terrence Jones for the last three seasons now, so if this uber-athletic power forward can’t stay healthy again, at least New Orleans can rest easy knowing this one-year trial run only cost them a minimum salary.

    Grade: B+

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