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The NBA team of Duke Basketball Stars unveiled

The New Orleans Pelicans are available for potential massive changes this summer.

During the NBA draft lottery from Monday evening 2025, the pelicans heard their names much earlier than they thought.

With the fourth best chances in number 1 and the forecast franchise-changed striker, the pelicans went with the 7th choice, since the Pelicans were out of the night with the 7th overall, due to the great jumps of the San Antonio Spurs and the final lottery winner, the Dallas Mavericks.

New Orleans Pelican

May 14, 2019; Chicago, IL, USA; Mark Tatum, deputy NBA commissioner, contains number one for the New Orleans Pelicans during the NBA lottery from 2019 in the Hilton Chicago. Mandatory loan: Patrick Gorski-Mimagn Pictures / Patrick Gorski-Mimagn pictures

With rumors that the club may want to continue from 2019 of the first overall winner, Zion Williamson, the Pelicans options this summer are still valuable veterans such as CJ McCollum, together with young, exciting players in Trey Murphy, Yves Miss, and Herbert Jones, The Seventh-Ooverly Pick, and priority Preparations in the superiors.

While the pelicans wait and decide whether they continue from their often injured franchise star, Jeff Goodman, the college basketball analyst, submitted the best procedure for the pelicans in the upcoming draft.

New Orleans Pelicans striker Zion Williamson

March 19, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; New Orleans Pelicans striker Zion Williamson (1) dribbles the ball in the second half against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Target Center. Mandatory loan: Jesse Johnson-Mimagn Pictures / Jesse Johnson-Mimagn Pictures

According to Goodman, the Front Office of Pelicans between the Duke team colleagues, the Center Khaman Maluach and the wing, should decide from Knueppel, and ultimately opt for the sharpening ability of Knueppel.

“I leaned towards [Khaman] Maluach because they need a big one, but they could also use a big shooter and a young man and maybe move out from CJ McCollum, “said Goodman.

The NBA design of 2025 begins on Wednesday, June 25th, from the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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