The backup point guard in New Orleans gets some run. They will start Jrue Holiday, but he will be on restricted minutes as they try to keep him healthy.
Tim Frazier impressed after signing with the Pelicans late last season (after the Trail Blazers had waived him), enough so that the team re-signed the restricted free agent to a two-year deal, as first reported by Marc Stein of ESPN.
The Pelicans are finalizing a deal to re-sign guard Tim Frazier, according to league sources https://t.co/qGz9avgK3o
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 10, 2016
New Orleans' looming two-year, $4 million deal with G Tim Frazier all but seals that Norris Cole will move on, according to league sources.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 10, 2016
Since he battled his way to the NBA through the D-League, Frazier is a good playmaker and a pesky, hard-working defender. What he did well in a small sample size (16 games) with the Pelicans he hadn’t before was shoot the ball — he had a 53.9 percent True Shooting Percentage (kind of at the league average) and hit 41.9 percent from three. If he can continue to hit like that, he becomes far more valuable. He likely is battling Langston Galloway with minutes off the bench.
