New Orleans two-way contract signee Jalen Jones has spent much of the past month working out in his new NBA team’s Metairie practice facility, but the forward’s true introduction to the Pelicans took place in Lexington, Ky. In August, Jones joined about a dozen New Orleans teammates on the University of Kentucky campus, getting a head start on what will be his second NBA training camp (he spent the 2016 preseason with Boston). It was an invaluable four-day experience for the 24-year-old.
“It was a great bonding trip as a team,” said Jones, who’d never previously played with any current Pelican.