After receiving the NBA hardship exception for having four players injured for at least two weeks, the Pelicans have seemed to have found a sixteenth man.
New Orleans plans to sign Austin guard Orlando Johnson to a 10-day contract with injury exception, league sources tell The Vertical.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 8, 2016
Orlando Johnson, a former No. 36 pick in the 2012 draft out of UC Santa Barbara, has averaged 8 points and 4.5 rebounds this season in two games for the Phoenix Suns this season.