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NBA Summer League Update Day 3: Pelicans honor former player Bryce Dejean-Jones with ‘BDJ’ patches on jerseys

Play has started on the third day of the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas and we’re live-blogging from the Thomas & Mack and Cox Pavilion each day.

Follow along with our live blog, which will be updated throughout the day, below.

5:47 p.m.

— The New Orleans Pelicans are wearing black and white ‘BDJ’ patches on their summer league jerseys to honor former player Bryce Dejean-Jones, who died on May 28 after a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

Dejean-Jones, who played at UNLV from 2012-14, had signed a three-year contract with the Pelicans on February 19.