After a long week filled with a flurry of free agent signings, it looks like free agency is finally starting to slow down. Most contracts being reported in the last few days have been veterans getting short-term deals to prove they belong.
Such is the case with Jimmer Fredette. ESPN’s Marc Stein is reporting that the free agent guard has come to terms with the New Orleans Pelicans.
ESPN sources say New Orleans is signing Jimmer Fredette to a one-year deal
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) July 18, 2014
Pelicans needed a shooter to replace Anthony Morrow and have closed on a deal with Jimmer Fredette, sources say
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) July 18, 2014
For Fredette, this may be the last opportunity to make it in the league that the former lottery pick gets.