Pelicans exercise contract options on Kira Lewis Jr. and Trey Murphy III
The New Orleans Pelicans have exercised the team’s fourth-year option on guard Kira Lewis Jr. and their third-year option on guard/forward Trey Murphy III.

Selected 13th overall in the 2020 NBA Draft, Lewis Jr. has appeared in 78 games off the bench for New Orleans, averaging 6.2 points, 2.2 assists and 1.4 rebounds in 16.0 minutes per contest while shooting.391 from the floor, .298 from three-point range and .841 from the line.

Murphy III, selected 17th overall in the 2021 NBA Draft, has appeared in 66 games (two starts) for New Orleans, averaging 6.0 points and 2.6 rebounds in 14.9 minutes per contest while shooting .420 from the floor, .410 from three-point range and .877 from the line.

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