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DeAndre Liggins inks 2-year contract with New Orleans Pelicans

It looks like DeAndre Liggins will have a longer stay in New Orleans than first expected.

New Orleans is bringing back guard DeAndre Liggins on a two-year deal, league sources tell ESPN. His time on a 10-day contract with Pels recently ended. Liggins has shown himself to be a strong perimeter defender.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 4, 2018

Liggins, 29, had signed a ten-day contract with New Orleans after the Pelicans gained an injury exception to their roster. According to spotrac.com, Liggins will make $582,120 the rest of the season, and that his second year for just under $1.