The 2025 NBA Summer League hasn't necessarily gone as planned for the New Orleans Pelicans. The Pelicans suffered their fourth loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday night, 95-81. However, the summer league isn't truly about wins and losses; it's more about evaluating talent.
The Pelicans took an interesting approach entering summer league, already using all three of their available two-way contract spots. This is very rare, as New Orleans didn't really have any open roster spots to hand out if someone performed well in Vegas.
That brings me to Hunter Dickinson, who is the prime example of why you wait to give two-way contracts out until after the summer league.