Following yesterday news of Tony Allen joining the New Orleans Pelicans, many assume Dante Cunningham will be Dell Demps next order of business, and it’s hard to fault the logic.
With the Allen signing, the Pelicans roster stands 14 strong — 13 guaranteed contracts and Jordan Crawford’s partially guaranteed deal — to go along with the two-way contracts of Jalen Jones and Charles Cooke. New Orleans has $3,270,587 of room to spend via several exceptions before stepping into the luxury tax, but more importantly, the team can only spend another $3,856,125 before being handicapped — not being allowed to fork over another penny to anyone.