The Pelicans made it a priority to outbid other teams for DeAndre Jordan, per @TheSteinLine & @JakeLFischer “Sources with knowledge of New Orleans’ thinking say that the Pelicans re-signed DeAndre Jordan to a two-year deal rather than a mere one-year minimum contract because they were convinced that Jordan had one-year interest elsewhere that he was prepared to accept and did not want to lose the 37-year-old's locker room influence.” (Via marcstein.substack.com/p/late-night-n…)