Pelicans sign first-round pick Kira Lewis Jr. to rookie contract

The Pelicans officially signed first-round pick Kira Lewis Jr. to his rookie contract, the team announced in a press release.

As a sophomore at Alabama in 2019-20, Lewis averaged a team-high 18.5 PPG to go along with 5.2 APG, 4.8 RPG and 1.8 SPG in 31 games (37.6 MPG). After leaving the Crimson Tide to enter the draft pool, Lewis became a lottery pick, going 13th overall to New Orleans.

Lewis will join a solid group of Pelicans point guards that also includes Eric Bledsoe and Lonzo Ball. As the No. 13 pick, he’ll be in line for a four-year contract worth over $17M, including a first-year salary of $3.64M.

Nineteen of the 30 players drafted in the first round on Nov. 18 have now signed their rookie contracts, as our tracker shows.