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Bennedict Mathurin is headed to New Orleans, with sources telling ESPN he's agreed to a two-year, sixteen million dollar deal with the Pelicans, including a player option. It's a low-risk, high-upside move for a Pels squad that needs scoring punch off the bench and has the cap room to gamble on a bounce-back.
Shifting to the transfer window, Liverpool are pivoting hard after Brighton shut the door on two bids for Yankuba Minteh. The Reds are now turning their attention to Crystal Palace winger Ismaila Sarr, a player with pace to burn and the kind of wide threat that fits what Arne Slot wants to build at Anfield. The clock is ticking.
And in Miami, Klay Thompson is already sounding like a man who found what he was looking for. Just days removed from his Dallas departure, the four-time champion touched down in South Florida and told reporters his joints just feel good. Simple words, but after years of injury battles, that sentence carries real weight heading into a fresh chapter with the Heat.
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