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He was set to compete for minutes with the Pelicans’ other young wings in the coming season, but now he’s likely going to miss the entirety of the 2019-20 campaign:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New Orleans is eligible to apply for a $3.625M Disabled Player Exception (DPE) on Darius Miller. The exception is granted if Miller is deemed by the NBA out until June 15. The forward recently underwent surgery on a ruptured right Achilles tendon. The… <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/sB3Hl14ltf">https://t.co/sB3Hl14ltf</a></p><p>— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42/status/1167099173990207488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>New Orleans finished the 2018-19 season with a disappointing 33-49 overall record, which left the team as the 13th-ranked team in the Western Conference. Hopefully, New Orleans will find its way back into playoff contention after drafting <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/Zion-Williamson/adc009ff">Zion Williamson</a> and acquiring a big haul for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/Anthony-Davis/b77109e3">Anthony Davis</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
4.1	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.7

2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
4.1	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.7

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