Two key pieces of the New Orleans Pelicans have worked their way back to the court.

Trey Murphy and Herb Jones, who both suffered season-ending shoulder injuries, will be suited up when the Pelicans play the Memphis Grizzlies in the season opener on Oct. 22.

“These guys have been fully cleared to go,” Joe Dumars, the Pelicans’ executive vice president of basketball operation , said Monday. “It’s no holds barred for those guys. They are ready to go.”

Murphy and Jones have spent the past few weeks scrimmaging at the team’s practice facility.

“I’ve seen those guys get knocked down, crash to the floor, everything,” Dumars said. “So those guys have been back on the court full speed for several weeks now.”

Jones, selected to the NBA’s first-team All-Defense team in the 2023-’24 season, pl

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