Pelicans agree to extension with fan favorite Herb Jones. Click to find out contract details
EXACTLY THE STORY WE NEED LEADING INTO WHETHER GEAUX SCIENCE. GINA, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT ONE. WE LOOK OUTSIDE, WE’VE GOT SOME DARK CLOUDS STILL. WE’LL BEGIN WITH OUR OWN WDSU. FIRST WARNING WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR. STILL SOME STORMS OUT. THE HEAVIEST IS REALLY ALONG THE COAST. WE’VE GOT SOME HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. LOWER PLAQUEMINES, GRAND ISLE. YOU’VE GOT THE STRONGEST STORMS AT THIS VERY MOMENT. LET OFF WITH SHOWING YOU WHERE YOU’VE GOT THE THUNDERSTORMS RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF YOU. BUT AS WE GO JUST A LITTLE FARTHER OUT HERE AND WE LOOK TO LOWER PLAQUEMINES FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS NEAR PORT SULFUR. THIS IS WHERE WE’VE HAD SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING THROUGH HERE, TOO. THERE’S NESTOR, THERE’S HOME PLACE, AND WE’VE GOT THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WITH MAYBE JUST SOME SHOWERS MOVING IN WEST BANK HERE. GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA THAT IS STEADY RAIN FROM LAFITTE. JEAN LAFITTE HERE. AND WE GET THE MARRERO AREA AND MAYBE PARTS OF HARVEY, AND WE GO UP TO THE NORTH SHORE AND WE’VE GOT WASHINGTON PARISH, AND THIS IS REALLY JUST STEADY AND LIGHT RAIN FROM BOGALUSA. VARNADO, ANGIE, TO PINE INTO SHERIDAN. THIS IS MOVING INTO PARTS OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY TO OVER THE PEARL RIVER. WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH HERE? WELL, IT LOOKS TO BE. WE’VE GOT ANOTHER STORMY DAY TO END THIS WEEK. FEWER STORMS TO ARRIVE ON SATURDAY, AND THAT MEANS TEMPERATURES WILL BE GOING UP. AND I’M STILL GOING TO HAVE A FOCUSED LOOK ON THIS LONG RANGE FORECAST SHOWING YOU SOME NEW DATA THAT CAME IN. SO THE UMBRELLA CAST OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, YOU’RE REALLY GOING TO NEED IT AGAIN TOMORROW. STILL GOING TO NEED TO KEEP IT IN HAND AS WE GET THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO NEXT WEEK. EVEN THE DAYS WHERE I SEE THE RAIN CHANCES ARE GOING DOWN. WE STILL HAVE AT LEAST A CHANCE OF WIDELY SCATTERED TO ISOLATED STORMS. REAL TIME TEMPERATURES 70 TO 80. THAT’S SOMETHING WE WILL TAKE EVERY SINGLE TIME IN THE DEPTHS OF SUMMER HERE IN NEW ORLEANS, AS IT COULD BE A LOT WORSE THAN THAT. AND YOU KNOW IT. A LOOK AT WHAT WE GOT. NOTHING DRIVING OUR WEATHER REALLY IN PLACE. IT’S JUST THE TYPICAL HEAT AND HUMIDITY DRIVING OUR DAYTIME STORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY, BUT ALSO ADDING IN MORE HUMIDITY AS WE’VE JUST PRETTY MUCH HAD STORM ACTIVITY EVERY DAY. I SHOWED YESTERDAY RUNNING ABOUT SIX INCHES ABOVE TYPICAL RAIN TOTALS UP TO THIS POINT OF THE YEAR. SO WE LOOK AT RADAR RIGHT NOW HOW IT LINES UP WITH THE SHORT TERM FORECAST. THAT DOES REALLY WELL. TEMPERATURES STARTING OFF IN THE NORTH SHORE, MAYBE DOWN TO 71. BOGALUSA. WE DID THAT IN SLIDELL THIS MORNING. CLOSER TO 80 HERE IN TOWN. GRAND ISLE 82 I GOT HOME I GOT YOU AT 77 TOMORROW MORNING. LET’S GIVE IT A 70% CHANCE OF SCATTERED STORMS TOMORROW. LOOK AT THE HEFTY STORMS SHOWN AT 3:00. NEW ORLEANS. IT’S POSSIBLE, BUT THEN MORE STORM ACTIVITY MEANS WHY WE HAD THE UMBRELLA CAST TO WHERE IT IS. TEMPERATURE RIGHT AROUND 90. HELD DOWN TOMORROW. MAYBE ONLY 89. IN SOME CASES, WITH THOSE STORMS TO BE EXPECTED. HERE’S SATURDAY’S OUTLOOK. I KNOW THIS STILL LOOKS TO BE A GOOD AMOUNT OF STORMS, SO I STILL HAVE ABOUT A 40% CHANCE, BUT I HAVE IT MORE ISOLATED IN COVERAGE. AND THIS IS WHY I THINK WE COULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO GO UP MAYBE AS HIGH AS 90 FOR THE HEAT INDEX, COULD BE AS HIGH AS MAYBE 107. SO WE’LL BE COMING CLOSE TO HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA, BUT IT’S LIKELY A LITTLE MINI HEAT DOME UP ABOVE US STARTS TO BUILD IN MORE MONDAY TUESDAY. THOSE ARE THE DAYS WITH THE FEWEST STORMS, BUT THEN THE RIGHT BACK TO WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. LET’S TALK TROPICS. STILL, AS WE LOOK AT WHAT WE’VE GOT IN THE KIND OF THE TROPICAL IMPACT MAP, NOTHING REALLY HERE, JUST A FEW TROPICAL WAVES. STILL, WIND SHEAR IS PLAYING A PART, NOT LETTING ANYTHING DEVELOP. STILL NOTHING IN THE ATLANTIC, CARIBBEAN, OR EVEN IN THE GULF. OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. SO LET’S LOOK AT THAT LONG RANGE FORECAST ONCE AGAIN. GET BACK TO THE GULF. AND I SHOWED THIS ON TUESDAY. THAT’S WHERE THE UPDATE COMES THROUGH. THE WEEK TWO. WEEK THREE FORECAST 20% CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT TODAY. LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DATA COMING TOGETHER SHOWS THERE’S POTENTIAL THAT MAYBE WE’RE DEVELOPING A SYSTEM NOT TOO FAR AROUND NEW ORLEANS AND LOUISIANA AND THEN HOVERING AROUND SOUTH, NOT LOOKING LIKE A REALLY STRONG STORM SYSTEM AT THIS POINT. WE’RE A LONG WAYS AWAY, BUT I’M LOOKING AT FROM FRIDAY THE FOLLOWING WEEK TO GO INTO THE NEXT MONDAY. THAT’S JULY 18TH TO AROUND THE 22ND OR THE DAYS OF THE FOCUS. IF WE GET SOMETHING TO BE NAMED DEXTER. WDSU FIRST WARNING WEATHER, SEVEN DAY STORMS TOMORROW KEEP US AROUND 91. FEWER STORMS MEANS WE COULD BE UP TO 94 ON SATURDAY. STORMS THEN WIDELY SCATTERED IN NATURE BACK ON SUNDAY AND STILL
Pelicans agree to extension with fan favorite Herb Jones. Click to find out contract details
Updated: 7:09 PM CDT Jul 10, 2025
The New Orleans Pelicans and star forward Herb Jones have agreed on a contract extension.The deal is for 3-year additional years and $68 million.Shams Charania with ESPN broke the news on social media.In 2023 Jones signed a 4-year extension worth $54million with the team.So all told, the Pels and Jones will be together for the next five years and over that span he’ll be paid a fully guaranteed $97 million. One of the most popular players in recent team history, in 2024 Jones was named to the NBA All Defensive Team. He became the first Pelican represented on the team since 2018 when Jrue Holiday and Anthony Davis were named.He’s was only the fourth Pelican to receive the honor. Herb Jones joined the New Orleans Pelicans in 2021 via the NBA Draft as a 2nd round pick (No. 35 overall) out of the University of Alabama.
NEW ORLEANS —
The New Orleans Pelicans and star forward Herb Jones have agreed on a contract extension.
The deal is for 3-year additional years and $68 million.
Shams Charania with ESPN broke the news on social media.
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New Orleans Pelicans forward Herb Jones has agreed to a three-year, $68 million contract extension with the franchise, Mark Bartelstein and Kieran Piller of @PrioritySports told ESPN. Jones now has a total five years and $97M on his Pelicans deal – with player option in 2029-30. pic.twitter.com/qXTvYT7Rym
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 10, 2025
In 2023 Jones signed a 4-year extension worth $54million with the team.
So all told, the Pels and Jones will be together for the next five years and over that span he’ll be paid a fully guaranteed $97 million.
One of the most popular players in recent team history, in 2024 Jones was named to the NBA All Defensive Team. He became the first Pelican represented on the team since 2018 when Jrue Holiday and Anthony Davis were named.
He’s was only the fourth Pelican to receive the honor.
Herb Jones joined the New Orleans Pelicans in 2021 via the NBA Draft as a 2nd round pick (No. 35 overall) out of the University of Alabama.