Zion Williamson officially announced his endorsement deal with Gatorade in an Instagram post. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Williamson becomes the fourth active NBA player on Gatorade's roster, joining Paul George, Jayson Tatum and Karl-Anthony Towns.

“He is such a unique talent and his game is so multidimensional that it is hard to define him right now. We see that in our brand,” said Gatorade’s global head of sports marketing Jeff Kearney.

Gatorade currently owns 77% of the sports drink marketshare, according to Euromonitor International.

The New Orleans Pelicans have hired AJ Diggs and Teresa Weatherspoon as two-way player development coaches. Diggs and Weatherspoon will work closely with the team’s two-way players and will accompany them to and from their transfers to the Pelicans’ G League affiliate, the Erie BayHawks.

“I am thrilled to welcome and AJ and Teresa to our coaching staff here in New Orleans,” said Pelicans Head Coach Alvin Gentry. “As we continue to put an increased emphasis on player development, AJ and Teresa will play an integral role with our younger players and will be a huge asset to our players and staff both here in New Orleans and Erie.”

Prior to landing in New Orleans, Diggs had coaching stints in the NBA G League with the Maine Red Claws, Austin Spurs and most recently, Raptors 905, where he was a member of Jerry Stackhouse’s staff that captured the NBA G League Championship in 2017.

A native of Long Beach, Calif., Diggs was a four-year letter-winner at the University of California-Berkeley, appearing in 116 career games for the Golden Bears. After a brief playing stint in the NBA G League, Diggs returned to school, earning his MBA from Loyola Marymount. Upon graduation, Diggs worked as a coach and in the recreation field in California, helping found Elite Skills Academy and serving as the director of basketball operations for Athlete’s Performance.

Most recently, Weatherspoon served as the Director of Player and Franchise Development with the WNBA’s New York Liberty for the previous four seasons. Prior to her time in the Liberty front office, Weatherspoon was the head coach at her alma mater, Louisiana Tech University, from 2009-14, leading the Lady Techsters to a 99-71 (.582) record over six seasons, making consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament in 2010 and 2011, and winning the WAC tournament in 2010. She initially joined the women’s basketball program at Louisiana Tech in the 2008-09 season, serving as associate head coach after serving as the head coach of the Westchester (NY) Phantoms of the American Basketball Association during the 2007-08 season.

The NBA has awarded the New Orleans Pelicans a $3.625 million disabled player exception for the projected season-ending injury to Darius Miller.

Miller suffered a torn Achilles this offseason and underwent surgery in August.

Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball have fully participated in voluntary offseason workouts with the New Orleans Pelicans, league sources told Andrew Lopez of ESPN.

Both players are coming back from injuries that shut down their season prematurely. 

Ingram missed the last 5 weeks of the season with a blood clot in his shoulder.

Ball missed the final 35 games of the season with a sprained ankle. 

The New Orleans Pelicans have applied for a $3.625 million disabled player exception for their season-ending loss of Darius Miller.

Miller suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in August.

Miller signed a two-year, $14.2 million deal with the Pelicans in 2018.

The New Orleans Pelicans made several promotions to their coaching staff under Alvin Gentry.

The team hired Jeff Bzdelik to coach their defense, while promoting Chris Finch as associate coach of offense.

The Pelicans also promoted Joe Boylan and Michael Ruffin to assistant coach/player development positions, and also hired Jamelle McMillan as an assistant coach,