Pelicans' JJ Redick out at Least 2 Weeks; Hamstring Injury Diagnosed as Strain

The New Orleans Pelicans announced Sunday that JJ Redick will be out at least two weeks after suffering a left hamstring strain in the team's 116-104 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday.

Doctors will re-evaluate Redick in a couple of weeks to determine a timetable for his return to the court.

Redick is averaging 14.9 points and 2.6 rebounds while shooting 45.2 percent from three-point range.

His absence couldn't come at a worse time for the Pelicans, who are attempting to overtake the Memphis Grizzlies for the eighth seed in the Western Conference. The Grizzlies are 2.5 games up on ninth-place New Orleans.

As the team sat well off a postseason pace, the New York Times' Marc Stein reported in December the Pelicans' front office didn't want to trade Redick ahead of the Feb. 6 deadline.

Holding on to the 35-year-old proved wise, as New Orleans has gone 9-6 since Zion Williamson made his NBA debut on Jan. 22. FiveThirtyEight gives the Pels a 73 percent chance of cracking the top eight by season's end.

Those odds are bound to take a hit without Redick in the picture. His three-point shooting will be sorely missed, with Brandon Ingram the only consistent perimeter threat available to New Orleans.