Salmons (personal) will not play Tuesday, the Times-Picayune's Nakia Hogan reports. He also missed Monday's game, but with the Pelicans off until Saturday following Tuesday's tilt, it would seem possible that Salmons can rejoin the team. Consider him questionable for this weekend's action.

Salmons will miss Monday's game against the Grizzlies due to personal reasons, Nakia Hogan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Salmons will miss Monday's game to tend to a personal matter and should be considered questionable to play Tuesday against the Hornets. Salmons played just five minutes off the bench in Saturday's loss to the Mavericks.

Salmons appears to be the frontrunner for the backup three spot after coach Monty Williams said, "in a perfect world, I want to have Tyreke handling the ball more and Austin or Jimmer in a scoring role, along with John (Salmons) are whoever else playing that backup three spot," the Times-Picayune reports. Salmons had previously been competing for the starting small forward job, but has since lost out to Tryeke Evans. All of Salmons, Luke Babbitt and Darius Miller have struggled this preseason, but it seems like the veteran Salmons will have the first crack at plying his wares once the games start counting. His role should be a minor one unless injury strikes in New Orleans.

Salmons didn't make it off the bench Thursday night, sitting out as the Pelicans defeated the Thunder. Salmons had been in the running for the starting small forward job, but has seemingly squandered the opportunity, shooting just 2-of-9 from the field in four preseason games. Luke Babbitt started at small forward in this one, with Darius Miller logging 22 minutes off the bench, but the starting job will likely go to Tyreke Evans now that he is recovered from injury.

Salmons is competing for the starting small forward job in training camp, John Reid of the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Coach Monty Williams said Thursday that he is yet to decide who will start on the wing this season and named Salmons, Darius Miller and Luke Babbitt as potential options. The veteran Salmons is easily the most experienced of the three, but he's nearing the end of his career and was ineffective for both Sacramento and Toronto last season. Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the report, though, is that it appears Tyreke Evans will return to coming off the bench.

John Salmons will sign with the Pelicans. It's fitting that the Pelicans can swoop up Salmons, but he's not expected to see major minutes. The Raptors had a roster bonus on Salmons, so it was more a matter out money that they cut him .

The Atlanta Hawks will officially waive John Salmons on Thursday. The Hawks had been waiting for the free agency period to officially start before waiving the newly-acquired Salmons. Now that the free agency period has officially begun, the Hawks will quickly cut ties with Salmons and buy out his $1 million contract.

The Hawks won't be releasing John Salmons on Monday before the free agent period starts. The plan is to extend the deadline between the two sides to July 10, and this may be among the most uneventful news of the night.

John Salmons was traded to the Hawks on Sunday, though Atlanta is expected to quickly buy out his contract for $1 million. The deal is all about saving salary-cap space for the Hawks, and Salmons will soon enter the pool of unrestricted free agents. The 34-year-old swingman made 38.7 percent of his 3-pointers last season but shot just 36.3 percent overall, and fantasy owners should shun him in all but the deepest formats.

John Salmons could be traded to the Grizzlies in a deal for Tayshaun Prince. The Raptors would also get the 22nd pick in the deal, which would be a big win for the Raptors despite taking on Prince's $7.7 million next year. Salmons has a roster bonus coming on July 1, so he'll be waived by the Raptors if they don't ship him out of town. He wouldn't have fantasy value with the Grizzlies at full strength.