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NEW ORLEANS -- Lance Stephenson has made the New Orleans Pelicans 15-man roster for the 2016-17 NBA season.The Pelicans waived small forward Alonzo Gee on Monday, ahead of the NBAs 5 p.m. ET deadline to trim rosters to their regular-season limit, clearing the way for Stephenson.It was a tough decision, Pelicans general manager Dell Demps said. What it came down to was team need. We just felt with Lances ability to play-make, especially with us without Tyreke [Evans] and Jrue [Holiday] to start the season, we felt like we had more of a need for a playmaker, which is why we elected to keep Lance.Gee, who signed a guaranteed one-year deal with New Orleans this summer after opting out of the final year of his contract ahead of free agency, is owed approximately $1.4 million.Asked if the money owed to Gee affected the teams thinking, Demps said, We were doing what was best for the team. Obviously that comes into play, but this was a team decision, a basketball decision.Stephenson split last season between the Clippers and Grizzlies after a subpar 2014-15 season in Charlotte led the Hornets to deal him to Los Angeles in the summer of 2015.?Before training camp, he signed a one-year contract with the Pelicans for a veterans minimum $1.4 million with $100,000 guaranteed, league sources told ESPNs Marc Stein.I love the game, so I just want to play ball, Stephenson said. For me to earn the spot, [I had] to go hard. I dont have to hide nothin. I go hard. I try to prove that every practice, and I try proving it in the games. I just had to earn a spot. And it shows how confident I am in myself. I just try to come in every day and work hard.The 26-year-old enjoyed a breakout season in Indiana in 2013-14, averaging 13.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game ?in helping the 56-win Pacers advance to the Eastern Conference finals. But he left the Pacers in the summer of 2014 to sign a three-year, $27 million deal with Charlotte, only to last one season with the Hornets after it quickly became clear that he wasnt a fit there.Stephenson said Monday that he is motivated to show that he has matured and to clear up misconceptions some may have of him from his six-year tenure in the NBA.Its like being a rookie again, he said. Everybody got this image on me thats a straight lie. So I got to show the teams in person.Coming in my rookie year, you think youre the guy, because you grew up and you were that guy since you were young. Coming into the NBA, everybody is similar to you. Of course I had a big head when I came into the NBA. Now that Im older and I learned the game a little bit more, I know how you control that and know how to show that Im working hard more than coming in and thinking Im that guy.Stephenson averaged 6.8 points, 3.7 assists and 3.3 rebounds in 23.8 minutes per game in the preseason for New Orleans.I think that he has the ability to play multiple positions, coach Alvin Gentry said. Hes a good ball handler. Hes a good facilitator. If you have those three skills, you can step in and help a bunch of teams.Marquise Brown Womens Jersey . The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period. Justice Hill Ravens Jersey . -- Nate Robinson has played for seven teams, so beating one of them is no longer a rare occurrence. http://www.ravensrookiestore.com/Ravens-Trace-Mcsorley-Jersey/ . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. 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He was called for a personal-foul penalty, and Florida coach Jim McElwain had to be restrained on the field by officials and players as he yelled toward UNTs sideline for what he believed to be a dirty hit.Said McElwain after the game:?I obviously took that low hit on Luke awful personal. ... I see something like that, it aint right.Since then, Wheeler, a junior who leads the Mean Green with two sacks, has been barraged by angry Gators fans on social media.I got slammed pretty hard on Twitter, Wheeler told the Record-Chronicle. I had never experienced something like that. You hear about that happening, but it was new for me. I didnt like it too much, some of the things that were said.People said that Imm a dirty player.ddddddddddddThat was the worst part. I take that seriously. I just try to come out and compete. It was unfortunate but wasnt intentional. People are trying to make it sound like it was. ... People are going to express their feelings. There is nothing I can do about it. Im going to keep playing and giving great effort. That is all I can control.UNT coach?Seth Littrell defended Wheeler, who also knocked SMU quarterback Matt Davis out for the season in the Mean Greens opener.These people know nothing about the kid, Littrell told the Record-Chronicle of fans attacking Wheeler. That is what is frustrating. He takes it personally. He is an unbelievable person. If anyone knew him who was saying those things, they wouldnt be saying them.He didnt mean to do it. He was playing hard and trying to make a play.Littrell also was not happy with McElwains reaction after the play.No one is going to come over and yell at me or my sideline and say that we dont have integrity or play the game the right way, Littrell told the paper. Those are not the facts. I am not going to allow that to happen. ' ' '