What Pelicans' Jordan Hawkins must do to take next step in 2024-25

As the NBA class of 2024 begins taking part in private workouts ahead of the draft, the class of 2023 is already going into a contract year. Only the first two seasons of a player's first NBA contract are guaranteed. Now, Jordan Hawkins will have his third-year option picked up, there is no doubt. It's a nature of the business 2022 selection Dyson Daniels is learning now. Hawkins was likewise humbled in a hit-and-miss rookie year.