New Orleans Pelicans assistant coach Jarron Collins talks with the team's two Rookies; E.J. Liddell and Dyson Daniels, while second year Guard Trey Murphy III listens to instruction at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center in Metairie, La., Saturday, July 2, 2022. (Hunter Dawkins/The Gazebo Gazette via AP)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Pelicans second-round draft choice E.J. Liddell has been diagnosed with torn knee ligaments that will keep him out indefinitely, the club said Tuesday.