New Orleans signs PG Mustafa Shakur

According to ESPN, the New Orleans Hornets have signed PG Mustafa Shakur. A sincere congratulations to Mustafa. The once highly touted draft prospect went undrafted in 2007 after finishing his collegiate career at Arizona. Since then he played in Poland for two seasons where he won the league championship and the NBDL. Last year he was signed by the Thunder to a 10 day contract, but never appeared in a game. He has obviously worked very hard to earn himself a spot on a roster.

He should see 12-15 minutes a game backing up Chris Paul. After New Orleans traded away PG Darren Collison earlier this summer, they were left without a backup for Paul. This is a tremendous opportunity for Shakur to receive consistent playing time and learn from arguably the best PG in the league. With only 12 men on their roster, I would expect New Orleans to sign another veteran PG of the Dan Dickau or Travis Diener variety as insurance.