On December 27, 2021, Beijing time, another team in the league signed a veteran due to insufficient personnel. According to Shams, sources revealed that the Pelicans will sign a 10-day contract with veteran Anthony Tolliver. Tolliver played in 11 regular-season games for Philadelphia last season, averaging 9 minutes per game and averaging 1.5 points, 0.9 rebounds, 0.2 assists, 0.3 steals and 0.2 blocks!
It can be said that Tolliver has been basically a role player throughout his career, and he is a very marginal role player. According to journalist Keith Smith, after joining the Pelicans, this is also the twelfth NBA team to join in Tolliver's career, and then Marc Stein added: Career playing for 12 different teams allowed Tolliver to tie the league record, before Chucky Brown, Jim Jackson, Tony Musenberg, Ismail Smith and Joe Smith have done it!
Born in 1985, Tolliver is now 36 years old, already a very old veteran player, in his career, the best season to play may be the 09-10 season, that is the second season of his career, averaging 11.7 points, 7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, originally thought he would become a rising star in the league, but did not expect that this is already the peak of his career!
In the 13 seasons since, he has not averaged double-digit points per game in the following 13 seasons, and the season closest to the previous double-doubles may be the 17-18 season, in which he appeared in 79 games with the Pistons, averaging 22.3 minutes per game, and was able to score 8.9 points and 3.1 rebounds. He has experienced the Spurs, Blazers, Warriors, Timberwolves, Eagles, Hornets (Bobcats), Suns, Pistons, Kings, Grizzlies, Philadelphia and Pelicans through his career, having joined the Kings twice, the Pistons twice, the Timberwolves twice, and the Trail Blazers twice!
Joining the Pelicans this season, he has hardly been able to help much, and in the previous few seasons, he averaged less than 5 points per game, and it is still difficult to expect anything from him in the Pelicans this season! But with 12 teams in his 13-season career, he is really an alternative legend in the NBA!