Alexis Ajinca has been dealing with pain in his Achilles tendon and will not play in Eurobasket with the French national team, Eurohoops.net reports.

Ajinca has been dealing with pain in his Achilles tendon and will not play in Eurobasket with the French national team, Eurohoops.net reports.

Analysis:

Ajinca apparently wants to play, but after the Pelicans re-signed him to a four-year, $20 million deal this offseason, they told him he can't play with the injury. With NBA training camp another month away, Ajinca will likely be healthy by the time camp starts up, but even when he is healthy this season, Ajinca will likely be the second or third player in the center rotation for the Pelicans, limiting his value when Anthony Davis, Omer Asik, and Ryan Anderson are healthy.