Five days later, he made his NCAA tournament debut against Cal, scoring a team-high 15 points in a 64–61 loss.

Dejean-Jones played in 33 games during the 2014–15 season, starting 21, averaging 10.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.1 steals, while shooting a career-best 47.6 percent from the field.

[6] He made his professional debut on December 19 in a 117–107 win over the Santa Cruz Warriors, recording 15 points, three rebounds, four assists and one steal in 21 minutes of action.

[8] On January 28, in his fourth game for the team, Dejean-Jones started at shooting guard in place of the injured Tyreke Evans.

In 34 minutes of action, he recorded 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, helping the Pelicans defeat the Sacramento Kings 114–105.

[12][13] A week later, he was ruled out for the rest of the season after undergoing successful surgery to repair a right wrist fracture.

The resident, who had been sleeping, thought that the person breaking in intended to harm him, so he proceeded to retrieve and fire a handgun in self defense at Dejean-Jones through the bedroom door, striking him in the abdomen.

[15] Dejean-Jones was the first active NBA player to die since 2007 when Eddie Griffin was killed in a vehicular accident.