Where should Derik Queen be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 77 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 140 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 86.0 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Derik Queen play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 72 games, after 81 last season.

Derik Queen

New Orleans Pelicans · PF/C · Age 21 · 6′9″

Rankings Zach Edey Pascal Siakam

Rank#77PF #40 · of 233

Value-0.1699-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP86.0ESPN 101.9

$ Max value$11Yahoo avg $2.8

Games7225 min a game

Rostered62.4%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 77 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 140 in 2025-26. His weakest category is threes at 0.3 a game. Yahoo drafters take him at 86.0 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Steady: 11.7 in 2025-26, his one NBA season so far.

Last season11.7

1-season average11.7

Trend a season–

2026-27 proj.12.9

The projection (12.9) is up on last season (11.7).

PTS rank among rotation players

25-26#157of 27226-27*#117of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	77	-0.169	72	25	12.9	0.3	7.7	3.2	1.1	1.1	48.6%	4.9/10.1	80.3%	2.8/3.5	2.4
2025-26	140	-0.180	81	25	11.7	0.3	7.1	3.7	1.0	0.9	47.3%	4.4/9.2	79.5%	2.7/3.4	2.3

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

12.9#117 of 213-0.22

3PM

0.3#193 of 213-0.64

REB

7.7#36 of 2130.23

AST

3.2#70 of 213-0.04

STL

1.1#44 of 2130.29

BLK

1.1#41 of 2130.31

FG%

48.6%4.9/10.1#111 of 213-0.19

FT%

80.3%2.8/3.5#78 of 2130.00

TO

2.4#182 of 213-0.43

Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.

Team role · New Orleans Pelicans

No. 3 at PF for the New Orleans Pelicans, behind Zion Williamson and Karlo Matkovic. 65 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Jose Alvarado, Micah Peavy, and Kevon Looney; Bennedict Mathurin is the arrival projected for the most minutes (25).

PF

C

1Yves Missi
2Derik Queen
3Karlo Matkovic
4DeAndre Jordan
5Malik DiaNew

Left since 2025-26

Jose AlvaradoSigned by NY Jul 622 min → NY
Micah PeavyTraded Sep 815 min → MEM
Kevon Looney15 min → LAL
Jordan HawkinsTraded Sep 814 min → CHI
Minutes a night65

Arrived

Julian ReeseSigned Sep 2431 min from WSH
Bennedict MathurinSigned Sep 1030 min from LAC
Trendon WatfordSigned Aug 1716 min from PHI
AJ JohnsonAcquired Sep 810 min from DAL
Jaron Pierre Jr.new
Malik DiaSigned Aug 18new

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. New Orleans Pelicans depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	NO	81	25.0	11.7	0.3	7.1	3.7	1.0	0.9	47.8%	4.4/9.2	79.4%	2.7/3.4	2.3

Derik Queen in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2026-27 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.