Where should Saddiq Bey be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 93 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 80 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 119.9 on average, 27 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

How many games will Saddiq Bey play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 68 games, after 72 last season.

Saddiq Bey

New Orleans Pelicans · SF/PF · Age 27 · 6′8″ · 7th season

Rankings De'Aaron Fox Alex Sarr

Rank#93SF #48 · of 233

Value-0.2789-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP119.9

$ Max value$7Yahoo avg $1.0

Games6830 min a game

Rostered17.1%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 93 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 80 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in turnovers among rotation players; the cost is blocks at 0.1 a game, which makes him a natural punt-BLK pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 119.9 on average, 27 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

Stats over time

Rising: 12.2 in 2020-21, 17.7 last season.

Last season17.7

5-season average14.7

Trend a season+0.9

2026-27 proj.16.5

Fairly steady: between 12.2 (2020-21) and 17.7 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 16.1 in 2020-21, 20.4 last season, on 27.3 → 31.2 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (16.5) sits between last season (17.7) and his 5-season average (14.7).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#121of 24725-26#62of 27226-27*#81of 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.	93	-0.278	68	30	16.5	2.1	5.5	2.4	0.9	0.1	44.7%	5.6/12.5	84.3%	3.2/3.8	0.9
2025-26	80	0.063	72	31	17.7	2.1	5.6	2.5	0.9	0.1	45.1%	6.1/13.4	84.1%	3.4/4.1	0.9
2023-24	159	-0.380	63	33	13.7	1.8	6.5	1.5	0.8	0.2	41.6%	4.6/11.1	83.7%	2.7/3.2	0.9
2022-23	-	-	77	28	13.8	2.0	4.7	1.5	0.9	0.2	42.2%	4.6/10.9	87.1%	2.7/3.1	0.9
2021-22	-	-	82	33	16.1	2.6	5.4	2.8	0.9	0.2	39.6%	5.5/13.9	83.9%	2.6/3.1	1.2
2020-21	-	-	70	27	12.2	2.5	4.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	40.4%	4.0/9.9	85.7%	1.8/2.1	0.9

Rank, Value and colours start with 2023-24, the first season on our board; earlier seasons show ESPN's box scores.

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

16.5#81 of 2130.05

3PM

2.1#65 of 2130.36

REB

5.5#79 of 213-0.23

AST

2.4#140 of 213-0.43

STL

0.9#122 of 213-0.10

BLK

0.1#213 of 213-0.89

FG%

44.7%5.6/12.5#185 of 213-0.49

FT%

84.3%3.2/3.8#35 of 2130.11

TO

0.9#24 of 2130.57

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

Team role · New Orleans Pelicans

No. 2 at SF for the New Orleans Pelicans, behind Herbert Jones. 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).

SF

1Herbert Jones
2Saddiq Bey
3Bennedict MathurinNew
4Jaron Pierre Jr.New
5Bryce McGowens

PF

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	72	31.2	17.7	2.1	5.6	2.5	0.9	0.1	45.5%	6.1/13.4	82.9%	3.4/4.1	0.9
2023-24	ATL	63	32.7	13.7	1.8	6.5	1.5	0.8	0.2	41.4%	4.6/11.1	84.4%	2.7/3.2	0.9
2022-23	DET/ATL	77	27.6	13.8	2.0	4.7	1.5	0.9	0.2	42.2%	4.6/10.9	87.1%	2.7/3.1	0.9
2021-22	DET	82	33.0	16.1	2.6	5.4	2.8	0.9	0.2	39.6%	5.5/13.9	83.9%	2.6/3.1	1.2
2020-21	DET	70	27.3	12.2	2.5	4.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	40.4%	4.0/9.9	85.7%	1.8/2.1	0.9

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Saddiq Bey 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.