Pelicans Exercise Options on Three First-Rounders
The New Orleans Pelicans exercised contract options for center Yves Missi and 2025 first-round picks Jeremiah Fears and Derik Queen, keeping the young players under team control as they develop. Fears and Queen earned All-Rookie second-team honors, while Missi is expected to start at center.
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About Derik Queen
Derik Emanuel Queen is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2024 class. He was drafted 13th overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2025 NBA draft, but was traded to the Pelicans on draft night.
Everything about Derik Queen →- Occupation
- basketball player
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 27, 2004