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Saddiq Bey

New Orleans Pelicans · #41 · Rotation
SF6'8"215 lbage 276 yrs expVillanovaLargo, MD
6th best of 13 on NOPworth +0.5 wins to the rotation
OFF82DEF66
High-level shooter & playmaker
NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
Western · Southwest · proj. 34-48 (▼1.7)
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A sturdy combo forward who bounced back with a strong scoring year — 17.7 points on 37% from three and an excellent 57.9% true shooting, with elite ball security (99th percentile) for a player at his usage. He won't anchor a defense (23rd-percentile perimeter D, no rim protection), but as a movement shooter and secondary creator on a bargain contract he's a genuine rotation asset.

17.7
PPG
5.6
RPG
2.5
APG
0.9
SPG
0.1
BPG
GP 72MPG 31.2FG% 45.13P% 36.7FT% 84.1TS% 57.9USG% 21.6PER 17.1BPM +0.5VORP 1.4EPM -0.4
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Shooting86
Playmaking86
Scoring81
Rebounding73
Perimeter defense62
Inside finishing61
Rim protection51

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2020-21 to 2025-26 · 5 seasons
14.8
PPG
5.3
RPG
2.0
APG
364
GAMES
Points 5,374Win Shares 20.0Starts 287Best season 2025-26 · 17.7 ppg
Games played, last three seasons55%
1 season without an NBA game since his debut

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 24 → 26
▲Rising

Saddiq, at 26, is on a clear upward trajectory — 1.4 → 3.8 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Developing faster than a typical player his age.
2026-27 forecast▼ 2.5 wins (-1.3)
Starts from his player rating, which is more cautious than last season's total. Range 1.7–3.3 wins.
Production (BPM)-1.8 → +0.5+2.326-27 forecast -0.3
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: -1.8 · 63 games2025-26: +0.5 · 72 games2026-27: -0.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.4 → 3.8+2.426-27 forecast 2.5
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 1.4 · 63 games2025-26: 3.8 · 72 games2026-27: 2.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $5.5M vs $6.4M salary−$1.0M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$6.4M salary2023-24: $3.4M · 63 games2025-26: $9.4M · 72 games2026-27: $5.5M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $6,440,678 cap hit · through '27. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$6,440,678Guaranteed
3% of the club’s payroll · 8th of 14 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$5,454,000 /yr
Surplus−$986,678
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.