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Yves Missi

New Orleans Pelicans · #21 · Reserve
C6'11"235 lbage 222 yrs expBaylorYaounde, Cameroon
11th best of 13 on NOP
OFF67DEF75
Elite rim protector & rebounder
NOP
New Orleans Pelicans
Western · Southwest · proj. 34-48 (▼1.7)
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A rim-running, shot-swatting young center who already protects the paint at an elite level — 99th-percentile rim protection, 1.5 blocks a night, and 91st-percentile rebounding in under 20 minutes. He offers zero spacing (didn't make a three, 56% from the line) and finishes everything around the rim (54% from the floor), but on a minimum-type number that's a valuable defensive anchor.

5.7
PPG
5.8
RPG
1.3
APG
0.3
SPG
1.5
BPG
GP 66MPG 19.7FG% 54.43P% 0FT% 55.9TS% 55.6USG% 12.6PER 15BPM -1.7VORP 0.1
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rim protection97
Rebounding76
Playmaking74
Inside finishing63
Shooting60
Scoring57
Perimeter defense57

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

2024-25 to 2025-26 · 2 seasons
7.5
PPG
7.1
RPG
1.3
APG
139
GAMES
Points 1,042Win Shares 6.3Starts 81Best season 2024-25 · 9.1 ppg

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

2024-25 → 2025-26 · age 20 → 21
▲Rising

Yves, at 21, is on a clear upward trajectory — 0.2 → 1.4 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Developing faster than a typical player his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 2.6 wins (+1.2)
Age should add a little at 22. Range 1.8–3.4 wins.
Production (BPM)-3.0 → -1.7+1.326-27 forecast -1.7
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2024-25: -3.0 · 73 games2025-26: -1.7 · 66 games2026-27: -1.7 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Value to team (wins)0.2 → 1.4+1.126-27 forecast 2.6
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2024-25: 0.2 · 73 games2025-26: 1.4 · 66 games2026-27: 2.6 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $5.6M vs $3.5M salary+$2.1M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$3.5M salary2024-25: $1.8M · 73 games2025-26: $3.4M · 66 games2026-27: $5.6M (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Current deal: $3,512,760 cap hit · through '28. 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 (2024-25 → 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
$3,512,760Team option
2% of the club’s payroll · 10th of 14 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$5,568,233 /yr
Surplus+$2,055,473
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.