It’s the final weekend before the NBA regular season begins, which means you’re coming here for your fantasy basketball drafts.
Should you draft Saddiq Bey this season? Here’s the latest outlook, projections, and rankings for the New Orleans Pelicans Power Forward.
Should You Draft Saddiq Bey in Fantasy Basketball?
It feels like forever ago, but Saddiq Bey was the 19th overall pick in 2020 and we’ve seen him show some potential to get buckets when given the opportunity.
The problem? He’s averaged 30.2 minutes across his four seasons and that projects as more of a ceiling than an expectation in New Orleans with Herb Jones ahead of him and Trey Murphy III having the potential to soak up some front court minutes when this team goes small.
He’s coming off of a torn ACL and needs to prove that he is additive to the Pelicans before we can even consider going this direction. We last saw him in the 2024 season and he struggled to do something that will be required of him to see the floor this season.
In that season, he made 51 starts for the Hawks and shot just 29.9% on corner 3’s. If he can get back to his early career success rate in those spots, he gives himself a chance to see court time, but this is a team full of wing sized shooters, most of who project more favorably for 2025-26.
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What Are Bey’s Fantasy Basketball Projections This Season?
Based on our proprietary metrics here at PFSN, we project Bey to score 1,338.5 fantasy points this season, with him averaging 10.1 points per game.
This includes 3.7 field goals per game, 1.3 three-pointers per game, 1.5 free throws per game, 4.0 rebounds per game, 0.9 assists per game, 0.5 steals per game, and 0.1 blocks per game.
Where Does Saddiq Bey Rank in the Upcoming Fantasy Basketball Season?
Bey is ranked 183rd overall and 29th at his position. The five players ranked ahead of him overall include Alex Caruso, Mason Plumlee, Marcus Smart, Jordan Hawkins, and Jonas Valančiūnas.
The five players ranked behind him overall include Miles McBride, Christian Braun, Cameron Johnson, Chris Boucher, and Royce O’Neale.
The five players ranked ahead of him at his position include Bobby Portis, Jabari Smith Jr., Lauri Markkanen, Moussa Diabaté, and Rui Hachimura.
The five players ranked behind him at his position include Johnson, Boucher, O’Neale, Isaiah Jackson, and Jeremy Sochan.
