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Yves Missi
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New Orleans Pelicans

Yves Missi

#21 · New Orleans Pelicans · 6-11 (211 cm) · 236 lb · Baylor

Out · Returns: 2026-11-14

Yves Missi plays for the New Orleans Pelicans. On the depth chart he's listed as starter at center. Yves Missi is out. He's expected back on 2026-11-14. In the 2026-27 season he has played 2 games, 2 as a starter, averaging 19.6 minutes per game. He plays most of his minutes at center (100 %). In the 2025-26 season he averaged 5.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. In the 2026-27 season he mostly guards Ivica Zubac, Lauri Markkanen, and Pascal Siakam, who score 21.0 points per 100 possessions with him on them. The player who guards him most is Ivica Zubac.

Next game

vs
DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets ·

Out: won't play.

Pelicans vs Nuggets → Pelicans schedule → Probable starters →

Injury update

13 Nov.: Missi (lesión de rodilla) no podrá jugar el partido del viernes contra los Grizzlies.

On the depth chart

  • Center Starter

Positions he can play: Center

See the full Pelicans depth chart →

On-court role

2026-27 season, based on the lineups he has played in.

Games
2
Min/game
19.6
Starts
2

Minutes by position

  • Center100 %

Stats

Per-game averages and percentages for the whole regular season, with all his teams (stats.nba.com).

Season GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% TS% USG%
2026-27 2 19.6 9.5 7.5 2.5 1.0 2.0 88.9 0.0 75.0 88.3 12.2
2025-26 66 19.7 5.7 5.8 1.3 0.3 1.5 54.4 0.0 55.9 55.6 12.2

Game log

His latest games of the 2026-27 season.

Best games of the season: 13 pts vs Pacers (Oct 21) · 14 reb vs Pacers (Oct 21) · 5 ast vs Pacers (Oct 21)

Date Opp Result MIN PTS REB AST FG 3PT FT +/-
Oct 24 @
DEN
Denver Nuggets
Nuggets
L 135-141 Inactive - Injury/Illness
Oct 23 @
UTA
Utah Jazz
Jazz
L 119-120 9:17 6 1 0 3-3 0-0 0-0 -7
Oct 21 vs
IND
Indiana Pacers
Pacers
L 120-123 29:55 13 14 5 5-6 0-0 3-4 -7

Injury history

Each stretch listed as out or questionable on the injury report, with the team games he missed. Tracked since October 2026.

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Who guards whom

2026-27 season, based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Who he guards

Possessions
81
Pts/100 poss.
21.0
FG%
88%

Opponents he guarded most in 2 games:

Opponent Poss. PTS FG
Ivica Zubac 47 9 4/4
Lauri Markkanen 7 4 2/2
Pascal Siakam 4 0 0/0
Kelly Oubre Jr. 3 0 0/0
Tyrese Haliburton 3 0 0/0

Who guards him

Possessions
82
Pts/100 poss.
19.6
FG%
46%

Defenders who guarded him most in 2 games:

Defender Poss. PTS FG
Ivica Zubac 44 4 2/4
Jaren Jackson Jr. 7 5 2/6
Pascal Siakam 5 0 0/0
Larry Nance Jr. 4 0 0/0
Jaxson Hayes 4 2 1/1