NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Western Conference · Southwest

4-8 · #12 in the West · Streak: 4 losses

Offense: 112.1 #18 in the NBA
Defense: 119.2 #27 in the NBA
Net rating: -7.1 #25 in the NBA
Pace: 101.6 #4 in the NBA

Points scored and allowed per 100 possessions, and possessions per game. On defense, lower is better.

The New Orleans Pelicans starting lineup on the depth chart is Dejounte Murray (point guard), Jeremiah Fears (shooting guard), Trey Murphy III (small forward), Zion Williamson (power forward), and Yves Missi (center). Their top options, in order, are Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy III, and Dejounte Murray. Dejounte Murray (expected back 2026-11-20), Trendon Watford (expected back 2026-11-14), Bryce McGowens (expected back 2026-11-14), Yves Missi (expected back 2026-11-14), and Trey Murphy III (expected back 2026-11-14) are out. The roster has 18 players.

Next game

vs.

DEN

Denver Nuggets · Sat 11/14, 7:00 PM

Probable starters

Point Guard

Jeremiah Fears

Replacing Dejounte Murray (out)
Shooting Guard

Bennedict Mathurin
Small Forward

Herbert Jones

Replacing Trey Murphy III (out)
Power Forward

Zion Williamson
Center

Karlo Matković

Replacing Yves Missi (out)

Starters in the last game: Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Jeremiah Fears, Herbert Jones, and Karlo Matković.

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Depth chart

	Starter	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Point Guard	#5 Dejounte Murray ★ 3rd option Out · Returns: 2026-11-20	#0 Jeremiah Fears	#3 Jordan Poole	#25 Trey Murphy III ★ 2nd option Out · Returns: 2026-11-14	Unassigned
Shooting Guard	#0 Jeremiah Fears	#24 Bennedict Mathurin	#25 Trey Murphy III ★ 2nd option Out · Returns: 2026-11-14	#10 Jaron Pierre Jr.	#3 Jordan Poole
Small Forward	#25 Trey Murphy III ★ 2nd option Out · Returns: 2026-11-14	#2 Herbert Jones	#41 Saddiq Bey	#24 Bennedict Mathurin	#10 Jaron Pierre Jr.
Power Forward	#1 Zion Williamson ★ 1st option	#22 Derik Queen	#17 Karlo Matković	#41 Saddiq Bey	#9 Trendon Watford Out · Returns: 2026-11-14
Center	#21 Yves Missi Out · Returns: 2026-11-14	#17 Karlo Matković	#22 Derik Queen	#6 DeAndre Jordan	#1 Zion Williamson ★ 1st option

Roster

Stats: per-game averages in the 2026-27 season. Click a column to sort by it. If a player has changed teams, they include his games with his previous team (except starts, which only count this team).

■ In orange, the high in each column. For percentages, among players attempting at least 5 field goals, 3 two-pointers or 2 three-pointers or free throws per game.


25	Trey Murphy III ★ 2nd optionOut · Returns: 2026-11-14	26	SG/SF	9	9	32.8	5.2	11.2	46.5	2.2	5.9	37.7	3.0	5.3	56.3	56.4	2.9	3.3	86.7	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.6	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.6	15.6
1	Zion Williamson ★ 1st option	26	PF	11	11	32.7	7.6	12.3	62.2	0.4	0.7	50.0	7.3	11.5	63.0	63.7	6.1	7.8	77.9	1.6	3.5	5.2	2.6	2.0	0.5	1.9	3.2	21.7
5	Dejounte Murray ★ 3rd optionOut · Returns: 2026-11-20	30	PG/SG	9	9	31.4	4.9	11.3	43.1	0.9	3.0	29.6	4.0	8.3	48.0	47.1	2.8	3.0	92.6	0.8	3.8	4.6	4.4	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.3	13.4
0	Jeremiah Fears	20	PG	12	12	28.8	6.0	13.3	45.0	1.2	3.9	29.8	4.8	9.4	51.3	49.4	2.1	2.7	78.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	4.9	1.0	0.4	2.9	2.9	15.3
41	Saddiq Bey	27	SF/PF	12	1	26.9	5.2	11.3	45.9	1.8	5.3	34.9	3.3	6.0	55.6	54.1	3.3	3.7	88.6	0.9	2.5	3.4	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.2	15.4
2	Herbert Jones	28	SG/SF	12	6	22.8	2.3	6.3	37.3	0.7	2.5	26.7	1.7	3.8	44.4	42.7	0.3	0.4	80.0	0.8	2.2	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.3	3.3	5.7
22	Derik Queen	21	PF	12	0	21.6	3.8	8.0	47.9	0.3	0.9	36.4	3.5	7.1	49.4	50.0	4.2	4.8	86.2	1.2	5.2	6.3	2.3	0.9	0.8	2.3	2.3	12.2
3	Jordan Poole	27	PG/SG	6	0	19.8	1.7	5.7	29.4	1.0	3.3	30.0	0.7	2.3	28.6	38.2	3.2	3.7	86.4	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.5	0.8	0.7	1.2	2.7	7.5
21	Yves Missi Out · Returns: 2026-11-14	22	C	2	2	19.6	4.0	4.5	88.9	0.0	0.0	–	4.0	4.5	88.9	88.9	1.5	2.0	75.0	4.0	3.5	7.5	2.5	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	9.5
17	Karlo Matković	25	PF	11	8	18.7	3.3	5.6	58.1	1.5	3.3	44.4	1.8	2.4	76.9	71.0	0.5	0.9	60.0	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.7	8.5
9	Trendon Watford Out · Returns: 2026-11-14	26	SF/PF	6	0	17.7	2.0	3.7	54.5	0.3	1.0	33.3	1.7	2.7	62.5	59.1	2.8	3.5	81.0	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.2	7.2
24	Bennedict Mathurin	24	SG/SF	11	0	15.8	2.1	5.7	36.5	0.5	2.4	19.2	1.6	3.4	48.6	40.5	1.4	1.5	93.8	0.9	1.0	1.9	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.4	6.0
6	DeAndre Jordan	38	C	3	2	14.8	1.3	1.3	100.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.3	1.3	100.0	100.0	1.3	2.0	66.7	0.7	4.7	5.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.0	4.0
11	Bryce McGowens Out · Returns: 2026-11-14	24	SG/SF	7	0	10.6	0.9	2.4	35.3	0.3	1.0	28.6	0.6	1.4	40.0	41.2	1.7	2.0	85.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.6	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.9	3.7
10	Jaron Pierre Jr.	24	PG/SG	1	0	6.6	1.0	6.0	16.7	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	3.0	0.0	25.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	4.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0
14	AJ Johnson	21	SG	4	0	6.3	0.8	1.8	42.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.5	50.0	42.9	0.0	0.0	–	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.5
13	Julian Reese	23	PF/C	4	0	5.6	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.5	1.0	50.0	50.0	0.5	0.5	100.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.5	1.5
8	Malik Dia	–	SF/PF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Team total			12		246.3	40.7	86.0	47.3	9.3	28.2	33.1	31.3	57.8	54.2	52.7	26.3	31.6	83.1	10.5	30.7	41.2	24.3	10.3	4.8	16.5	24.0	116.9

Lineup performance

2026-27 season. Net rating = points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions with that lineup on the floor. Best and worst among lineups with at least 100 possessions.

Most used

Lineup	GP	MIN	+/-	Off / Def	Net rating
Bey · Jones · Watford · Mathurin · Queen	4	45	+15	105.2 / 88.7	+16.5
Williamson · Jones · Murphy III · Matković · Fears	4	39	+30	125.0 / 94.4	+30.6
Williamson · Bey · Murphy III · Matković · Fears	6	27	-17	107.0 / 141.8	-34.8
Murray · Williamson · Jones · Matković · Fears	2	26	-13	80.8 / 103.8	-23.0
Murray · Williamson · Murphy III · Missi · Fears	2	24	-19	112.0 / 147.1	-35.1

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