New Orleans Pelicans: 2026-27 roster preview
The roster the team opens 2026-27 with, what each player did in 2025-26, and how many minutes the outlook expects from him. Minutes come from last season, capped at 2,900 and scaled to a season; rookies and players without a rating count at replacement level (-2.1 per 100).
Outlook
-3.5
22nd of 30
Projected wins
33
Roster strength: Impact × expected minutes, points per 100 over average
-1.7
Minutes kept: Share of last season's minutes still on the roster
85%
2025-26 net rating
-4.4
Who carries it
What each player adds to the roster's strength: his Impact times his share of the minutes.
- Above average
- Below average
| Status | Injury | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Trey Murphy IIIF | Returning | – | 5 | 35.4 | 21.5 | 5.7 | 3.8 | +1.5 | +2.1 | -0.6 | 2,228 | +0.86 | – |
| 41 |  Saddiq BeyF | Returning | – | 6 | 31.3 | 17.7 | 5.6 | 2.5 | +1.0 | +1.7 | -0.7 | 2,143 | +0.56 | – |
| 0 |  Jeremiah FearsG | Returning | – | 1 | 25.7 | 14.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | -2.2 | -1.1 | -1.1 | 2,010 | -1.14 | – |
| 22 |  Derik QueenC | Returning | – | 1 | 25.0 | 11.7 | 7.1 | 3.7 | -1.7 | -0.3 | -1.3 | 1,931 | -0.82 | – |
| 1 |  Zion WilliamsonF | Returning | – | 7 | 29.7 | 21.0 | 5.7 | 3.2 | +1.1 | +1.5 | -0.3 | 1,752 | +0.51 | – |
| 9 |  Bennedict MathurinG-F | New · from IND | – | 4 | 30.0 | 17.6 | 5.4 | 2.4 | -1.2 | -0.9 | -0.3 | 1,542 | -0.47 | – |
| 2 |  Herbert JonesF | Returning | – | 5 | 28.4 | 8.9 | 3.4 | 2.8 | +1.4 | 0.0 | +1.4 | 1,515 | +0.55 | – |
| 21 |  Yves MissiC | Returning | – | 2 | 19.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 1.3 | +0.8 | -0.3 | +1.2 | 1,235 | +0.25 | – |
| 3 |  Jordan PooleG | Returning | – | 7 | 24.0 | 13.4 | 2.0 | 3.1 | -2.2 | -1.4 | -0.8 | 891 | -0.49 | – |
| 17 |  Karlo MatkovicF-C | Returning | – | 4 | 14.7 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 0.8 | +1.1 | -0.3 | +1.4 | 868 | +0.23 | – |
| 11 |  Bryce McGowensG | Returning | – | 4 | 20.9 | 8.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 | -0.2 | +1.0 | -1.2 | 837 | -0.03 | Probable |
| 12 |  Trendon WatfordF | New · from PHI | – | – | 16.3 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 | -2.5 | -1.3 | -1.3 | 822 | -0.53 | – |
| 8 |  AJ JohnsonG | New · from DAL | – | 2 | 9.5 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | -4.1 | -3.1 | -1.0 | 435 | -0.45 | – |
 Julian ReeseF | New · from WAS | – | – | 30.9 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 1.8 | -1.8 | -1.1 | -0.8 | 383 | -0.18 | – | |
| 5 |  Dejounte MurrayG | Returning | – | 10 | 27.9 | 16.7 | 5.4 | 6.4 | +1.6 | +0.8 | +0.7 | 372 | +0.15 | – |
| 10 |  Christian KolokoC | New · from MEM | – | 4 | 13.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 | -1.2 | -2.3 | +1.1 | 342 | -0.11 | – |
| 6 |  DeAndre JordanC | Returning | – | 18 | 16.6 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 0.9 | – | – | – | 190 | -0.10 | – |
| 44 |  Kobe BufkinG | New · from LAL | – | 3 | 7.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | – | – | – | 113 | -0.06 | – |
| 33 |  Caleb HoustanG | New · from ATL | – | 4 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | – | – | – | 70 | -0.04 | – |
| 10 | Jaron Pierre Jr.G | Rookie | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Malik DiaF | Rookie | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1 minutes nobody on the roster is expected to play go to replacement level.
Gone
Micah Peavyto MEM61 games · 14.9 MPG · -1.7
Jose Alvaradoto NYK41 games · 21.9 MPG · +1.1
Jordan Hawkinsto MEM51 games · 13.5 MPG · -3.0
Kevon Looneyto LAL21 games · 14.6 MPG · -0.3
Trey Alexanderto UTA9 games · 12.3 MPG · –
Josh Oduronot on a roster3 games · 27 MPG · –
Hunter Dickinsonnot on a roster5 games · 8.6 MPG · –