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10 December 2025

• [ClutchPoints] - Richard Jefferson stumps for Pelicans’ Derik Queen to join Team USA after breakout game
  Add former NBA forward Richard Jefferson to the growing list of the recently formed Derik Queen Fans Club. The New Orleans Pelicans rookie has continued to turn heads with his impressive performances. Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic had high praise for Queen after their matchup last month, while NBA legend Tim Duncan has also taken […] The post appeared first on .
• [Yardbarker] - Derik Queen doing his best to justify much-maligned Pelicans trade
  The New Orleans Pelicans fell to 3-22, but rookie Derik Queen is giving them hope for the future.
• [Locked On Pelicans] - MOVING ON: New Orleans Pelicans Star Rookie Derik Queen Should Be The New FACE OF THE FRANCHISE
  Derik Queen gives New Orleans Pelicans fans a reason to smile, delivering dominant performances—including a recent 33-point triple-double—that position him a...
• [Roundtable: PelicansRoundtable] - New Orleans Pelicans Guard Jordan Poole Getting Closer To Return
  New Orleans Pelicans guard Jordan Poole has missed over a month of the season with a quad injury, but is finally nearing a return to the court.
• [Sports Illustrated] - Pelicans Give Big Jordan Poole Update on Tuesday
  The New Orleans Pelicans finally gives an update on the playing status of Jordan Poole.
• [Hoops Rumors] - Pelicans Notes: Queen, Jones, Murphy, Poole, Zion
  Two of the league’s most promising rookies had the best games of their respective NBA careers on Monday in New Orleans. The Spurs and Dylan Harper, who scored 22 points and handed out six assists in 26 minutes off the bench, ultimately came out on top, with a three-point win over the Pelicans and Derik […]
• [New Orleans Pelicans Videos] - James Borrego on Derik Queen's performance, zone defense | New Orleans Pelicans
  New Orleans Pelicans Interim Head Coach James Borrego speaks with the media after practice in the Ochsner Sports Performance Center on Dec. 9, 2025.#pelicans...
• [New Orleans Pelicans Videos] - Herb Jones on return to play, playing alongside Derik Queen | New Orleans Pelicans
  New Orleans Pelicans guard/forward Herb Jones speaks with the media after practice in the Ochsner Sports Performance Center on Dec. 9, 2025.#pelicans #nba #n...
• [NBA] - Steve Aschburner talks NBA Rookie Ladder, Derik Queen, Jeremiah Fears | Pelicans Podcast
  NBA.com writer Steve Aschburner joins Jim Eichenhofer and Gus Kattengell on the Pelicans Podcast for Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, to talk about the NBA Rookie Ladd...
• [Defector] - Derik Queen Might Be Good Enough To Make A Colossally Dumb Decision Look Slightly Less Dumb
  The front-office decisions that brought Derik Queen to New Orleans were indefensible, so ham-handed that even the counterpart in the trade reportedly that the offer was real. Pelicans execs Joe Dumars and Troy Weaver gave up a first-round pick in a loaded 2026 draft in order to move up just 10 slots and select Queen at No. 13 this year; they will have to wear that indignity for the rest of their careers. But at least the baby-faced big they overpaid for looks stellar, even as his team toils at the nadir of the Western Conference. Queen posted 33 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and four blocks in Monday's 135-132 loss Monday to the San Antonio Spurs, the first in what could be a long procession of triple-doubles. Over the last few weeks, the soft-handed Queen has displayed enough ball skills, vision, and dainty footwork to kick off a lifetime of comparisons to Nikola Jokic. These may grow tiresome, if they are not already. Jokic himself was recently , which elicited a begrudging admission of similarity: "Slow, crafty, I can see it."