During Derik Queen’s freshman year at Maryland last season, then-Terrapins men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard was speaking about his prized recruit’s professional prospects at a postgame news ...

WASHINGTON — He still wears the same cheeky grin behind his braces he had a year ago at Maryland. “Tell them about how good it is to be home, glad to be here, good to see family,” a Pelicans staffer ...

Derik Queen grew up in Baltimore, just 40 miles away from Capital Arena in Washington D.C. The New Orleans Pelicans’ rookie made the most of his first trip back to his backyard. Queen recorded his ...

Queen (quadriceps) is available for Sunday's game against the Heat. Queen has been cleared to return from a one-game absence due to a left quadriceps contusion, so Yves Missi will likely revert to a ...

Queen (quadriceps) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Heat. The rookie center did not play against the Trail Blazers on Friday due to a left quadriceps contusion, but if he ...

Many commentators, this one included – twice – chastised the New Orleans Pelicans for their draft day trade. At the 2025 NBA Draft, in order to move up a mere ten spots, they gave up a 2026 ...

Derik Queen has had a productive run with the New Orleans Pelicans, and the rookie received some words of encouragement from executive vice president Joe Dumars. Queen is averaging 13.3 points, seven ...

Derik Queen has flashed some skill reminiscent of a multi-time MVP. Layne Murdoch Jr. / Getty Images As the saying goes, “Hate the trade, not the player.” Or something like that. But it definitely ...

New Orleans Pelicans big man Derik Queen already looks like the best steal in the 2025 NBA Draft and is now a frontrunner to win Rookie of the Year. Queen is accomplishing genuinely absurd ...

It was a trade that left the NBA confounded. Joe Dumars, newly in charge of the New Orleans front office, made what was seen as the biggest blunder in the 2025 NBA Draft — and Derik Queen was catching ...

New Orleans Pelicans rookie big man Derik Queen has turned heads recently, and he's been enjoying proving his doubters wrong. While speaking to ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk, Queen threw some shade toward ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When Pelicans rookie Derik Queen missed a late shot for the lead against the San Antonio Spurs, New Orleans guard Jose Alvarado hustled over to him and pushed his palm up under his ...