{"id":123709,"date":"2025-02-14T12:45:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T17:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=123709"},"modified":"2025-02-14T12:45:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T17:45:29","slug":"new-orleans-pelicans-starter-yves-missi-suffers-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/14\/new-orleans-pelicans-starter-yves-missi-suffers-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelicans Starter Suffers Injury, Will Be Re-Evaluated in 1 Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/11\/pelicans-zion-williamson-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> have dealt with a plethora of injuries this season. Unfortunately for the team, the injury bug continues to hit. According to HoopsHype&#8217;s Michael Scotto, Pelicans big man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/missiyv01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yves Missi<\/a> suffered a right knee injury. The rookie was set to take part in tonight&#8217;s Rising Stars Challenge. However, due to the injury, he will not compete in the game. Scotto also reported that an MRI showed &#8220;no structural damage&#8221; and that Missi will be re-evaluated next week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New Orleans Pelicans center Yves Missi has been diagnosed with a hyperextended right knee and will be re-evaluated next week, team says. An MRI taken last night showed no structural damage. Missi will not compete in tonight\u2019s Rising Stars game at 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nmznOXIe2v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nmznOXIe2v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/1890446034775499233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This season, the 20-year-old has appeared in 52 games for the Pelicans and started 46 of them. In those games, he averaged 8.5 points, 8 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 1.4 blocks. While highly unlikely, Missi is a betting candidate to win the Rookie of the Year award this season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bovada.lv\/sports\/basketball\/nba-awards-league-leaders\/futures-odd\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to Bovada Sportsbook<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/13\/spurs-deaaron-fox-kings-domantas-sabonis-relationship\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/castlst01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephon Castle<\/a> (+135) remains the betting favorite.<\/p>\n<p>With the All-Star break beginning tonight, it is unclear if Missi will miss any time in the regular season. If he does, the Pelicans may have to rely on recently-acquired big man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/olynyke01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelly Olynyk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Yves Missi Suffers Injury, Will Be Re-Evaluated in 1 Week<\/h2>\n<h3>Yves Missi&#8217;s Injury Is Not the Only One Impacting the New Orleans Pelicans<\/h3>\n<p>Missi is not the only Pelicans player dealing with an injury. All season, the Pelicans have had to overcome plenty of injuries. This includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/ingrabr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Ingram<\/a>, who the Pelicans traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/13\/toronto-raptors-opting-to-keep-chris-boucher\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> at the deadline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrade01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dejounte Murray<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/joneshe01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Herbert Jones<\/a> each suffered season-ending injuries, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/willizi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-14_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zion Williamson<\/a> has been on and off the injury report all season. Despite having a talented team on paper, the Pelicans rank as one of the worst teams in the NBA. At the All-Star break, they are 13-42 and own the worst record in the Western Conference. Overall, they have the second-worst record in the entire league, only ahead of the Washington Wizards.<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word<\/h3>\n<p>Fortunately for Missi and the Pelicans, his injury does not seem to be too serious. Additionally, if such a time exists, his injury happened at the best possible time in the season. He will be able to rest and recover while the Pelicans are on a break regardless.<\/p>\n<p>The outlook for the rest of the season looks bleak for the Pelicans. While they could theoretically still make a postseason appearance, this seems incredibly unlikely. A lot would have to go right the rest of the way, and given that they just snapped a 10-game losing streak, it will be a big challenge. Regardless, there is still a lot to like about the team next season. When healthy, the Pelicans have an intriguing roster. Additionally, as long as Williamson can remain healthy, the Pelicans are a potential playoff threat. This season is likely over for the Pelicans. However, they will have an opportunity to bounce back in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Orleans Pelicans have dealt with a plethora of injuries this season. Unfortunately for the team, the injury bug continues to hit. According to HoopsHype&#8217;s Michael Scotto, Pelicans big man Yves Missi suffered a right knee injury. The rookie was set to take part in tonight&#8217;s Rising Stars Challenge. However, due to the injury, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":75765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,2,62,33,3],"tags":[4745,49284],"class_list":["post-123709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-nba","category-pelicans","category-news","tag-nba-injuries","tag-yves-missi"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123710,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123709\/revisions\/123710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}