{"id":160710,"date":"2025-09-28T07:41:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T11:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=160710"},"modified":"2025-09-28T08:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T12:57:07","slug":"pelicans-rookie-micah-peavy-standing-out-big-time-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/09\/28\/pelicans-rookie-micah-peavy-standing-out-big-time-training-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelicans Rookie ‘Standing Out Big-Time’ in Training Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Orleans Pelicans rookie class has the opportunity to be exceptional. 2025 No. 7 pick Jeremiah Fears<\/a> is an instinctive scorer and sorcerer with the ball in his hands; a street-baller. Yet, he has two-way potential thanks to his knack for getting opponents to cough the ball up. The circumstances surrounding how they wound up<\/a> with 2025 No. 13 pick Derik Queen<\/a> adds to the pressure that both player and team face. Nevertheless, Queen is a lot like Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun<\/a>; he’s just not European.<\/p>\n

These two –Fears and Queen –have drawn the bulk of attention from the media and fans so far. However, 2025 No. 40 pick Micah Peavy<\/a> is not to be forgotten. In fact, early in Pelicans training camp, he’s “standing out big-time.<\/p>\n

Pelicans Rookie Micah Peavy ‘Standing Out Big-Time’ in Training Camp<\/h2>\n

Peavy “may be flying under the radar<\/a> (in terms of media and fan interest), but not in practices,\u201d Pelicans head coach Willie Green says, per Pelicans team reporter Jim Eichenhofer. \u201cHe\u2019s standing out big-time. He\u2019s one of our guys who is doing really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Getting into the specifics, Green adds that the 24-year-old:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe fits sort of our core characteristics of how we want to play. Number one, he\u2019s a high-character young man. On the floor, it starts with him being competitive. He brings toughness, he\u2019s a good defender, he\u2019s smart. He makes the right plays offensively, doesn\u2019t hurt you at all.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For those who don’t know, Peavy played for three different schools in his five-year college career.<\/p>\n

Well-Traveled Wing<\/h3>\n

As a freshman at Texas Tech, Peavy’s teammates included several future NBA players, such as: New York Knicks wing Kevin McCullar Jr.<\/a>, Minnesota Timberwolves wing Terrence Shannon Jr<\/a>. and three-time NBA Slam Dunk champion Mac McClung<\/a>. For the next three years, Peavy was coached by TCU head coach Jamie Dixon, he and future Chicago Bulls forward Emanuel Miller<\/a> helping the Horned Frogs reach the NCAA Tournament every season.<\/p>\n

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Feb 4, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Georgetown Hoyas forward Thomas Sorber (35) reacts after a play made by guard Micah Peavy (5) in the second half against the Xavier Musketeers at Cintas Center. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In his fifth and final collegiate season, he joined Georgetown, where he played alongside Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Thomas Sorber<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Was It A Mirage?<\/h3>\n

In college, Peavy’s usage and efficiency shifted routinely. His defensive ability has always been there and his basketball IQ undoubtedly grew after half a decade in the NCAA. However, the key to his success may be proving his long-range efficiency wasn’t a mirage last season. To that point, Peavy shot a sensational 40.0% from 3 in 2024-25 but it was his first season converting over 31.0% of his 3s.<\/p>\n

The Last Word On Micah Peavy<\/h3>\n

Peavy separating himself from the crowd during the Pelicans practices is more than a feel-good story.<\/p>\n

Jordan Hawkins<\/a> still hasn’t caught his stride offensively, shooting just 34.8 percent from 3 despite entering the 2023 NBA Draft as a 3-point specialist. As a result, Peavy could feasibly emerge as a useful 3-and-D wing down the line. To be clear, the Texas native’s defensive impact isn’t at the level of Herb Jones<\/a>. Nevertheless, Jones shooting below 34% from 3 in all but one NBA season can’t be ignored.<\/p>\n

With that being said, it would be nice if New Orleans added a certified sniper, as Trey Murphy III<\/a> is the only one they can count on.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New Orleans Pelicans rookie class has the opportunity to be exceptional. 2025 No. 7 pick Jeremiah Fears is an instinctive scorer and sorcerer with the ball in his hands; a street-baller. Yet, he has two-way potential thanks to his knack for getting opponents to cough the ball up. The circumstances surrounding how they wound […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":160743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[33,1608,8,62,3,22],"tags":[49871,4112,49956,4756,50301,49503],"class_list":["post-160710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pelicans","category-basketball","category-bulls","category-nba","category-news","category-thunder","tag-derik-queen","tag-herb-jones","tag-jeremiah-fears","tag-jordan-hawkins","tag-micah-peavy","tag-nba-training-camp"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160710","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\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160710"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160744,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160710\/revisions\/160744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}