Yves MissiNew Orleans Saints · #21
Yves Missi is an athletic, shot-blocking, rim-running center for the New Orleans Pelicans — born in Belgium and raised in Cameroon. Drafted 21st in 2024 out of Baylor, he made the 2025 All-Rookie Second Team after a productive rookie year (around 9 points, 8 rebounds, and a block-plus a game), a mobile lob-finisher and rim protector who now represents Cameroon internationally.
Yves Missi — the report card
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Where Yves Missi stands
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Yves Missi — every number, three levels deep
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How the model sees Yves Missi
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Yves Missi career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73 | 26.8 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 1.4 | .547 | .000 |
| 2025-26 | 66 | 19.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 1.3 | .544 | .000 |
| Career | 139 | 23.4 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 1.4 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the New Orleans Saints built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Yves Missi
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
An athletic, shot-blocking rim-running center — rim protection and lob finishing for the Pelicans.
Turning pro
Drafted 21st overall, 2024 as a Center.
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An athletic, shot-blocking rim-running center — rim protection and lob finishing for the Pelicans.
Chapter
Born in Belgium and raised in Cameroon, Missi starred one season at Baylor before New Orleans drafted him 21st in 2024.
Chapter
He made the 2025 All-Rookie Second Team with a near double-double rookie season.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 11"
- Weight
- 235 lbs
- College
- Baylor
- Experience
- 2nd Season
- Draft
- 21st overall, 2024
- Born
- Brussels, Belgium
- Age
- 22
- Jersey
- #21
Missi carries a rich international identity — born in Belgium, raised in Cameroon, and now a member of the Cameroon national team, part of a growing wave of Cameroonian NBA talent. His older brother played college basketball at Harvard and was an Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, and Yves studied finance at Baylor.
His on-court identity is athletic, vertical center play — a mobile 6-foot-11 rim-runner who finishes lobs above the rim, protects the paint (over a block a game), and rebounds, a defensive anchor in the making. His offense is largely rim-dependent, but his athleticism and defensive tools give him a high ceiling as a two-way center for the Pelicans.
An athletic, vertical center — rim protection, lob finishing, and rebounding.
Yves Missi — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Yves Missi, answered.
