{"id":607175,"date":"2026-02-17T00:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/607175\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T00:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:08:17","slug":"trey-murphy-iii-cant-help-but-repeat-how-really-fking-good-derik-queen-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/607175\/","title":{"rendered":"Trey Murphy III can\u2019t help but repeat how \u2018really f**king good\u2019 Derik Queen is"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trey Murphy III can\u2019t help but repeat how \u2018really f**king good\u2019 Derik Queen is<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During NBA All-Star Weekend, one of the participants in the Rising Stars Game was New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> rookie forward Derik Queen. Queen has been enjoying a strong season with the Pelicans<\/a> as one of the top rookies in the NBA. In fact, Pelicans\u2019 teammate Trey Murphy III<\/a> can\u2019t help but continue raving about him<\/a>, as per Spencer Davies of R.org.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s really f**king good,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cSorry to curse, but he\u2019s really f**king good. As much as I talk s**t about him, I try to uplift him as well because what he\u2019s doing is really special. It\u2019s really dope.\u201d<\/p>\n

The No. 13 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, the Pelicans almost didn\u2019t end up getting up the opportunity to draft Derik Queen<\/a>. Queen was part of a draft-day trade involving the Atlanta Hawks in which the Pelicans acquired a second lottery pick which they used to select the Maryland big man.<\/p>\n

The trade came at a heavy price too. It cost the Pelicans their own first round pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, a draft that is shaping up to be one of the best in recent memory. The Pelicans are on pace to get a top-five pick in the upcoming draft. That pick will be conveyed to the Hawks, giving Atlanta the chance to grab a potential franchise-altering talent in a deep draft pool.<\/p>\n

But if Queen continues his present trajectory, then maybe the gamble was worth it for the Pelicans. He\u2019s appeared in 55 games, including 43 starts, at just about 26 minutes per game. He\u2019s been averaging 12.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.0 steals with splits of 49.1 percent shooting from the field, 27.8 percent shooting from the 3-point line and 77.7 percent shooting from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n

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While the Pelicans have had quite a few disappointing seasons as of late, they appear to have two solid building blocks in Queen and fellow rookie Jeremiah Fears<\/a>. Fears was also selected to participate in the Rising Stars competition.<\/p>\n

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