{"id":896206,"date":"2026-09-18T05:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/896206\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T05:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:58:09","slug":"report-pelicans-forward-saddiq-bey-agree-to-3-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/896206\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Pelicans, forward Saddiq Bey agree to 3-year extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pelicans are reportedly extending forward Saddiq Bey to a deal, ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania relays it is for three years and $55.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Originally a Brooklyn Nets first-round selection (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 19, 2020 Draft<\/a>), Bey has made stops in Detroit and Atlanta on the way to New Orleans. Though he missed a full season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament, the 6-foot-8 Bey returned to average a career-high 17.7 points.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bey missed the entire 2024-25 season after suffering a torn ACL in Atlanta and then had a resurgent comeback season last year in New Orleans, averaging a career high 17.7 points. He now locks in a fully guaranteed deal through 2029-30 with the Pelicans. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XrNhBySWKm\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/XrNhBySWKm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2100710322067714075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pelicans are reportedly extending forward Saddiq Bey to a deal, ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania relays it is for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":896207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,465416,85],"class_list":["post-896206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-saddiq-bey-extension","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}