Pelicans extend Saddiq Bey with $55.5 million fully guaranteed deal through 2030
Saddiq Bey agreed to a three-year, $55.5 million fully guaranteed extension with the New Orleans Pelicans through summer 2030. The deal comes after Bey averaged 17.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in his first season back from a torn ACL. The extension carries an average annual salary of $18.5 million, a substantial raise from the $6.4 million he was set to make in the final year of his previous contract.
Saddiq Bey agreed to a three-year, $55.5 million extension with the New Orleans Pelicans, fully guaranteed through the summer of 2030, according to Yahoo NBA. The deal carries an average annual salary of $18.5 million, a substantial step up from the $6.4 million Bey was set to earn in the final year of his previous contract.
Bey, 27, missed the entire 2024-25 season due to a torn ACL before returning last season as a member of the Pelicans after being traded to New Orleans in the 2025 offseason from the Hawks. In his comeback year, he averaged 17.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game while shooting 36.7% from three-point range and posting a .579 true shooting percentage, per the reported data.
Bey began the season on the bench but was moved into the starting lineup by the eighth game under then-coach Willie Green. The extension includes a trade kicker, per Yahoo NBA.
Pelicans general manager Troy Weaver, who drafted Bey out of Villanova when he was with the Detroit Pistons, oversaw the extension. Bey is represented by Excel Sports Management, according to the report.
Bey, 27, signed a $55.5 million fully guaranteed three-year extension with New Orleans after averaging 17.7 points and 5.5 rebounds in his comeback season from a torn ACL.
Bey must demonstrate durability across a full season to validate the Pelicans' commitment; any ACL-related setback would test whether the extension's guarantee was warranted.
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