Pelicans F Saddiq Bey agrees to 3-year, $55.5 million extension after profitable comeback from ACL tear

Saddiq Bey made a profitable return from a torn ACL final season. And now he’s being rewarded for it.

The New Orleans Pelicans ahead has agreed to a three-year, $55.5 million contract extension, in line with a. The deal reportedly features a commerce kicker.

Bey was beforehand below contract for yet one more season, on a wage of $6.4 million.

Bey entered final season as an unknown after tearing his ACL towards the tip of the 2023-24 season, ending his time with the Atlanta Hawks. He wound up spending the subsequent season rehabbing his knee with the Washington Wizards on a three-year, $20 million deal, however was traded to the Pelicans final summer season earlier than making his debut in D.C.

Bey’s first season with New Orleans noticed him publish a career-high 17.7 factors per recreation on career-best taking pictures effectivity numbers, together with 5.6 rebounds and a couple of.5 assists per recreation.

That efficiency didn’t forestall one other tough season for the Pelicans, who missed the playoffs at 26-56, however the 27-year-old Bey nonetheless confirmed he was a bit value constructing round.

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