Pelicans Rookie Yves Missi Exits With Hyperextended Knee

The New Orleans Pelicans' frontcourt just took another hit, with rookie center Yves Missi officially ruled out for the rest of Friday's action due to a knee injury.

The official diagnosis is a right knee hyperextension, which he picked up during the matchup against the Sacramento Kings. Before exiting, Missi had managed just two points and a pair of rebounds on 1-of-2 shooting.

"Underdog NBA confirmed Missi won't return and entries will be updated shortly after the game concludes."

If you are a Pelicans fan, you are probably used to reading medical updates more often than box scores at this point. Losing your 2024 first-round pick to a hyperextended knee is just another entry in the franchise's endless encyclopedia of lower-body trauma.

For the sickos sweating out Friday night player props, the early exit is a brutal beat. Fortunately, platforms like Underdog are already rolling out injury rescue protocols for his entries, saving you from taking a zero because a rookie's knee bent the wrong way.

Missi has been a necessary piece for New Orleans this season, stepping into real rotation minutes while the team navigates its usual chaotic injury report. He already dealt with an ankle issue over the summer, making this latest setback exactly what the medical staff did not want to see.

The team says Missi will be re-evaluated next week. Until then, the Pelicans will have to patch together their center rotation with whatever healthy bodies they have left, while fantasy managers need to send him straight to the IR slot and hit the waiver wire.