Snapshot
- Team / role: New Orleans Pelicans two-way center / power forward; Birmingham Squadron focal point and emergency NBA depth.
- 2025-26 NBA baseline: five games, 8.5 MPG, 2.4 PTS, 1.0 REB, 0.4 AST, 0.2 STL and 0.4 BLK on .357 FG and 1.000 FT in a tiny sample. NBA team statistics, accessed 2026-07-18
- G League baseline: 33 starts, 31.2 MPG, 18.0 PTS, 10.8 REB, 3.2 AST, 1.0 STL and 0.9 BLK on .567/.391/.732 shooting. NBA G League player page, accessed 2026-07-18
2026-27 projection
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 7 | .450 | .750 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Correction 2026-07-18 GP 12 to 14 as part of closing the team board's 1,608-minute shortfall. Per-game line unchanged; he is on a two-way and subject to the 50-game active limit.
Fantasy translation
- Nine-category: 250+ at NBA level; strong G League DFS/seasonal production where available.
- Points: 250+; only a multi-injury call-up streamer.
- Dynasty: 200+; deep two-way stash with a narrow path to a standard deal.
Role, floor and ceiling
Dickinson can dominate G League possessions but must pass Derik Queen, Yves Missi, Karlo Matković and DeAndre Jordan for NBA minutes. Floor: almost the entire season in Birmingham. Ceiling: a 12–15-minute call-up role producing rebounds, threes and passing if frontcourt injuries cluster.
Injury and transaction monitor
New Orleans re-signed Dickinson to a two-way deal on July 7; this is the only filled two-way slot in the reconciled roster. CBS/RotoWire, 2026-07-07 No new carryover injury was identified in the research cut.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Born November 25, 2000; 7-1. Five college seasons, three at Michigan (Big Ten) and two at Kansas (Big 12), and he started and produced in all of them.
| Season | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Michigan | 28 | 26.0 | 14.1 | 7.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | .598 | .000 | .739 |
| 2021-22 | Michigan | 32 | 32.3 | 18.6 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 1.5 | .563 | .328 | .802 |
| 2022-23 | Michigan | 34 | 32.7 | 18.5 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | .560 | .421 | .727 |
| 2023-24 | Kansas | 33 | 32.2 | 17.9 | 10.9 | 2.3 | 1.4 | .548 | .354 | .624 |
| 2024-25 | Kansas | 34 | 30.1 | 17.4 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 | .526 | .276 | .748 |
| Career | — | 161 | 30.8 | 17.4 | 9.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | .555 | .339 | .729 |
Two-time consensus second-team All-American (2021, 2024), third-team All-American in 2025, Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2021, two-time first-team All-Big Ten and two-time first-team All-Big 12, Big 12 Newcomer of the Year in 2024. Draft: undrafted (2025); signed a two-way with New Orleans on June 27, 2025.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25 | NOP | 5 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | .357 | 1.000 | 0.6 |
| Career | NOP | 5 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | .357 | 1.000 | 0.6 |
He spent nearly the whole of 2025-26 with the Birmingham Squadron, where he was the offense: 33 games, 31.2 minutes, 18.0 points, 10.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists on 56.9% shooting, plus selection to the 2026 G League Next Up Game.
Durability: No injury history worth flagging — he played 161 of a possible 161-ish college games across five years and a full G League season. The five NBA appearances are a depth-chart and two-way-designation outcome, not a health one.
Trajectory: The gap between the G League line and the NBA line is the whole story. Dickinson has never not produced against non-NBA competition — five straight college seasons at 17-plus points, then an 18-and-11 G League year — but at 25 he is a below-the-rim, slow-footed 7-1 center in a league that asks centers to defend space. The five-game NBA sample is too small to read, though 0.6 turnovers in 8.4 minutes hints at the handling problems that show up against NBA length. He sits behind Queen, Missi, Matković and Jordan on a two-way with a 50-game active limit. He becomes fantasy-relevant only if two of those four are out at once and he gets a 15-minute call-up run; the rebounding and passing would show immediately in that window, but nothing about his 2025-26 usage suggests New Orleans plans to create one.
Career sources: ESPN career stats · Wikipedia · G League player page · CBS/RotoWire on the July 2026 two-way
Open questions
- Can Dickinson's G League three-point improvement translate against NBA speed?
- Does he receive enough call-up days to matter in deep formats?
- Can he earn a standard contract before the season ends?