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Micah Peavy

Micah Peavy is a defense-first depth wing whose steals can scale in a larger role, but he begins behind four established perimeter players.

Snapshot

2026-27 projection

GP MPG FG% FT% 3PM PTS REB AST STL BLK TO
52 9 .400 .760 0.3 2.5 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.3

Correction 2026-07-18 Raised from 48 GP x 8 MPG as part of closing the team board's 1,608-minute shortfall. Still outside the healthy-night ten and not a standard-league consideration.

Fantasy translation

Role, floor and ceiling

Floor: end-of-bench appearances and fewer than 400 minutes. Ceiling: 18–20 minutes, one steal and low-double-digit scoring if the Pelicans trade a wing and Mosley rewards defense. Peavy must improve on .385 FG to earn fantasy-relevant volume.

Injury and transaction monitor

Peavy remains in the standard-contract roster group through the research cut. Official roster, accessed 2026-07-18 No new carryover injury was found; shooting and roster congestion are the risks.

Career record

Pre-NBA: Five college seasons across three schools, with a long, slow climb. Texas Tech as a freshman in 2020-21 (29 games, 20.3 MPG, 5.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, .459 from the field, 0-for-the-season from three), then three years at TCU: 6.1 points in 2021-22, 7.0 in 2022-23, and a real jump to 10.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.3 steals in 29.3 minutes in 2023-24. He transferred to Georgetown for a fifth year and broke out at 24: 32 games, 37.0 MPG, 17.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.3 steals on .481/.400/.659, earning First-team All-Big East, the program's first such honor since 2019. The .400 three-point mark that year is the single season in his college file where the jumper worked. Draft: 2025, round 2, pick 40, Washington Wizards; traded to New Orleans, completed July 6, 2025.

Season Age Team GP MPG PTS REB AST STL BLK 3PM FG% FT% TO
2025-26 24 NOP 61 15.0 4.3 1.9 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.5 .385 .759 0.3
Career 61 15.0 4.3 1.9 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.5 .385 .759 0.3

Totals reconcile: 106 field goals on 275 attempts including 31 threes, plus 19 free throws, gives 262 points over 61 games. He started 4 of those 61.

Durability: 61 of 82 games with 4 starts, and no carryover injury identified through the July 2026 research cut. The 21 missed games read as rotation and rest decisions on a 26-56 team rather than health.

Trajectory: Peavy arrived as a 24-year-old rookie with a defined identity — perimeter defense, low usage, high care with the ball — and the rookie year confirmed both halves of it. The 0.7 steals in 15 minutes and a 20-turnover season are genuinely useful; the .385 from the field and .259 from three are not, and they are the reason his Georgetown scoring did not travel. That gap matters because a defensive specialist who cannot shoot gets played in matchups, not minutes. For 2026-27 he begins fifth in the wing hierarchy behind Herb Jones, Trey Murphy III, Saddiq Bey and Bryce McGowens, which is too deep for standard-league relevance. He becomes streamable only if New Orleans trades one of those wings and Jamahl Mosley's defense-first staff rewards him with 18-plus minutes — and even then the steals carry him only if the three-point rate climbs back toward his Georgetown number.

Career sources: ESPN player stats · StatMuse 2025-26 season averages · Wikipedia · NBA.com player page

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