Baylor freshman Yves Missi, a projected first-round pick ... "That was one of my first contacts with basketball," Missi said. He said he played his first high school game in November 2021 at ...

Missi and Zion Williamson (back) have been downgraded from questionable to out for the first half of the Pelicans' current back-to-back set. Karlo Matkovic should start at center, but Bruce Brown, ...

Baylor center Yves Missi, a projected first-round pick who ... As Givony writes, Missi didn’t start playing organized basketball November 2021, when he moved from Cameroon to the U.S. at age ...

Drafted 21st overall in this past draft, Yves Missi became the fifth active player ... Your brother graduated at Harvard and played basketball there. In terms of being an older brother, what ...

Missi has been one of the most productive and consistent rookies in the 2024-25 NBA season, and the former Baylor standout recorded double-digit points for the third game in a row. He's averaging ...

From the soccer fields of Cameroon to the NBA hardwood, Yves Missi of the New Orleans Pelicans has defied the odds to become a rising star in the NBA. Once an overlooked prospect, Missi is having a ...

CNN’s Larry Madowo explores the legacy of NBA great Dikembe Mutombo and introduces emerging African stars Yves Missi and Josh ...

With its top overall pick at No. 21, the team came away with a pick many thought was awkward at the time: Baylor big Yves Missi ... Parker covers the National Basketball Association, and has ...

The New Orleans Pelicans announced that rookie center Yves Missi has been diagnosed with ... and will be re-evaluated in a week. The former Baylor standout is having a breakout rookie season ...

It’s time to update the NBA Rookie Rankings. While the class remains one of the least productive we’ve seen in league history, there has at least been some player improvement that has lifted ...

Drafted 21st overall in this past draft, Yves Missi became the fifth active player ... he just gave me some advice about basketball, how the league works, and how to just establish myself, how ...