The New Orleans Pelicans selected Baylor University center Yves Missi with the 21st pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.Missi played just one season for Scott Drew's Bears.The 6-11, 230-pound center averaged 10.7 points per game, 5.6 rebounds per game and 1.5 blocks per game in the 2023-2024 season.He also shot 61.4% from the field.Missi started playing basketball at he age of 16.This is the draft write up the NBA.com had on Missi:Overview from www.nba.comMissi a bouncy center with Belgian-Cameroonian origins who played his high school ball at Prolific Prep in California. Born in Belgium before moving to Cameroon for his childhood, Missi ultimately blossomed into a five-star recruit and graded as ESPN’s 13th-best player in the 2023 class. He earned Big 12 All-Defensive and All-Freshman honors in 2024, finishing his one-and-done campaign with averages of 10.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in just 23.0 minutes per game while shooting 61.4% from the field and generating 4.1 free-throw attempts per game.Analysis from www.nba.comA dangerous rim-runner, Missi ranked eighth in the nation with 76 dunk attempts this season. Deriving 32.2% of his offensive possessions from rolling in pick-and-roll plays marked the 17th-highest frequency in the nation, displaying a clear niche to translate to the pros. Another 34.4% of Missi’s possessions came via offensive rebounding and cuts around the basket, so he profiles strictly as a play-finisher at this time. His 14.4% offensive rebounding rate was the 32nd-highest mark in the nation. In addition to his rim presence on offense, Missi’s 7.1% block rate ranked 66th in the nation. The big man was also able to protect the rim at a high level without fouling out of a single game in 34 appearances.Projection from www.nba.comMissi compiled a 12/39 assist-to-turnover ratio, but his 12.0% turnover rate was a relatively clean number. Nonetheless, that figure indicates Missi will not be able to step in as a short-roll passer and decision-maker out of screening action. Getting downhill, generating extra possessions and making his presence felt in the paint on both ends — in the same vein as Dereck Lively II — will be Missi’s role. Lively was a better offensive player last season at Duke, but he is a good physical comparison for Missi, so somewhere between Lively and Nick Richards profiles as a plausible expectation for the Baylor big.The New Orleans Pelicans have acquired the draft rights to Antonio Reeves (47th overall pick in 2024 NBA Draft) from the Orlando Magic in exchange for future draft compensation.Reeves, 6-5, 187, averaged 20.2 points on .512 shooting, including .447 from three, 4.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game during the 2023-24 at the University of Kentucky. Reeves was the SEC’s third-leading scorer, earning All-SEC First Team and All-America Third Team honors. Reeves was also a finalist for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award and one of 15 players on the John R. Wooden Award National Ballot. The Chicago, Ill., native was named Southeastern Conference Sixth Man of the Year for the 2022-23 season.Reeves played five collegiate seasons at Kentucky (two) and Illinois State (three), holding career averages of 15.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists while shooting .384 from deep and .801 from the foul line.