Saddiq Bey

New Orleans Pelicans

SF 6-7 215 lb 4 yr exp Villanova
6.2 Predictability score 63 games started, 2025-26
Season 2025-26 season backtest

Projected vs actual profile

Season averages, axes scaled to an elite starter level.

Model vs naive baseline

The naive forecaster projects the average of season and last-5 games. We publish the comparison for every stat, whichever side wins.

StatAvgModel MAENaive MAESkill
Points 19.02 5.38 5.94 +10.4%
Rebounds 5.89 1.99 2.12 +2.0%
Assists 2.71 1.43 1.46 +4.2%
3PM 2.21 1.18 1.17 +4.2%

Skill = CRPS improvement of the full probability distribution over a Poisson naive, per game. Points and rebounds drive the headline score; assists and threes are shown for transparency.

Game by game: predicted vs actual

The shaded band is the model's 10th to 90th percentile before tip-off. Dots are what he actually did.

Every game he started

DateOpponent PointsReboundsAssists3PM
2026-04-05 vs Orlando Magic 32 (18.2) 6 (4.8) 1 (2.9) 3 (2.1)
2026-04-03 @ Sacramento Kings 20 (16.9) 1 (5.1) 3 (3.2) 1 (2.1)
2026-04-02 @ Portland Trail Blazers 15 (16.7) 6 (5.0) 1 (2.7) 3 (2.1)
2026-03-29 vs Houston Rockets 18 (16.8) 7 (5.0) 1 (3.0) 4 (2.2)
2026-03-27 @ Toronto Raptors 19 (17.9) 3 (4.8) 2 (3.1) 3 (2.2)
2026-03-26 @ Detroit Pistons 17 (17.7) 1 (4.8) 3 (2.8) 3 (2.2)
2026-03-24 @ New York Knicks 18 (17.4) 4 (5.0) 2 (2.9) 4 (2.3)
2026-03-21 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 19 (17.6) 5 (5.2) 4 (3.2) 4 (2.3)
2026-03-19 vs Los Angeles Clippers 20 (18.0) 6 (5.0) 6 (2.7) 3 (2.2)
2026-03-18 vs Los Angeles Clippers 25 (17.7) 5 (5.6) 4 (2.8) 5 (2.0)
2026-03-16 vs Dallas Mavericks 23 (18.2) 6 (5.6) 3 (2.8) 1 (1.9)
2026-03-13 @ Houston Rockets 5 (16.8) 5 (4.8) 1 (2.1) 0 (2.1)
2026-03-11 vs Toronto Raptors 9 (18.3) 4 (5.6) 4 (2.6) 1 (2.2)
2026-03-08 vs Washington Wizards 23 (18.5) 10 (5.6) 2 (3.0) 0 (2.1)
2026-03-06 @ Phoenix Suns 19 (18.9) 6 (4.8) 0 (3.2) 1 (2.2)
2026-03-05 @ Sacramento Kings 20 (19.7) 1 (4.9) 0 (3.8) 3 (2.3)
2026-03-03 @ Los Angeles Lakers 18 (18.6) 5 (4.8) 3 (3.1) 2 (2.4)
2026-03-01 @ Los Angeles Clippers 14 (18.5) 6 (4.8) 2 (2.8) 2 (2.4)
2026-02-28 @ Utah Jazz 24 (20.1) 5 (5.1) 6 (3.4) 3 (2.5)
2026-02-26 @ Utah Jazz 42 (17.9) 5 (5.1) 7 (3.0) 5 (2.4)
2026-02-24 vs Golden State Warriors 18 (17.9) 6 (6.1) 1 (3.2) 1 (2.2)
2026-02-21 vs Philadelphia 76ers 20 (18.3) 4 (5.5) 2 (3.1) 4 (2.3)
2026-02-20 vs Milwaukee Bucks 22 (17.9) 6 (6.4) 3 (2.8) 2 (2.2)
2026-02-11 vs Miami Heat 14 (18.7) 9 (5.2) 4 (3.3) 4 (2.3)
2026-02-09 vs Sacramento Kings 12 (19.9) 4 (5.7) 1 (3.4) 1 (2.2)
2026-02-06 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 30 (17.9) 9 (5.3) 5 (3.0) 3 (2.1)
2026-02-04 @ Milwaukee Bucks 22 (17.5) 3 (6.0) 2 (3.6) 4 (2.0)
2026-02-02 @ Charlotte Hornets 8 (19.0) 3 (5.7) 5 (3.2) 1 (2.0)
2026-01-31 @ Philadelphia 76ers 34 (18.6) 6 (5.7) 3 (3.1) 4 (2.1)
2026-01-30 vs Memphis Grizzlies 22 (18.3) 8 (5.8) 2 (3.3) 2 (2.2)
2026-01-27 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 16 (16.4) 13 (4.8) 5 (2.3) 3 (1.9)
2026-01-25 @ San Antonio Spurs 24 (16.8) 10 (4.6) 4 (2.2) 3 (1.9)
2026-01-23 @ Memphis Grizzlies 36 (15.8) 4 (4.5) 4 (2.5) 6 (1.9)
2026-01-21 vs Detroit Pistons 20 (14.5) 3 (4.1) 2 (2.4) 1 (1.7)
2026-01-18 @ Houston Rockets 11 (15.1) 4 (4.2) 2 (2.1) 1 (1.9)
2026-01-16 @ Indiana Pacers 20 (15.4) 4 (4.7) 1 (2.1) 2 (1.8)
2026-01-14 vs Brooklyn Nets 12 (15.3) 4 (4.6) 1 (2.7) 1 (1.8)
2026-01-13 vs Denver Nuggets 17 (12.5) 4 (4.5) 2 (2.2) 1 (1.7)
2025-12-31 @ Chicago Bulls 16 (16.0) 4 (5.2) 3 (2.8) 2 (1.9)
2025-12-29 vs New York Knicks 26 (15.7) 6 (5.1) 6 (2.4) 4 (1.8)
2025-12-27 vs Phoenix Suns 17 (16.9) 5 (5.4) 2 (2.4) 0 (1.8)
2025-12-26 vs Phoenix Suns 9 (16.2) 4 (6.1) 1 (2.7) 0 (1.7)
2025-12-23 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 11 (16.7) 3 (5.7) 2 (2.3) 1 (1.8)
2025-12-22 vs Dallas Mavericks 19 (16.9) 7 (5.7) 1 (2.2) 0 (1.9)
2025-12-20 vs Indiana Pacers 18 (16.3) 5 (6.0) 3 (2.5) 1 (1.9)
2025-12-18 vs Houston Rockets 29 (15.9) 9 (5.1) 1 (1.9) 3 (1.8)
2025-12-14 @ Chicago Bulls 10 (16.3) 6 (5.7) 1 (2.6) 0 (2.0)
2025-12-11 vs Portland Trail Blazers 15 (15.6) 8 (5.9) 5 (2.5) 1 (1.8)
2025-12-08 vs San Antonio Spurs 17 (15.9) 6 (6.0) 2 (2.7) 1 (1.9)
2025-12-06 @ Brooklyn Nets 18 (16.0) 5 (6.1) 2 (2.6) 2 (1.7)
2025-12-04 vs Minnesota Timberwolves 20 (15.6) 6 (6.0) 1 (2.4) 0 (1.8)
2025-12-02 vs Minnesota Timberwolves 22 (14.9) 6 (6.3) 3 (2.5) 0 (1.9)
2025-11-30 @ Los Angeles Lakers 22 (14.7) 11 (5.5) 3 (2.5) 3 (2.1)
2025-11-29 @ Golden State Warriors 21 (13.5) 7 (5.7) 3 (2.5) 2 (2.1)
2025-11-26 vs Memphis Grizzlies 18 (13.4) 10 (5.6) 2 (2.8) 4 (2.2)
2025-11-24 vs Chicago Bulls 20 (12.7) 13 (5.0) 3 (2.3) 3 (2.0)
2025-11-22 vs Atlanta Hawks 18 (13.1) 11 (5.0) 5 (2.4) 1 (2.2)
2025-11-16 vs Golden State Warriors 11 (13.7) 7 (4.8) 1 (2.4) 2 (2.2)
2025-11-14 vs Los Angeles Lakers 11 (14.3) 7 (4.3) 7 (2.2) 3 (2.2)
2025-11-12 vs Portland Trail Blazers 25 (12.6) 6 (4.3) 5 (1.6) 3 (2.2)
2025-11-10 @ Phoenix Suns 15 (11.7) 7 (4.0) 0 (1.6) 2 (1.9)
2025-11-08 @ San Antonio Spurs 10 (10.8) 2 (3.8) 4 (1.2) 2 (2.1)
2025-11-05 @ Dallas Mavericks 22 (10.9) 9 (4.1) 1 (1.4) 4 (1.9)

Bold = actual, in brackets = model projection before the game. Only games he started are shown: our projections assume the starting five, so a scratch is not a model miss.

About this data

The 2025-26 season is a holdout backtest: the models were trained and validated only on seasons up to 2024-25, then predicted every 2025-26 game. The season is fully out-of-sample, with one caveat: historical features use realized lineups, while live production predicts from the expected starting five, so live accuracy can run marginally lower. Projections and full distributions for today's games are on the NBA player projections page, and the methodology behind every model is on the methodology page.