After their latest 87-93 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, the New Orleans Pelicans have officially dropped to 0-3 in the NBA 2K26 Las Vegas summer league, effectively ending their hopes of chasing the championship. But the title is a secondary goal in summer league, infinitely inconsequential compared to the development and evaluation of each team's young prospects.
Since the Pels have a handful of rookies and highly inexperienced players leading their squad, it's not super surprising that they haven't been dominating the competition. Against the Blazers, they rolled out a starting lineup featuring Jeremiah Fears, Antonio Reeves, Micah Peavy, Yves Missi, and Derik Queen.