Although Fears was the higher draft pick, even more focus will be on Queen. He is the player who first-year executive vice president of basketball operations Joe Dumars traded up 10 spots for in the draft to select. In that trade with the Atlanta Hawks, the Pelicans gave up their first-round draft pick in the 2026 draft.

Aside from the errors, Fears and Queen did show flashes of the type of skillsets that made them hot commodities for the Pelicans on draft night.