Micah Peavy's minutes are up 19.6 a night for the Pelicans
A five-game jump from 15 to 34.6 minutes a night says the Pelicans are testing a bigger role for him.
Micah Peavy is averaging 34.6 minutes a night over his last five games. That is 19.6 minutes above his season average of 15 for the Pelicans in 2025-26. The five-game window runs through his most recent game, played April 12, 2026.
Fifteen minutes a night is bench-role minutes. Thirty-four and a half is close to a full four quarters. A jump that size over five games does not look like a coach managing one matchup. It looks like a change in role. Fringe rotation players do not usually see their playing time more than double unless the team has decided to use them differently.
Peavy's scoring has not caught up to his minutes over the full season. He is averaging 4.3 points a game across 61 games in 2025-26. If the extra minutes are real and lasting, that number moves next. More time on the floor at the same per-minute rate means more points, more rebounds, and more of everything else he already does. If his scoring average stays near 4.3 points a game even as his minutes climb, that is a sign the extra time is temporary rather than a true role change.
For this to hold, the Pelicans need to keep playing Peavy at this level for the rest of the 2025-26 season. A five-game run can be a short fill-in for an injury or a stretch of matchups that happen to favor him. If it holds, his season average climbs toward 34.6 minutes over the remaining games. If it does not, he goes back to 15 minutes a night and this stretch becomes a footnote from April.