Derik Queen

At 206 cm and born in late 2004, Queen represents the kind of prospect the NBA dreams on. What interests me most is the path: a consensus five-star recruit who stayed home to play for Maryland rather than chase a flashier brand, then jumped to the Pelicans. Big men with that frame can coast on size alone, but the players I find compelling are the ones who add touch and feel to the raw measurables. Queen is still a blank page in pro terms, which is precisely why he is worth watching. The next few seasons will tell us whether the ceiling is real.

Name (English)

Derik Queen

Name (Japanese)

デリク・クイーン

Reading

でりく・くいーん

Born

December 27, 2004 (age 21)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey

Origin

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Height

206 cm

Occupation

basketball player

University

University of Maryland

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/theederikqueen/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derik%20Queen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124655262

Tags

• Maryland
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.