2025-26 Season

CHAZ LANIER

Detroit Pistons | Guard | 6-3

2025-26 Season

CHAZ LANIER

Detroit Pistons | Guard | 6-3 | Yr 0

2.4 PPG

0.7 RPG

0.5 APG

7.7 MPG

-6.3 Impact

Lanier produces at an poor rate for a 8-minute workload.

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NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average

-6.3

Scoring +1.9

Points 2.4 PPG = +1.1

Shot Making above expected FG% = +0.8

Creation +0.1

Creation 0.5 AST/g = +0.1

Turnovers -0.2

Turnovers 0.1/g = -0.2

Defense +0.2

Defense 0.2 STL, 0.0 BLK = +0.2

Hustle & Effort +0.6

Rebounds 0.7 RPG = +0.6

Raw Impact +2.6

Baseline (game-average expected) −8.9

Net Impact

-6.3

12th pctl vs Guards

PBP Credit: Every play is analyzed from play-by-play data. Scorers get difficulty-adjusted credit, assisters get creation value based on the shot opportunity they created, and turnovers are classified by type. Shot difficulty is derived from 1M+ shots across 4 seasons. Full methodology

TEAM COMPARISON

#14

Impact

#15

Creation

#13

Hustle

#15

Defense

of 15 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Jalen Duren +18.5 Cade Cunningham +13.8 Ausar Thompson +5.7 Tobias Harris +5.7 Paul Reed +5.4 Duncan Robinson +2.5 Isaiah Stewart +1.0 Kevin Huerter +0.5 Javonte Green -0.2 Daniss Jenkins -0.9 Ronald Holland II -2.1 Jaden Ivey -2.7 Marcus Sasser -2.7 Chaz Lanier -4.6 Caris LeVert -5.3

Similar Players

Same position, closest production profile this season.

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 245 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 4th

4.0 PPG

Efficiency 17th

47.9% TS

Playmaking 7th

0.9 APG

Rebounding 2th

1.1 RPG

Defense 2th

+2.4/g

Hustle 12th

+5.1/g

Creation 1th

+0.70/g

Shot Making 3th

+2.88/g

TO Discipline 100th

0.01/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

Chaz Lanier’s early season was defined by a desperate, trigger-happy mentality that constantly sabotaged his ability to stick in the rotation. Look at his extended run on 11/10 vs WAS, where he tallied 8 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists in 27 minutes. Despite those decent counting stats, he posted a rough -3.5 impact score because his defensive processing speed was completely overwhelmed. Conversely, he managed to generate a wildly high +3.4 impact on 10/29 vs ORL despite scoring just 2 points in 3 minutes, entirely due to exceptional defensive activity in a tiny window. Unfortunately, those flashes of gritty effort were rare. Far too often, he delivered disastrous cameos like his stint on 03/08 vs MIA, where he went scoreless over 8 minutes and tanked to a -7.9 impact by forcing outside shots and generating zero hustle plays. Until he stops jacking up early-clock, contested perimeter jumpers, he will remain a distinct liability off the bench.

IMPACT TIMELINE

Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.

Mar 12 | -13.9 impact

PATTERNS

Struggling. Lanier has posted negative impact in 94% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.

Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 17% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.

Small downward trend. First-half impact: -5.4, second-half: -7.3. Not alarming yet, but trending the wrong direction.

In a rough stretch — 15 straight games with negative impact. Longest cold streak this season: 15 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 58 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.