2025-26 Season

CHRIS YOUNGBLOOD

Portland Trail Blazers | Guard | 6-4

2025-26 Season

CHRIS YOUNGBLOOD

Portland Trail Blazers | Guard | 6-4 | Yr 0

2.1 PPG

0.8 RPG

0.4 APG

5.4 MPG

-6.9 Impact

Youngblood produces at an poor rate for a 5-minute workload.

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NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

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

-6.9

Scoring +1.9

Points 2.1 PPG = +1.3

Shot Making above expected FG% = +0.6

Creation +0.1

Creation 0.4 AST/g = +0.1

Turnovers -0.1

Turnovers 0.1/g = -0.1

Defense -0.3

Defense 0.1 STL, 0.1 BLK = -0.3

Hustle & Effort +0.6

Rebounds 0.8 RPG = +0.6

Raw Impact +2.2

Baseline (game-average expected) −9.1

Net Impact

-6.9

7th 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

Impact

Creation

Hustle

Defense

of 17 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Donovan Clingan +12.2 Deni Avdija +11.0 Shaedon Sharpe +7.6 Jrue Holiday +5.0 Jerami Grant +4.5 Robert Williams III +4.0 Toumani Camara +2.9 Caleb Love -0.2 Scoot Henderson -0.4 Matisse Thybulle -1.6 Kris Murray -2.8 Vít Krejčí -3.6 Duop Reath -4.1 Blake Wesley -6.1 Rayan Rupert -6.8 Sidy Cissoko -7.6 Hansen Yang -9.2

Similar Players

Same position, closest production profile this season.

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 245 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 1th

2.9 PPG

Efficiency 9th

45.6% TS

Playmaking 1th

0.6 APG

Rebounding 4th

1.3 RPG

Defense 2th

+2.4/g

Hustle 5th

+3.8/g

Creation 3th

+0.88/g

Shot Making 3th

+2.85/g

TO Discipline 99th

0.02/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

Chris Youngblood’s early season was defined by a desperate struggle to stay on the floor, plagued by constant defensive lapses and rushed decisions in fleeting bench cameos. Time and again, coaches handed him brief rotational windows only to watch him immediately bleed value. On 11/07 vs SAC, he posted a brutal -6.7 impact score in just eight minutes, entirely because blown defensive assignments and panicked offensive choices torpedoed his lineup. Even when he managed to find the basket, like his three points in nine minutes on 12/05 vs DAL, his atrocious defensive execution erased that minor production and dragged him down to a -4.8 impact rating. He did offer a rare flash of maximum efficiency on 01/19 vs CLE. By decisively stepping into consecutive perimeter looks during garbage time, he generated a massive +5.2 impact score in a mere three minutes. Ultimately, these sparse moments of shot-making could not mask his overall failure to adapt to the professional pace.

IMPACT TIMELINE

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

Nov 08 | -15.2 impact

PATTERNS

Struggling. Youngblood has posted negative impact in 97% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.

Slight upward trend. First-half impact: -7.8, second-half: -6.0. Modest improvement — possibly settling into a rhythm.

In a rough stretch — 9 straight games with negative impact. Longest cold streak this season: 24 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 55 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.