2025-26 Season

KEVON LOONEY

New Orleans Pelicans | Forward | 6-9

2025-26 Season

KEVON LOONEY

New Orleans Pelicans | Forward | 6-9 | Yr 10

2.8 PPG

5.6 RPG

1.6 APG

14.6 MPG

-3.8 Impact

Looney produces at an below average rate for a 15-minute workload.

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NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

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

-3.8

Scoring +2.0

Points 2.8 PPG = +1.4

Shot Making above expected FG% = +0.6

Creation +0.4

Creation 1.6 AST/g = +0.4

Turnovers -1.0

Turnovers 0.4/g = -1.0

Defense -0.2

Defense 0.4 STL, 0.5 BLK = -0.2

Hustle & Effort +6.1

Rebounds 5.6 RPG = +6.1

Raw Impact +7.3

Baseline (game-average expected) −11.1

Net Impact

-3.8

26th pctl vs Forwards

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

#10

Impact

#12

Creation

Hustle

#15

Defense

of 16 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Trey Murphy III +13.1 Zion Williamson +11.9 Saddiq Bey +11.0 Dejounte Murray +2.7 Derik Queen +0.9 Jeremiah Fears -0.4 DeAndre Jordan -1.0 Jordan Poole -1.9 Bryce McGowens -2.4 Kevon Looney -2.5 Herbert Jones -2.6 Yves Missi -2.8 Karlo Matković -3.3 Jose Alvarado -3.5 Jordan Hawkins -5.6 Micah Peavy -6.4

Similar Players

Same position, closest production profile this season.

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 234 Forwards with 10+ games

Scoring 3th

3.0 PPG

Efficiency 4th

43.0% TS

Playmaking 55th

1.8 APG

Rebounding 81th

5.9 RPG

Defense 4th

+2.6/g

Hustle 74th

+15.2/g

Creation 51th

+2.39/g

Shot Making 2th

+1.43/g

TO Discipline 93th

0.03/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

Kevon Looney spent the first twenty games of the 2025-26 season mastering the unglamorous art of low-usage, high-hustle dirty work. He rarely looked at the basket, yet he generated a massive +11.3 impact score on Jan 03 vs POR by grabbing 12 rebounds and anchoring an elite defensive effort (+8.8) without needing a single play called for him. However, his offensive limitations occasionally punished the rotation. Clunky interior finishes and blown layups on Jan 01 vs CHI dragged him to a -1.0 impact despite pulling down 10 boards. He also bled value when his mobility waned, posting a brutal -9.2 impact score on Dec 03 vs MIN after looking a step slow in drop coverage and allowing guards to relentlessly turn the corner. When his legs were fresh, though, he dominated the margins. During a spot start on Nov 06 vs DAL, his timely offensive rebounding fueled a highly productive +9.5 impact score in just 15 minutes of action. He rarely scores, but his bruising screens and textbook verticality still swing games.

IMPACT TIMELINE

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

Dec 03 | -19.2 impact

PATTERNS

Inconsistent. Looney has clear good-night/bad-night splits, with scoring swinging ~3 points between games. You're never quite sure which version shows up.

Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Looney locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.

Slight upward trend. First-half impact: -5.3, second-half: -2.4. Modest improvement — possibly settling into a rhythm.

Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 2 games. Longest cold streak: 6 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 72 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.