2025-26 Season
KHAMAN MALUACH
2025-26 Season
KHAMAN MALUACH
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
of 16 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
Similar Players
Same position, closest production profile this season.
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 93 Centers with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Khaman Maluach’s first twenty games were defined by erratic, blink-and-you-miss-it garbage time minutes where his defensive awareness wildly fluctuated. When given a season-high 13 minutes on 10/25 vs DEN, he managed to score 6 points but posted a brutal -6.7 impact score. That dismal rating stemmed directly from his inability to anchor the paint, as poor pick-and-roll positioning heavily compromised his defensive value and bled points on the other end. Conversely, he flipped the script on 01/02 vs SAC, generating a massive +6.6 impact score despite scoring just 4 points. He maximized that brief five-minute run by providing instant, suffocating rim protection. Too often, however, these short appearances ended in disaster. Look no further than his -5.0 impact mark on 11/10 vs NOP, where he looked completely out of sync, missed rotations, and clogged the floor. Until the rookie learns to consistently process defensive coverages, he will remain glued to the end of the bench.
Khaman Maluach spent this stretch morphing into a terrifying, high-leverage defensive specialist who could completely hijack a game in just a handful of minutes. He operates as pure chaos off the bench, swinging wildly between unplayable mistakes and absolute rim-protecting dominance. Look at his disastrous outing on 03/05 vs CHI, where he posted a brutal -6.1 impact score; severe struggles with defensive rotations and positioning bled points despite him grabbing four rebounds. Yet, he flipped the script immediately the next night on 03/06 vs NOP. He scored just 4 points in 20 minutes, but generated a massive +7.0 impact score by completely altering the geometry of the court with a monstrous defensive performance that erased driving lanes. When the offensive touches actually align with his defensive instincts, the results are staggering. He dismantled the opposition on 03/28 vs UTA, racking up 12 points and 9 rebounds to drive a colossal +13.0 impact score purely by acting as an impenetrable rim deterrent.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Struggling. Maluach has posted negative impact in 83% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.
Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 67% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.
Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Maluach locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.
Getting better as the season goes on. First-half impact: -7.4, second-half: -2.8. That's a significant jump — could be a role change, confidence, or development clicking.
Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 2 games. Longest cold streak: 22 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 77 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.
ON OFFENSE: WHO GUARDED HIM
His shooting stats against each primary defender this season
ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED
How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.
SEASON STATS
GAME LOG
47 games played
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