2025-26 Season

SAM HAUSER

Boston Celtics | Forward | 6-7

2025-26 Season

SAM HAUSER

Boston Celtics | Forward | 6-7 | Yr 4

9.2 PPG

3.8 RPG

1.5 APG

24.7 MPG

+0.2 Impact

Hauser produces at an average rate for a 25-minute workload.

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NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

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

+0.2

Scoring +8.4

Points 9.2 PPG = +5.7

Shot Making above expected FG% = +2.7

Creation +0.2

Creation 1.5 AST/g = +0.2

Turnovers -1.1

Turnovers 0.4/g = -1.1

Defense -0.1

Defense 0.5 STL, 0.3 BLK = -0.1

Hustle & Effort +2.7

Rebounds 3.8 RPG = +2.7

Raw Impact +10.1

Baseline (game-average expected) −9.9

Net Impact

+0.2

54th 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

#11

Impact

#14

Creation

#12

Hustle

#13

Defense

of 14 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Jaylen Brown +15.4 Jayson Tatum +12.2 Derrick White +8.3 Payton Pritchard +8.1 Neemias Queta +6.9 Nikola Vučević +4.3 Anfernee Simons +2.2 Ron Harper Jr. +1.5 Josh Minott +0.6 Luka Garza +0.5 Sam Hauser +0.5 Baylor Scheierman -1.3 Jordan Walsh -1.9 Hugo González -3.6

Similar Players

Same position, closest production profile this season.

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 234 Forwards with 10+ games

Scoring 51th

9.3 PPG

Efficiency 41th

55.5% TS

Playmaking 42th

1.5 APG

Rebounding 44th

3.9 RPG

Defense 24th

+5.2/g

Hustle 33th

+10.2/g

Creation 2th

+0.83/g

Shot Making 95th

+9.73/g

TO Discipline 98th

0.02/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

Sam Hauser’s early season was defined by extreme, whiplash-inducing volatility. He swung wildly between acting as a lethal floor-spacing weapon and an outright offensive liability. When his perimeter mechanics broke down, the results were disastrous. A brutal shooting slump on 11/05 vs WAS completely neutralized his primary value, cratering his impact to a miserable -10.2 as defenders aggressively abandoned him on the perimeter. Even when his shot actually landed, hidden costs frequently dragged him down, like during the 11/23 vs ORL matchup where his 14 points resulted in a -6.3 impact due to severe defensive bleeding. Conversely, he occasionally found ways to generate massive value without filling the box score. During the 11/18 vs BKN game, he managed a stellar +7.8 impact despite scoring just 8 points because his phenomenal off-ball gravity and elite defensive rotations warped the opposing shell.

This volatile midseason stretch was defined by the feast-or-famine reality of relying on a pure perimeter specialist. When his shot fell, Hauser was a lethal weapon. He peaked on 12/26 vs IND with 23 points and a staggering +19.1 impact score, as his constant off-ball movement and immediate trigger off screens completely broke the opponent's defense. He occasionally found ways to contribute without high volume, like during the 12/02 vs NYK matchup where he scored just six points but still managed a +0.6 impact. Serving primarily as a floor-spacing decoy that night, he buoyed his overall value with surprisingly stout defense. But when the outside shot abandoned him, the floor fell out. On 01/07 vs DEN, an uncharacteristically quiet night from the perimeter completely neutralized his usual offensive gravity, dragging him down to a disastrous -11.5 impact score.

A crippling mid-season shooting slump turned Sam Hauser from a dangerous floor-spacer into an outright liability. Early in this stretch, he found ways to contribute without filling the bucket, posting a +4.3 impact score on 01/24 vs CHI despite scoring just 8 points by relying on steady defensive effort and positive hustle metrics. But the bottom quickly fell out on 02/01 vs MIL. Clanking a barrage of wide-open looks from deep completely derailed the half-court offense, resulting in just 3 points and a brutal -12.0 impact score. Even when his scoring briefly returned, hidden defensive costs kept him firmly in the red. He managed 13 points on 02/27 vs BKN, yet suffered a -5.2 impact score because opponents ruthlessly targeted his lateral quickness in isolation. When the three-ball refuses to drop, his lack of creation makes him too easy to ignore on one end and far too easy to hunt on the other.

IMPACT TIMELINE

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

Best Game

30 PTS vs ATL

Jan 18 | +21.7 impact

Worst Game

0 PTS vs MIL

Dec 12 | -18.5 impact

PATTERNS

Boom-or-bust player. Hauser's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~6 points per game.

Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 35% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.

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

Getting better as the season goes on. First-half impact: -1.5, second-half: +1.8. That's a significant jump — could be a role change, confidence, or development clicking.

Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 10 games. Longest cold streak: 9 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.