2025-26 Season

TIDJANE SALAÜN

Charlotte Hornets | Forward | 6-10

2025-26 Season

TIDJANE SALAÜN

Charlotte Hornets | Forward | 6-10 | Yr 1

5.9 PPG

4.0 RPG

0.8 APG

15.4 MPG

-2.5 Impact

Salaün 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

-2.5

Scoring +5.7

Points 5.9 PPG = +4.3

Shot Making above expected FG% = +1.4

Creation +0.2

Creation 0.8 AST/g = +0.2

Turnovers -1.7

Turnovers 0.7/g = -1.7

Defense -0.2

Defense 0.4 STL, 0.2 BLK = -0.2

Hustle & Effort +3.3

Rebounds 4.0 RPG = +3.3

Raw Impact +7.3

Baseline (game-average expected) −9.8

Net Impact

-2.5

35th 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

Impact

#16

Creation

Hustle

#14

Defense

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

Kon Knueppel +8.7 LaMelo Ball +7.9 Miles Bridges +7.6 Brandon Miller +7.2 Moussa Diabaté +6.5 Coby White +2.2 Ryan Kalkbrenner +1.4 Collin Sexton +0.7 Tidjane Salaün -1.7 Grant Williams -2.3 PJ Hall -2.4 Pat Connaughton -2.9 Liam McNeeley -4.4 Tre Mann -5.4 KJ Simpson -5.6 Sion James -5.7 Josh Green -6.1

Similar Players

Same position, closest production profile this season.

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 234 Forwards with 10+ games

Scoring 29th

6.6 PPG

Efficiency 67th

59.0% TS

Playmaking 13th

0.9 APG

Rebounding 55th

4.4 RPG

Defense 7th

+3.2/g

Hustle 58th

+13.0/g

Creation 6th

+1.03/g

Shot Making 40th

+5.19/g

TO Discipline 61th

0.04/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

Extreme volatility defined Tidjane Salaün’s first twenty games, as the bench wing oscillated wildly between a hyper-efficient sniper and a complete offensive ghost. When his perimeter stroke was working, he was an absolute flamethrower. He generated a monstrous +14.2 impact score on 12/05 vs TOR by drilling five threes for 21 points. Even when his scoring volume vanished, he could still swing a game through sheer discipline. He posted a +3.4 impact on just four points on 10/26 vs WAS by maximizing his floor time, pulling down seven rebounds, and playing strictly within his defined role. Yet, those flashes of brilliant role-playing were constantly interrupted by stretches of total passivity that cratered his overall value. On 01/05 vs OKC, he floated aimlessly on the perimeter without attempting a single field goal, killing the team's half-court spacing and suffering a horrific -12.8 impact score. If he wants to survive in a modern rotation, he has to stop being a spectator on the offensive end.

IMPACT TIMELINE

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

Best Game

21 PTS vs TOR

Dec 06 | +20.9 impact

Worst Game

0 PTS vs OKC

Jan 06 | -16.9 impact

PATTERNS

Boom-or-bust player. Salaün's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~5 points per game.

Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 63% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.

Average defender. Salaün doesn't hurt you defensively, but he's not making opponents uncomfortable either.

Small downward trend. First-half impact: -1.1, second-half: -4.0. Not alarming yet, but trending the wrong direction.

Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 3 games. Longest cold streak: 6 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 44 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.