2025-26 Season
LARRY NANCE JR.
2025-26 Season
LARRY NANCE JR.
Jr. produces at an below average rate for a 12-minute workload.
About this model: Net Impact can't measure floor spacing, help defense rotations, or playmaking gravity — so wings and guards are slightly undervalued vs bigs. How Net Impact works
TEAM COMPARISON
of 17 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 227 Forwards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Larry Nance Jr.'s first twenty games were defined by a crippling offensive slump that frequently turned his minutes into a black hole for the second unit. His complete inability to convert around the basket or stretch the floor was glaring on 10/31 vs TOR, where a scoreless 20-minute shift yielded a catastrophic -14.2 impact score. Even when he managed to find the basket, hidden defensive costs dragged his rating into the red. On 11/05 vs PHI, he scored 7 points—a relative scoring outburst for him—but still posted a -1.2 impact because he consistently arrived late on weak-side rotations and failed to anchor the bench defense. Yet, Nance occasionally salvaged his value through sheer veteran discipline. During a 13-minute stint on 01/21 vs CHA, he tallied just 5 points but generated a stellar +4.1 impact by making quick decisions and providing a masterclass in low-usage efficiency. To survive in this rotation, he must rely entirely on connective passing and defensive positioning rather than forcing a broken offensive game.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Boom-or-bust player. Jr.'s impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~3 points per game.
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 Jr. locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.
Getting better as the season goes on. First-half impact: -3.4, second-half: +0.9. That's a significant jump — could be a role change, confidence, or development clicking.
Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 3 games. Longest cold streak: 9 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 56 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
31 games played