Drew Eubanks spent the first month of the season pinballing between spot starts and deep-bench irrelevance, struggling to find a stable role as an interior enforcer. His early minutes were defined by empty offensive trips. He completely bottomed out during the 10/24 vs UTA contest, bricking all five of his shots for zero points and a dismal -13.2 impact score. Even when Eubanks found the bottom of the net, his lack of rebounding frequently dragged down his overall value. Look no further than the 11/04 vs DEN matchup, where he scored 10 points on perfect 4/4 shooting but still posted a brutal -9.9 impact because he grabbed just two rebounds and offered zero resistance inside. He finally flipped the script in a rematch on 11/12 vs DEN. By racking up 19 points and seven boards on 8/9 shooting, he punished the interior and earned a massive +12.0 impact score. Unfortunately, that physical showing was a glaring outlier in a chaotic stretch where he mostly bled value on the margins.

This 14-game stretch was defined by a brutal demotion, as Drew Eubanks went from eating up frontcourt minutes as a starter to fighting for scraps at the end of the bench. Even when he scored reasonably well early on, his overall presence was a net negative. During a start on 11/21 vs MEM, he tallied a stretch-high 9 points and 5 rebounds in 26 minutes, but defensive passivity and a complete lack of playmaking dragged his impact score down to a bleak -6.6. Shortly after, he was banished to the second unit. Coming off the bench did little to revive his flatlining production, highlighted by a completely invisible outing on 12/12 vs DEN where he logged zeros across the board in four minutes for a -10.8 impact. He finally found a pulse in the final game of the window on 01/03 vs PHX. Despite playing just 10 minutes, his perfect 2-for-2 shooting from the floor and highly efficient offensive execution yielded a +1.2 impact score—his lone positive mark of the entire span.