2025-26 Season

MAX STRUS

Cleveland Cavaliers | Guard-Forward | 6-5

2025-26 Season

MAX STRUS

Cleveland Cavaliers | Guard-Forward | 6-5 | Yr 6

13.8 PPG

5.9 RPG

1.9 APG

24.4 MPG

+0.1 Impact

Strus produces at an average rate for a 24-minute workload.

NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

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

+0.1

Scoring +10.2

Points 13.8 PPG × +1.00 = +13.8

Missed 2PT 0.5/g × -0.78 = -0.4

Missed 3PT 3.6/g × -0.87 = -3.1

Missed FT 0.1/g × -1.00 = -0.1

Creation +2.8

Assists 1.9/g × +0.50 = +0.9

Off. Rebounds 1.5/g × +1.26 = +1.9

Turnovers -1.8

Turnovers 0.9/g × -1.95 = -1.8

Defense +0.3

Steals 0.4/g × +2.30 = +0.9

Blocks 0.0/g × +0.90 = +0.0

Def. Rebounds 4.4/g × +0.30 = +1.3

Fouls Committed 2.5/g × -0.75 = -1.9

Hustle & Effort +1.8

Contested Shots 3.4/g × +0.20 = +0.7

Deflections 1.0/g × +0.65 = +0.7

Loose Balls 0.1/g × +0.60 = +0.1

Screen Assists 1.0/g × +0.30 = +0.3

Raw Impact +13.3

Baseline (game-average expected) −13.2

Net Impact

+0.1

71st pctl vs Guards

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

Impact

Offense

Hustle

Defense

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

Jarrett Allen +9.1 Evan Mobley +5.9 Donovan Mitchell +5.6 Thomas Bryant +2.6 Keon Ellis +1.1 Nae'Qwan Tomlin +0.3 Craig Porter Jr. -0.3 Jaylon Tyson -0.3 James Harden -0.4 Tyrese Proctor -0.8 Dean Wade -1.2 Larry Nance Jr. -1.4 Sam Merrill -1.9 Darius Garland -2.4 De'Andre Hunter -3.0 Dennis Schröder -3.3 Lonzo Ball -3.4

IMPACT TIMELINE

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

Best Game

29 PTS vs MIA

Mar 27 | +14.0 impact

Worst Game

0 PTS vs CHI

Mar 19 | -9.2 impact

PATTERNS

Boom-or-bust player. Strus's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~11 points per game.

Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 50% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.

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

Getting better as the season goes on. First-half impact: -3.3, second-half: +3.5. That's a significant jump — could be a role change, confidence, or development clicking.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 8 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.