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2025-26 Season

MAX STRUS

Cleveland Cavaliers | Guard-Forward | 6-5
Max Strus
10.0PPG
4.7RPG
2.1APG
25.2MPG
-0.8 Impact

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

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IMPACT BREAKDOWN
Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average
-0.8
Scoring +8.8
Points Scored 10.0 PPG = +10.0
Missed Shots difficulty-adjusted = -3.7
Shot Making above expected FG% = +2.5
Creation +0.8
Assists & Self-Creation 2.1 AST/g + self-creation = +0.8
Turnovers -2.6
Turnovers 1.1/g (live + dead blend) = -2.6
Defense -0.9
Steals 0.6/g = +1.4
Blocks 0.1/g = +0.1
Fouls + context committed fouls, matchup adj = -2.4
Hustle & Effort +3.5
Rebounds 4.7 RPG (OREB + DREB) = +3.0
Contested Shots 0.9/g = +0.2
Deflections 0.3/g = +0.2
Charges Drawn 0.0/g = +0.0
Loose Balls 0.0/g = +0.0
Screen Assists 0.3/g = +0.1
Raw Impact +9.6
Baseline (game-average expected) −10.4
Net Impact
-0.8
57th pctl vs Guards

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

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Same position, closest production profile this season.

DAL DAL
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9.7 PPG -1.0
IND IND
Quenton Jackson
10.4 PPG -1.1
LAL LAL
Luke Kennard
9.7 PPG -0.2
DET DET
Daniss Jenkins
10.5 PPG -1.3

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 246 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 55th
10.0 PPG
Efficiency 41th
53.3% TS
Playmaking 36th
2.1 APG
Rebounding 86th
4.7 RPG
Defense 21th
+5.0/g
Hustle 61th
+10.2/g
Creation 22th
+1.89/g
Shot Making 73th
+8.15/g
TO Discipline 69th
0.05/min

ON / OFF COURT

CLE performance per 100 possessions with Strus on vs off the floor · 439 poss on, 5,243 off

Team net — ON court
-2.4
ORtg 93.2 · DRtg 95.6
Team net — OFF court
+5.0
ORtg 95.4 · DRtg 90.3
On/Off swing
-7.4
Points per 100 possessions the team gains (or loses) when he plays

IMPACT TIMELINE

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

Best Game
29 PTS vs MIA
Mar 27 | +27.3 impact
Worst Game
4 PTS vs IND
Apr 05 | -13.1 impact
PATTERNS

Boom-or-bust player. Strus's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~7 points per game.

Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 25% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.

Defensive impact is minimal for a 25-minute player. Not generating enough contests, rim protection, or forced turnovers to move the needle.

Small downward trend. First-half impact: +0.1, second-half: -1.7. Not alarming yet, but trending the wrong direction.

MATCHUP HISTORY ⚠ Updated 20 days ago

Based on 25 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

D. Robinson 61.7 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 50.0%
PPP 0.15
PTS 9
C. Cunningham 60.6 poss
FG% 27.3%
3P% 12.5%
PPP 0.13
PTS 8
J. Brunson 55.4 poss
FG% 66.7%
3P% 71.4%
PPP 0.31
PTS 17
R. Barrett 54.8 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 60.0%
PPP 0.2
PTS 11
J. Walter 47.2 poss
FG% 28.6%
3P% 28.6%
PPP 0.17
PTS 8
J. Shead 37.6 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 100.0%
PPP 0.16
PTS 6
N. Alexander-Walker 35.2 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
B. Ingram 34.9 poss
FG% 60.0%
3P% 50.0%
PPP 0.26
PTS 9
D. Jenkins 34.8 poss
FG% 62.5%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.29
PTS 10
C. LeVert 31.7 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0

ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED

How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.

C. Cunningham 75.3 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 44.4%
PPP 0.31
PTS 23
R. Barrett 53.1 poss
FG% 30.8%
3P% 50.0%
PPP 0.23
PTS 12
J. Brunson 49.3 poss
FG% 44.4%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.28
PTS 14
S. Barnes 44.3 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.27
PTS 12
D. Robinson 43.5 poss
FG% 55.6%
3P% 71.4%
PPP 0.34
PTS 15
T. Harris 40.4 poss
FG% 43.8%
3P% 20.0%
PPP 0.45
PTS 18
J. Walter 40.0 poss
FG% 42.9%
3P% 33.3%
PPP 0.42
PTS 17
B. Ingram 36.7 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 50.0%
PPP 0.3
PTS 11
D. Jenkins 28.1 poss
FG% 25.0%
3P% 33.3%
PPP 0.25
PTS 7
C. LeVert 27.3 poss
FG% 66.7%
3P% 100.0%
PPP 0.44
PTS 12

SEASON STATS

29
Games
10.0
PPG
4.7
RPG
2.1
APG
0.6
SPG
0.1
BPG
41.9
FG%
35.8
3P%
84.8
FT%
25.2
MPG

GAME LOG

29 games played

May 25 vs NYK L 93-130
-12.1
5pts 2r 2a 2/6 FG 1/4 3P
May 23 vs NYK L 108-121
+8.2
13pts 7r 6a 4/12 FG 4/11 3P
May 21 @ NYK L 93-109
-10.1
5pts 4r 3a 1/7 FG 1/4 3P
May 19 @ NYK L 104-115
-9.2
8pts 2r 1a 2/6 FG 2/6 3P
May 17 @ DET W 125-94
+8.9
9pts 3r 2a 3/7 FG 1/5 3P
May 11 vs DET W 112-103
-1.4
5pts 4r 2a 2/7 FG 1/6 3P
May 09 vs DET W 116-109
-10.7
7pts 5r 2a 3/7 FG 1/4 3P
May 07 @ DET L 97-107
-10.8
3pts 3r 1a 1/6 FG 1/6 3P
May 05 @ DET L 101-111
+10.7
19pts 5r 2a 7/13 FG 4/8 3P
May 03 vs TOR W 114-102
+7.2
12pts 8r 5a 4/10 FG 2/8 3P
May 01 @ TOR L 110-112
-4.2
6pts 5r 3a 2/6 FG 2/4 3P
Apr 29 vs TOR W 125-120
-4.7
8pts 4r 2a 2/4 FG 0/2 3P
Apr 26 @ TOR L 89-93
1pts 7r 0a 0/5 FG 0/5 3P
Apr 24 @ TOR L 104-126
+11.2
15pts 6r 3a 5/10 FG 4/8 3P
Apr 20 vs TOR W 115-105
-8.1
6pts 3r 3a 2/5 FG 2/4 3P
Apr 18 vs TOR W 126-113
+15.8
24pts 3r 0a 8/10 FG 4/6 3P
Apr 12 vs WAS W 130-117
-5.0
10pts 5r 2a 4/9 FG 1/6 3P
Apr 10 @ ATL L 102-124
-12.0
2pts 4r 0a 1/9 FG 0/4 3P
Apr 08 vs ATL W 122-116
-9.7
8pts 2r 2a 3/7 FG 2/5 3P
Apr 05 vs IND W 117-108
-13.1
4pts 7r 5a 1/10 FG 1/9 3P
Apr 02 @ GSW W 118-111
+6.9
24pts 5r 2a 9/14 FG 6/10 3P
Mar 31 @ LAL L 113-127
-2.1
11pts 3r 1a 4/8 FG 3/7 3P
Mar 27 vs MIA W 149-128
+27.3
29pts 8r 1a 10/14 FG 8/11 3P
Mar 24 vs ORL W 136-131
-0.2
11pts 3r 3a 4/10 FG 3/8 3P
Mar 21 @ NOP W 111-106
-0.8
5pts 8r 2a 2/5 FG 1/4 3P
Mar 19 @ CHI W 115-110
-11.9
0pts 6r 1a 0/5 FG 0/5 3P
Mar 17 @ MIL W 123-116
-6.8
6pts 6r 4a 2/6 FG 2/6 3P
Mar 15 vs DAL L 120-130
+19.2
24pts 8r 1a 7/9 FG 6/7 3P
Nov 03 @ IND L 115-121
-6.2
10pts 1r 0a 4/9 FG 1/6 3P