2025-26 Season
JALEN WILSON
2025-26 Season
JALEN WILSON
Wilson produces at an below average rate for a 15-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 18 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 227 Forwards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
A brutal shooting slump and a complete inability to generate consistent offensive rhythm defined Jalen Wilson's early-season minutes. Even when his perimeter stroke caught fire, as it did on 10/26 vs SAS when he drilled three triples for 9 points, hidden defensive costs dragged his overall impact down to a frustrating -1.7. The real damage occurred when his jumper abandoned him entirely. During a disastrous outing on 11/09 vs NYK, Wilson bricked all eight of his field goal attempts to post an abysmal -15.7 impact score. Forced shots, poor spacing decisions, and an inability to create separation off the dribble routinely stalled the offense during his rotations. He finally found a brief spark on 11/29 vs MIL, utilizing decisive half-court attacks to score 13 points and generate a +5.3 impact score. Unfortunately, those efficient flashes were far too rare for a bench wing struggling to keep his head above water.
Jalen Wilson's midseason stretch was defined by maddening inconsistency, oscillating wildly between high-value rotational minutes and stretches where he was an active detriment on the floor. During a clash on 01/29 vs DEN, he needed just 8 points to generate a massive +8.4 impact score. He drove winning basketball in that contest through crisp defensive rotations and timely perimeter closeouts rather than sheer scoring volume. Just days later on 02/01 vs DET, the bottom completely fell out. Despite pulling down 7 rebounds and scoring 8 points in 27 minutes, his glaring inability to finish at the rim and a barrage of errant spot-up jumpers dragged him to a catastrophic -13.7 impact. This feast-or-famine reality was equally evident on 01/21 vs NYK, where he vanished from the game plan entirely, failing to make decisive cuts en route to a scoreless outing and a brutal -10.4 impact. To stick in a reliable NBA rotation, Wilson must eliminate these massive dips in focus and find ways to anchor the second unit when his jumper stops falling.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Below-average consistency. Wilson is negative impact in 71% of games, with scoring moving ~4 points game-to-game.
Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 38% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.
Average defender. Wilson doesn't hurt you defensively, but he's not making opponents uncomfortable either.
Flat trajectory all season — first-half impact -3.4, second-half -2.0. No major shifts, which fits with the overall steadiness.
Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 3 games. Longest cold streak: 7 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 76 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
49 games played