2025-26 Season
PETE NANCE
2025-26 Season
PETE NANCE
Nance 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 17 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 227 Forwards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
A chaotic pendulum swing defined Pete Nance's early-season run, bouncing wildly between end-of-bench irrelevance and highly efficient rotation bursts. You can see his hidden value perfectly on 01/19 vs ATL. Despite scoring a mere 5 points, he registered a massive +8.1 impact score because of flawless weak-side rotations and elite rim deterrence that anchored the second unit. Yet, when given a heavier workload on 01/21 vs OKC, the wheels completely fell off. He put up 11 points in 30 minutes, but his -1.1 impact score revealed the ugly truth: costly rotational mistakes on defense completely erased his offensive production. He quickly recalibrated his focus. On 01/25 vs DAL, Nance combined surprisingly stout defensive positioning (+4.7 def impact) with highly efficient spot-up shooting to generate a staggering +9.5 impact score in just 16 minutes. To survive in this league, he must abandon the defensive lapses and embrace his identity as a disciplined, low-usage connector.
This stretch was defined by a brutal reality check, as Nance's late-season promotion to heavier minutes exposed his glaring defensive limitations. Even when he found the bottom of the net, hidden costs consistently dragged him down. During the 03/23 vs LAC matchup, he managed 11 points in 31 minutes, yet posted a -3.0 impact score because a high volume of missed weak-side rotational assignments sabotaged the team's defensive structure. When his shot wasn't falling, the results were catastrophic. On 03/10 vs PHX, he was bullied on the interior and failed to secure defensive rebounds, resulting in a brutal -9.8 impact score while going completely scoreless. However, he occasionally found ways to add value without filling it up. In a bench role on 03/08 vs ORL, he scored just 6 points but scraped out a +0.8 impact by making quick, decisive reads that kept the offensive flow humming. Ultimately, Nance looked like a player overwhelmed by the speed of the game, bleeding far too many points defensively to justify his frequent lapses in aggression.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Boom-or-bust player. Nance's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~6 points per game.
Reliable shooter — hits 45%+ from the field in 76% of games. You can count on efficient nights more often than not.
Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Nance locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.
Performance has dropped off. First-half impact: +1.4, second-half: -3.8. Worth watching whether it's fatigue, injury, or opponents adjusting.
Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 3 games. Longest cold streak: 7 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 55 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
44 games played