2025-26 Season
SIDY CISSOKO
2025-26 Season
SIDY CISSOKO
Cissoko produces at an below average rate for a 20-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 235 Guards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Sidy Cissoko’s early campaign was defined by a disastrous promotion to the starting lineup that ruthlessly exposed his lack of offensive gravity. He occasionally salvaged his value through sheer grit, like on 11/18 vs PHX. Despite shooting a dismal 2-for-7 from the floor for just 8 points in that contest, elite rotational awareness and constant physical engagement earned him a +2.9 impact score. However, increased minutes quickly magnified his fatal flaws. Even when he managed a massive scoring spike with 11 points on 12/03 vs CLE, he still posted a -0.6 impact score because underlying mistakes completely negated his buckets. Opposing defenses simply stopped guarding him, bogging down the entire half-court system.
Sidy Cissoko's midseason run was defined by maddening inconsistency, oscillating violently between flawless execution and being an outright offensive liability. When his jumper actually fell, the results were spectacular. He erupted for a +12.4 impact score on 01/05 vs UTA, fueled entirely by scorching perimeter shooting and staggering hustle metrics. He followed that with a pristine 4/4 shooting night on 01/09 vs HOU, yielding a massive +13.4 impact because his perfect shot selection kept the offense humming. Yet, those rare peaks were quickly buried beneath a mountain of clunky performances. Look no further than his start on 01/13 vs GSW, where a miserable 1/4 shooting effort completely tanked his overall impact to a brutal -14.9. Ultimately, a mid-stretch promotion to the starting unit only magnified his flaws, revealing a player whose defensive flashes simply cannot hide a deeply broken offensive game.
Extreme volatility defined Sidy Cissoko’s midseason stretch, as the wing oscillated violently between flawless efficiency and complete offensive invisibility. On 01/30 vs NYK, he was spectacular. He paired a perfect 5-for-5 shooting night with suffocating defense to generate a stellar +7.8 impact score off the bench. Yet when handed a starting gig on 02/07 vs MEM, a sudden spike in usage exposed his limitations. Despite grabbing 10 rebounds, his inefficient perimeter chucking completely derailed the offensive flow and dragged his impact down to a -2.8. The bottom completely fell out shortly after on 02/09 vs PHI, where he posted a disastrous -10.1 impact score. He went scoreless on 0-for-4 shooting in that contest, actively hurting the team with poor defensive awareness and creating brutal 4-on-5 spacing issues that doomed his minutes.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Inconsistent. Cissoko has clear good-night/bad-night splits, with scoring swinging ~5 points between games. You're never quite sure which version shows up.
Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 37% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.
Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Cissoko locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.
In a rough stretch — 6 straight games with negative impact. Longest cold streak this season: 8 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 71 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
71 games played