2025-26 Season
DAEQWON PLOWDEN
2025-26 Season
DAEQWON PLOWDEN
Plowden produces at an below average rate for a 26-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
Daeqwon Plowden's early 2025-26 campaign was defined by maddening inconsistency and brutal perimeter shooting slumps. He occasionally teased his ceiling as a flawless offensive weapon, putting up a +9.1 impact score on 02/26 vs DAL by hitting all seven of his field goal attempts for 19 points. Yet, even when he found the bottom of the net, hidden costs frequently dragged down his overall value. During a spot start on 02/07 vs CLE, Plowden poured in 16 points but still registered a -4.2 impact because his poor defensive awareness and costly rotations gave those points right back to the opposition. When his shot abandoned him entirely, he became an active liability. On 03/15 vs UTA, he stubbornly launched contested looks to finish 2-for-11 from beyond the arc, cratering his value to a -7.9 impact score. Unless he stops settling for bad jumpers and tightens up his defensive focus, this erratic swing between perfect nights and total vanishing acts will keep him glued to the bench.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Struggling. Plowden has posted negative impact in 78% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.
Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 62% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.
Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Plowden locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.
Slight upward trend. First-half impact: -3.8, second-half: -2.1. Modest improvement — possibly settling into a rhythm.
Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 3 games. Longest cold streak: 9 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 34 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
27 games played