Jordan Hawkins opened the 2025-26 season mired in a brutal shooting slump, struggling to justify his bench minutes with empty offensive trips. During a miserable 10/27 vs BOS outing, he tossed up a barrage of bricks to finish with zero points on 0-for-5 shooting. This erratic shot selection killed his team's momentum and resulted in a dismal -9.7 Impact score. Things bottomed out completely on 11/11 vs PHX. He managed just a single point and missed all three of his attempts from the floor, generating a hideous -12.8 Impact score because his complete lack of scoring gravity allowed defenders to freely sag off him and pack the paint. He briefly reinvented himself as a facilitator on 11/18 vs OKC, logging 11 points and 6 assists. Despite shooting a frosty 1-for-5 from beyond the arc in that contest, his unexpected drive-and-kick playmaking kept the offense flowing and earned him a +0.4 Impact score.

Jordan Hawkins spent the middle of the winter trapped in a miserable offensive slump, looking completely lost as a bench floor-spacer. The absolute nadir arrived on 01/03 vs POR, where he hoisted up four empty shots and grabbed a single rebound across 16 agonizing minutes. That completely invisible offensive outing saddled him with a catastrophic -22.2 Impact score, reflecting a player who was actively harming his team's spacing and flow. Even when his shot occasionally fell, like during a 10-point outing on 12/03 vs MIN, his one-dimensional play dragged him down to a -6.8 Impact score. He failed to record a single rebound or assist in 22 minutes that night, offering zero resistance or playmaking when the ball was not in his hands. He finally found a way to contribute without filling it up on 01/10 vs WAS. Despite scoring just seven points, Hawkins scrapped for four rebounds and dug in defensively to earn a +3.5 Impact score, a rare flash of two-way utility in an otherwise bleak stretch of basketball.