2025-26 Season

CHAZ LANIER

Detroit Pistons | Guard | 6-3

2025-26 Season

CHAZ LANIER

Detroit Pistons | Guard | 6-3 | Yr 0

2.5 PPG

0.7 RPG

0.5 APG

7.9 MPG

-1.8 Impact

Lanier produces at an below average rate for a 8-minute workload. Defensive impact (-1.2/game) is a concern.

NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average

-1.8

Scoring +1.0

Points 2.5 PPG × +1.00 = +2.5

Missed 2PT 0.4/g × -0.78 = -0.3

Missed 3PT 1.4/g × -0.87 = -1.2

Missed FT 0.0/g × -1.00 = -0.0

Creation +0.5

Assists 0.5/g × +0.50 = +0.2

Off. Rebounds 0.2/g × +1.26 = +0.3

Turnovers -0.2

Turnovers 0.1/g × -1.95 = -0.2

Defense -1.2

Steals 0.2/g × +2.30 = +0.5

Blocks 0.0/g × +0.90 = +0.0

Def. Rebounds 0.5/g × +0.30 = +0.2

Fouls Committed 2.5/g × -0.75 = -1.9

Hustle & Effort +0.5

Contested Shots 0.7/g × +0.20 = +0.1

Deflections 0.4/g × +0.65 = +0.3

Loose Balls 0.1/g × +0.60 = +0.1

Raw Impact +0.6

Baseline (game-average expected) −2.4

Net Impact

-1.8

41st pctl vs Guards

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

#15

Impact

#14

Offense

#15

Hustle

#15

Defense

of 15 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Jalen Duren +11.5 Paul Reed +8.1 Cade Cunningham +4.1 Ausar Thompson +3.8 Isaiah Stewart +2.0 Javonte Green +1.5 Kevin Huerter +0.4 Tobias Harris -0.4 Ronald Holland II -1.3 Daniss Jenkins -1.5 Jaden Ivey -1.7 Marcus Sasser -1.8 Caris LeVert -2.4 Duncan Robinson -2.5 Chaz Lanier -2.9

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 235 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 7th

4.3 PPG

Efficiency 15th

46.5% TS

Playmaking 9th

0.9 APG

Rebounding 4th

1.1 RPG

Rim Protection 4th

0.06/min

Hustle 3th

0.05/min

Shot Creation 50th

0% pullup

TO Discipline 100th

0.01/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

Chaz Lanier’s early season was defined by a desperate, trigger-happy mentality that constantly sabotaged his ability to stick in the rotation. Look at his extended run on 11/10 vs WAS, where he tallied 8 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists in 27 minutes. Despite those decent counting stats, he posted a rough -3.5 impact score because his defensive processing speed was completely overwhelmed. Conversely, he managed to generate a wildly high +3.4 impact on 10/29 vs ORL despite scoring just 2 points in 3 minutes, entirely due to exceptional defensive activity in a tiny window. Unfortunately, those flashes of gritty effort were rare. Far too often, he delivered disastrous cameos like his stint on 03/08 vs MIA, where he went scoreless over 8 minutes and tanked to a -7.9 impact by forcing outside shots and generating zero hustle plays. Until he stops jacking up early-clock, contested perimeter jumpers, he will remain a distinct liability off the bench.

IMPACT TIMELINE

Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.

PATTERNS

Struggling. Lanier has posted negative impact in 76% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.

Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 20% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.

Flat trajectory all season — first-half impact -1.4, second-half -2.1. No major shifts, which fits with the overall steadiness.

Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 1 games. Longest cold streak: 6 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 58 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.