2025-26 Season
MAXIME RAYNAUD
2025-26 Season
MAXIME RAYNAUD
Raynaud produces at an above 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 92 Centers with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Maxime Raynaud’s first twenty games defined a jarring transition from an erratic bench warmer to a lethal, yet defensively flawed, starting big man. Early in the year, he found ways to contribute without the ball. He posted a +4.8 impact score on 11/07 vs OKC despite scoring just 8 points because his elite rebounding positioning and strong rim contests salvaged a highly inefficient shooting night. He eventually forced his way into the starting lineup by punishing smaller defenders on the block. That interior dominance peaked on 12/03 vs HOU, where he ruthlessly exploited mismatches to pour in 25 points and generate a massive +19.1 impact score. However, his defensive awareness remains a glaring liability that can erase his offensive production entirely. Even while grabbing 14 rebounds and scoring 12 points on 12/21 vs HOU, Raynaud suffered a brutal -6.3 impact score. He bled value on the other end of the floor by conceding easy looks in the paint and continually struggling with his defensive rotations.
A scorching stretch of interior dominance abruptly collapsed into a mid-winter slump that temporarily cost Maxime Raynaud his starting job. He opened this twenty-game window looking utterly unstoppable, punishing the paint on 12/27 vs DAL with 19 points on 9-for-15 shooting to post a massive +12.5 impact score. But that relentless aggression soon evaporated into passivity and forced shots. Even when his shooting numbers looked highly efficient on the surface, like his 11 points on 5-of-8 from the floor on 01/12 vs LAL, his overall influence slipped into the red (-2.2 impact) due to hidden costs elsewhere on the floor dragging him down. The bottom fell out completely on 01/25 vs DET. Relegated to the bench, his value cratered to a brutal -13.7 impact score as he bricked multiple wide-open perimeter looks and finished with just two points. Reinstated as a starter on 01/30 vs BOS, Raynaud finally found his footing again, pairing exceptional shot discipline with a relentless presence on the glass to grab 14 rebounds and score 14 points for a positive +2.8 impact.
This 20-game stretch was defined by absolute interior dominance that occasionally masked frustrating lapses in defensive awareness. Raynaud bullied his way to a monstrous +13.6 impact score during the 02/09 vs NOP matchup, racking up 21 points and 19 rebounds through sheer paint supremacy. He followed a similar blueprint on 03/03 vs PHX, putting on an absolute clinic in pick-and-roll execution to convert 10 of his 12 shots and generate a massive +17.1 impact mark. Yet, his box-score numbers sometimes painted a misleading picture of his actual value on the floor. Look no further than the 03/01 vs LAL contest, where a pristine 8-for-10 shooting night yielded a -3.6 impact score because hidden costs like turnovers and poor rotations completely undermined his 16 points and 13 rebounds. Similarly, his -7.5 rating on 03/05 vs NOP revealed how poor rotational timing can drag down a lineup even when a big man shoots efficiently. When he stays fully engaged on both ends, Raynaud is a terrifying interior force, but those subtle defensive drop-offs keep him from reaching his true ceiling.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Boom-or-bust player. Raynaud's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~8 points per game.
Reliable shooter — hits 45%+ from the field in 81% of games. You can count on efficient nights more often than not.
Defensive difference-maker. Raynaud consistently forces tough shots and protects the rim — opponents shoot worse when he's guarding them.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 76 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
69 games played