2025-26 Season

TAELON PETER

Indiana Pacers | Guard | 6-3

2025-26 Season

TAELON PETER

Indiana Pacers | Guard | 6-3 | Yr 0

4.2 PPG

1.4 RPG

1.0 APG

11.9 MPG

-1.9 Impact

Peter produces at an below average rate for a 12-minute workload.

NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

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

-1.9

Scoring +1.9

Points 4.2 PPG × +1.00 = +4.2

Missed 2PT 0.3/g × -0.78 = -0.2

Missed 3PT 2.2/g × -0.87 = -1.9

Missed FT 0.2/g × -1.00 = -0.2

Creation +1.0

Assists 1.0/g × +0.50 = +0.5

Off. Rebounds 0.4/g × +1.26 = +0.5

Turnovers -1.2

Turnovers 0.6/g × -1.95 = -1.2

Defense -0.1

Steals 0.6/g × +2.30 = +1.4

Blocks 0.1/g × +0.90 = +0.1

Def. Rebounds 1.1/g × +0.30 = +0.3

Fouls Committed 2.5/g × -0.75 = -1.9

Hustle & Effort +1.6

Contested Shots 2.2/g × +0.20 = +0.4

Deflections 0.9/g × +0.65 = +0.6

Charges Drawn 0.1/g × +2.70 = +0.3

Loose Balls 0.2/g × +0.60 = +0.1

Off. Fouls Drawn 0.1/g uncredited × +2.70 = +0.2

Raw Impact +3.2

Baseline (game-average expected) −5.1

Net Impact

-1.9

39th 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

#13

Impact

#20

Offense

Hustle

Defense

of 20 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Isaiah Jackson +4.3 Pascal Siakam +4.1 T.J. McConnell +3.8 Jay Huff +2.3 Micah Potter +2.3 Obi Toppin +1.1 Quenton Jackson +0.9 Tony Bradley +0.6 Garrison Mathews -0.7 Andrew Nembhard -2.1 Aaron Nesmith -2.2 Jeremiah Robinson-Earl -2.4 Taelon Peter -2.6 Johnny Furphy -2.9 Kobe Brown -3.1 Jarace Walker -3.4 Ben Sheppard -3.6 Bennedict Mathurin -3.7 Ethan Thompson -4.6 Kam Jones -5.7

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 235 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 26th

6.5 PPG

Efficiency 46th

54.5% TS

Playmaking 24th

1.6 APG

Rebounding 24th

2.1 RPG

Rim Protection 76th

0.15/min

Hustle 81th

0.13/min

Shot Creation 50th

0% pullup

TO Discipline 59th

0.05/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

Taelon Peter spent the first twenty games of the season battling for rotational relevance, enduring a frustrating stretch defined by offensive passivity and disjointed cameos. During a disastrous 11/09 vs GSW appearance, he recorded a dismal -5.6 impact score in just six minutes by abandoning his offensive discipline and bricking all three of his attempts. When a fringe rotation player cannot hit shots, they have to find other ways to survive. Peter finally figured out that exact math on 01/17 vs DET. Despite a clunky 2-for-6 shooting night, he posted a +3.8 impact score by playing smothering point-of-attack defense and grabbing four rebounds to salvage his overall value. He also flashed his ceiling as an offensive spark plug on 12/29 vs HOU, where a flawless 2-for-2 mark from three-point range yielded a massive +7.2 impact score in a four-minute burst. He simply needs more consistency. If Peter wants to escape the end of the bench, he must bring that exact blend of defensive grit and decisive shooting every single night.

IMPACT TIMELINE

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

Mar 01 | -13.1 impact

PATTERNS

Below-average consistency. Peter is negative impact in 73% of games, with scoring moving ~5 points game-to-game.

Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 27% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.

Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Peter locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.

Flat trajectory all season — first-half impact -2.2, second-half -1.6. No major shifts, which fits with the overall steadiness.

Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 3 games. Longest cold streak: 8 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 44 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.