2025-26 Season
TIM HARDAWAY JR.
2025-26 Season
TIM HARDAWAY JR.
Jr. produces at an below average rate for a 27-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 13 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 235 Guards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Tim Hardaway Jr.’s opening stretch of the season was defined by maddening volatility, acting as a chaotic pendulum swinging between lethal floor-spacing and offensive sabotage. When his jumper fell, he could single-handedly tilt the math in his team's favor. He did exactly that on 11/15 vs MIN, where scorching perimeter efficiency yielded 23 points and a massive +16.7 impact score. Yet, his sheer stubbornness frequently burned his own squad, even on nights when his point totals looked respectable. During a Christmas Day clash on 12/25 vs MIN, Hardaway scored 19 points but posted a brutal -8.0 impact score. That negative mark stemmed entirely from a heavy reliance on contested, early-clock perimeter jumpers that derailed the offensive flow and fed into a miserable -3.1 defensive impact. When the shots completely vanished, like on 10/25 vs PHX, the results were catastrophic. His disastrous shot selection and 1-for-6 shooting produced a horrific -13.6 impact, highlighting the steep cost of a one-dimensional gunner who offers zero utility when his primary weapon misfires.
A maddening addiction to contested perimeter jumpers and a revolving door on defense defined this infuriating stretch of basketball from Tim Hardaway Jr. He frequently posted gaudy point totals that masked disastrous hidden costs. Take the 12/23 vs DAL matchup. Despite pouring in 23 points, his overall impact cratered to -4.6 because his atrocious effort on the other end yielded a staggering -12.5 defensive score. When his shots stopped falling, his habit of hijacking possessions became actively destructive. Look no further than the 12/20 vs HOU disaster, where a disastrous string of forced, early-clock jumpers resulted in just 8 points and a catastrophic -14.9 overall impact. He did occasionally catch fire in ways that genuinely helped the lineup, like his 21-point outburst on 12/22 vs UTA. In that rare bright spot, relentless three-point shooting fueled a +12.0 impact score because he finally paired his offensive aggression with adequate defensive execution.
This twenty-game stretch perfectly captured the maddening, boom-or-bust volatility of a pure bench gunner. Hardaway could light up the scoreboard, only to bleed value elsewhere. On 03/01 vs MIN, his highly efficient 17 points were completely swallowed by severe defensive lapses, dragging his overall impact down to a frustrating -2.7. When his jumper actually fell, however, he was a lethal weapon. During a 01/29 vs BKN matchup, his relentless hunt for transition threes yielded 25 points and a massive +12.5 impact score. Yet, those blistering hot streaks were inevitably followed by stretches of agonizingly poor decision-making. Look no further than 03/02 vs UTA, where a barrage of forced isolation attempts and outside brick-laying resulted in just 7 points and a catastrophic -18.1 impact. Ultimately, his penchant for hoisting heavily contested perimeter shots early in the clock routinely derailed offensive momentum, making him a wildly unpredictable gamble on any given night.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Boom-or-bust player. Jr.'s impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~7 points per game.
Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 51% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.
Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Jr. locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.
Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 2 games. Longest cold streak: 6 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 74 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
75 games played