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Andrew Nembhard

Indiana Pacers · #2 · Starter
PG6'4"191 lbage 264 yrs expGonzagaAurora, ON
5th best of 15 on INDworth +1.8 wins to the rotation
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Elite playmaker & scorer
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Eastern · Central · proj. 52-30 (▲+0.1)
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A steady, pass-first combo guard whose 7.7 assists and 96th-percentile playmaking ran the offense in Haliburton's absence, chipping in 16.9 points on a tidy 56% true shooting and 82.5% from the line. He's a willing defender who hunts deflections, though the rebounding (4th pct) and rim numbers reflect his size — a reliable two-way connector locked up through 2028.

16.9
PPG
2.8
RPG
7.7
APG
0.9
SPG
0.1
BPG
GP 57MPG 31.3FG% 44.23P% 36.1FT% 82.5TS% 56.4USG% 23.6PER 15.7BPM -0.8VORP 0.6EPM +1.6
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Playmaking96
Scoring81
Shooting77
Inside finishing66
Perimeter defense60
Rim protection56
Rebounding54

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2022-23 to 2025-26 · 4 seasons
11.1
PPG
2.7
RPG
5.2
APG
265
GAMES
Points 2,954Win Shares 8.9Starts 232Best season 2025-26 · 16.9 ppg
Games played, last three seasons77%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 24 → 26
▲Rising

Andrew, at 26, is on a clear upward trajectory — 1.0 → 2.3 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Developing faster than a typical player his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 5.3 wins (+3.0)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Range 4.1–6.5 wins.
Production (BPM)-2.2 → -0.8+1.426-27 forecast -1.5
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: -2.2 · 68 games2024-25: -2.3 · 65 games2025-26: -0.8 · 57 games2026-27: -1.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.0 → 2.3+1.326-27 forecast 5.3
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 1.0 · 68 games2024-25: 1.0 · 65 games2025-26: 2.3 · 57 games2026-27: 5.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $19.4M vs $19.6M salary−$0.2M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$19.6M salary2023-24: $2.8M · 68 games2024-25: $2.8M · 65 games2025-26: $5.0M · 57 games2026-27: $19.4M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $19,550,160 cap hit · through '28. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$19,550,160Guaranteed
10% of the club’s payroll · 4th of 13 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$19,388,000 /yr
Surplus−$162,160
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.