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D'Angelo Russell

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PG6'3"193 lbage 3011 yrs expOhio StateLouisville, KY
15th best of 19 on MEM
OFF74DEF74
High-level playmaker & rim protector
MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Western · Southwest · proj. 37-45 (▼9)
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All-Star

A veteran lead guard and shot-making playmaker on a player option, the kind of stabilizing ball-handler a young roster leans on. This packet carries no 2025-26 numbers to grade, but the book on him is consistent: a smooth pick-and-roll scorer and capable deep shooter whose defense is the trade-off.

12.6
PPG
2.8
RPG
5.1
APG
1
SPG
0.4
BPG
GP 58MPG 25.5FG% 393P% 31.4FT% 83.4TS% 52.2USG% 24PER 14BPM -0.4VORP 0.6EPM -0.7
2024-25 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2024-25 form
Playmaking90
Rim protection87
Perimeter defense78
Shooting70
Scoring69
Rebounding69
Inside finishing66

Skill ratings are 2024-25 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

2015-16 to 2025-26 · 11 seasons
17.0
PPG
3.3
RPG
5.6
APG
655
GAMES
Points 11,132Win Shares 26.5Starts 539Best season 2023-24 · 18.0 ppg
Games played, last three seasons65%

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 27 → 29
▬Steady

D'Angelo, at 29, was as productive as ever when he played, but managed only 26 games last season, so his value to a team dipped (4.5 → 1.2 wins).

2026-27 forecast▲ 1.7 wins (+0.5)
Assumes a normal season; he played 26 games last year. Age takes about 0.3 wins off at 30. Range 0.6–2.9 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.9 → -2.3-3.226-27 forecast -0.5
Only 494 minutes last season, too few to call a trend.
2023-24: +0.9 · 76 games2024-25: -0.4 · 58 games2025-26: -2.3 · 26 games2026-27: -0.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)4.5 → 1.2-3.426-27 forecast 1.7
Down because he played 26 games last season, not because his game slipped.
2023-24: 4.5 · 76 games2024-25: 2.3 · 58 games2025-26: 1.2 · 26 games2026-27: 1.7 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $4.0M vs $6.0M salary−$1.9M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$6.0M salary2023-24: $12.8M · 76 games2024-25: $5.0M · 58 games2025-26: $3.1M · 26 games2026-27: $4.0M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $5,969,250 cap hit · through '27. 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
$5,969,250Player option
4% of the club’s payroll · 10th of 18 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$4,048,000 /yr
Surplus−$1,921,250
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.

2026-27 off-season

1 move

OFFICIAL means the league’s own records carry the move; AGREED means a trusted insider reported it and the league has not processed it yet. Terms and attribution come from the wire, which is the only source that carries 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.