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Dalano Banton

Boston Celtics · Reserve
OFF69DEF76
Elite rim protector & perimeter defender
BOS
Boston Celtics
Eastern · Atlantic · proj. 62-20 (▲+1.4)
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A long, downhill combo guard and unrestricted free agent with no 2025-26 sample to rate here. At 26 he's a known commodity — big for his position with a scorer's mentality and shaky efficiency — the kind of size-and-shot-creation flier a team takes on the minimum.

8.3
PPG
2
RPG
2.4
APG
0.6
SPG
0.5
BPG
GP 67MPG 16.7FG% 39.13P% 32.4FT% 72.8TS% 49.7USG% 24.1PER 12.9BPM -0.8VORP 0.3
2024-25 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2024-25 form
Rim protection98
Perimeter defense81
Playmaking72
Rebounding71
Shooting59
Scoring58
Inside finishing54

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

2021-22 to 2025-26 · 5 seasons
6.6
PPG
2.2
RPG
2.0
APG
222
GAMES
Points 1,475Win Shares 2.0Starts 19Best season 2024-25 · 8.3 ppg
Games played, last three seasons52%

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
▬Steady

Dalano, at 26, has held steady — 1.6 → 1.2 wins of value over the window.

2026-27 forecast▲ 2.5 wins (+1.4)
Assumes a normal season; he played 6 games last year. Range 1.5–3.6 wins.
Production (BPM)-1.3 → -4.0-2.726-27 forecast -1.1
Only 62 minutes last season, too few to call a trend.
2023-24: -1.3 · 54 games2024-25: -0.8 · 67 games2025-26: -4.0 · 6 games2026-27: -1.1 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.6 → 1.2-0.426-27 forecast 2.5
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 1.6 · 54 games2024-25: 1.7 · 67 games2025-26: 1.2 · 6 games2026-27: 2.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $5.5M
Unsigned, so there is no 2026-27 salary to measure against. This is roughly what his play would fetch on the open market.
2023-24: $3.8M · 54 games2024-25: $4.1M · 67 games2025-26: $3.1M · 6 games2026-27: $5.5M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: through '26. 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
UFA FREE AGENT

team declined his option

Cap hit—
Cap hold on his old club$2,100,000
Est. market value$5,506,880 /yr

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
  • Jul 9
    WAIVEDBOSOFFICIAL
    Boston Celtics waived forward Dalano Banton.

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.