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Desmond Bane

Orlando Magic · #3 · Plus starter
SG6'6"215 lbage 286 yrs expTCURichmond, IN
2nd best of 12 on ORLworth +4.0 wins to the rotation
OFF82DEF74
Elite shooter & scorer
ORL
Orlando Magic
Eastern · Southeast · proj. 46-36 (▲+2.3)
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A rock-solid two-way shooting guard and one of the best long-range marksmen in the league — 39.1% from deep on real volume, 90.8% at the stripe, and 60.7% true shooting playing all 82 games. He scores 20 a night without dominating the ball (23% usage) and chips in 4.1 assists; the rebounding (26th percentile) is the only modest note in an otherwise pristine starter's profile.

20.1
PPG
4.1
RPG
4.1
APG
1
SPG
0.5
BPG
GP 82MPG 33.6FG% 48.43P% 39.1FT% 90.8TS% 60.7USG% 23.3PER 16.9BPM +1.4VORP 2.3EPM +2.6
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Shooting93
Scoring91
Rim protection84
Inside finishing82
Playmaking75
Rebounding74
Perimeter defense72

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

2020-21 to 2025-26 · 6 seasons
18.3
PPG
4.5
RPG
3.8
APG
395
GAMES
Points 7,227Win Shares 33.0Starts 343Best season 2025-26 · 20.1 ppg
Games played, last three seasons79%

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 25 → 27
▬Steady

Desmond, at 27, has held steady — 4.3 → 5.5 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▼ Behind curve
Developing slower than his age would suggest.
2026-27 forecast▲ 6.6 wins (+1.2)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Range 4.8–8.4 wins.
Production (BPM)+2.8 → +1.4-1.426-27 forecast +2.1
His on-court production has slipped.
2023-24: +2.8 · 42 games2024-25: +3.2 · 69 games2025-26: +1.4 · 82 games2026-27: +2.1 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)4.3 → 5.5+1.126-27 forecast 6.6
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 4.3 · 42 games2024-25: 6.6 · 69 games2025-26: 5.5 · 82 games2026-27: 6.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $34.7M vs $39.4M salary−$4.7M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$39.4M salary2023-24: $11.8M · 42 games2024-25: $34.2M · 69 games2025-26: $20.6M · 82 games2026-27: $34.7M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $39,446,090 cap hit · through '29. 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
$39,446,090Guaranteed
18% of the club’s payroll · 3rd of 14 priced deals
Runs through3 seasons
Est. market value$34,732,000 /yr
Surplus−$4,714,090
ABOVE VALUEpaid above his on-court value

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.