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Gary Harris

Detroit Pistons · Reserve
SG6'4"210 lbage 3112 yrs expMichigan StateFishers, IN
12th best of 13 on DET
OFF68DEF77
Elite interior finisher & perimeter defender
DET
Detroit Pistons
Eastern · Central · proj. 40-42 (▲+4.7)
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A veteran 3-and-D guard known for his on-ball defense and corner shooting across a decade in the league. He missed effectively all of 2025-26, so there's no recent sample to grade — at 31 on a minimum-type deal, he's a low-cost depth flier whose value hinges on health.

6.9
PPG
1.7
RPG
1.6
APG
0.9
SPG
0.3
BPG
GP 54MPG 24FG% 44.13P% 37.1FT% 75.6TS% 58.7USG% 11.7PER 9.4BPM -1.2VORP 0.3
2023-24 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2023-24 form
Inside finishing98
Perimeter defense90
Rim protection75
Scoring71
Shooting68
Playmaking68
Rebounding51

Skill ratings are 2023-24 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

2014-15 to 2025-26 · 12 seasons
9.9
PPG
2.2
RPG
1.8
APG
666
GAMES
Points 6,568Win Shares 27.5Starts 448Best season 2017-18 · 17.5 ppg
Games played, last three seasons61%

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 29 → 31
▼Declining

Gary, at 31, is trending downward — -1.2 → -2.5 box plus-minus over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Declining about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 1.5 wins (+0.5)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age takes about 0.6 wins off at 32. Range 0.5–2.5 wins.
Production (BPM)-1.2 → -2.5-1.326-27 forecast -2.6
His on-court production has slipped.
2023-24: -1.2 · 54 games2024-25: -2.7 · 48 games2025-26: -2.5 · 48 games2026-27: -2.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.7 → 1.0-0.726-27 forecast 1.5
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 1.7 · 54 games2024-25: 1.0 · 48 games2025-26: 1.0 · 48 games2026-27: 1.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $3.7M vs $3.8M salary−$0.1M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$3.8M salary2023-24: $4.1M · 54 games2024-25: $2.8M · 48 games2025-26: $2.8M · 48 games2026-27: $3.7M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $3,815,861 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
$3,815,861Player option
2% of the club’s payroll · 12th of 15 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$3,680,000 /yr
Surplus−$135,861
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.