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Goga Bitadze

Orlando Magic · #35 · Starter
C6'11"250 lbage 267 yrs expSagarejo, Georgia
7th best of 12 on ORLworth +0.7 wins to the rotation
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Elite interior finisher & perimeter defender
ORL
Orlando Magic
Eastern · Southeast · proj. 46-36 (▲+2.3)
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An efficient backup big who does the dirty work at an elite level — 96th-percentile rim protection, 94th-percentile rebounding, and a comical 67.6% from the floor (70% true shooting) finishing everything around the basket. He blocks a shot a game in just 15 minutes; the catch is zero floor-spacing, so he's a rim-running, paint-protecting role player.

5.9
PPG
5
RPG
1.3
APG
0.6
SPG
1
BPG
GP 64MPG 15.2FG% 67.63P% 18.2FT% 71.1TS% 70USG% 13.5PER 20.1BPM +2.8VORP 1.2EPM +0.4
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Inside finishing94
Perimeter defense93
Rim protection90
Playmaking86
Rebounding84
Scoring76
Shooting71

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

2019-20 to 2025-26 · 7 seasons
5.5
PPG
4.3
RPG
1.2
APG
383
GAMES
Points 2,107Win Shares 19.3Starts 100Best season 2024-25 · 7.2 ppg
Games played, last three seasons80%

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

Goga, at 26, has held steady — 3.0 → 3.4 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▬ 3.6 wins (+0.2)
At 27, expect about the same level. Range 2.3–5.0 wins.
Production (BPM)+2.1 → +2.8+0.726-27 forecast +2.6
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +2.1 · 62 games2024-25: +2.5 · 70 games2025-26: +2.8 · 64 games2026-27: +2.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)3.0 → 3.4+0.426-27 forecast 3.6
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 3.0 · 62 games2024-25: 4.2 · 70 games2025-26: 3.4 · 64 games2026-27: 3.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $8.7M vs $7.6M salary+$1.1M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$7.6M salary2023-24: $6.9M · 62 games2024-25: $11.0M · 70 games2025-26: $7.9M · 64 games2026-27: $8.7M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $7,608,696 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
$7,608,696Guaranteed
3% of the club’s payroll · 8th of 14 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$8,716,000 /yr
Surplus+$1,107,304
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.