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Isaiah Jackson

Los Angeles Clippers · #23 · Rotation
C6'8"205 lbage 245 yrs expKentuckyPontiac, MI
7th best of 13 on LACworth +0.2 wins to the rotation
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High-level perimeter defender & interior finisher
LAC
Los Angeles Clippers
Western · Pacific · proj. 42-40 (▲+0.9)
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An explosive, energy-big backup center who finishes everything at the rim (63.7% from the floor, 65.3% true shooting), rebounds in the 93rd percentile and swats shots in the 94th. The flip side is stark: he doesn't shoot, doesn't pass, and coughs the ball up far too often. A vertical-spacing, rim-running specialist on a cheap deal.

6.7
PPG
5.3
RPG
0.9
APG
0.7
SPG
0.9
BPG
GP 55MPG 16.5FG% 63.73P% 0FT% 64.8TS% 65.3USG% 16.2PER 17.3BPM -1.2VORP 0.2EPM 0.0
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Perimeter defense88
Inside finishing85
Rim protection85
Rebounding82
Scoring72
Shooting64
Playmaking59

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

2021-22 to 2025-26 · 5 seasons
7.1
PPG
4.5
RPG
0.8
APG
218
GAMES
Points 1,540Win Shares 10.3Starts 45Best season 2023-24 · 6.5 ppg
Games played, last three seasons48%

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 22 → 24
▼Declining

Isaiah, at 24, is trending downward — +1.7 → -1.2 box plus-minus over the window.

Age curve▼ Behind curve
Developing slower than his age would suggest.
2026-27 forecast▲ 3.4 wins (+1.8)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age should add a little at 25. Range 2.2–4.5 wins.
Production (BPM)+1.7 → -1.2-2.926-27 forecast -0.2
His on-court production has slipped.
2023-24: +1.7 · 59 games2024-25: +0.8 · 5 games2025-26: -1.2 · 55 games2026-27: -0.2 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.5 → 1.6-0.926-27 forecast 3.4
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 2.5 · 59 games2024-25: 1.4 · 5 games2025-26: 1.6 · 55 games2026-27: 3.4 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $7.7M vs $7.0M salary+$0.7M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$7.0M salary2023-24: $5.4M · 59 games2024-25: $3.4M · 5 games2025-26: $3.8M · 55 games2026-27: $7.7M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $7,000,000 cap hit · through '28. 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
$7,000,000Guaranteed
4% of the club’s payroll · 8th of 17 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$7,695,000 /yr
Surplus+$695,000
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.