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Jaden Hardy

Los Angeles Lakers · Reserve
SG6'3"198 lbage 234 yrs expHenderson, NV
12th best of 15 on LAL
OFF67DEF59
Capable shooter & scorer
LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Western · Pacific · proj. 49-33 (▲+17.2)
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A confident bench shooter who split 2025-26 between two teams, knocking down 39.7% from three on 56.6% true shooting in a low-minute role. He's a score-first spark off the ball — the rebounding (5th percentile), playmaking, and defense (2nd percentile) are nearly non-existent, so the jumper has to carry the bag.

9.2
PPG
1.5
RPG
1
APG
0.3
SPG
0.1
BPG
GP 57MPG 15.8FG% 42.43P% 39.7FT% 73.3TS% 56.6USG% 24.4PER 10.9BPM -4.8VORP -0.6EPM -0.5
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Shooting74
Scoring72
Rim protection62
Inside finishing58
Rebounding55
Playmaking54
Perimeter defense51

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

2022-23 to 2025-26 · 4 seasons
8.4
PPG
1.7
RPG
1.3
APG
235
GAMES
Points 1,969Win Shares 0.5Starts 19Best season 2022-23 · 8.8 ppg
Games played, last three seasons76%

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 21 → 23
▬Steady

Jaden, at 23, has held steady — 0.2 → 0.1 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▼ Behind curve
Developing slower than his age would suggest.
2026-27 forecast▲ 2.8 wins (+2.7)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age should add a little at 24. Range 1.9–3.7 wins.
Production (BPM)-4.1 → -4.8-0.726-27 forecast -4.3
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -4.1 · 73 games2024-25: -4.7 · 57 games2025-26: -4.8 · 57 games2026-27: -4.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)0.2 → 0.1-0.226-27 forecast 2.8
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 0.2 · 73 games2024-25: 0.1 · 57 games2025-26: 0.1 · 57 games2026-27: 2.8 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $6.2M vs $6.0M salary+$0.2M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$6.0M salary2023-24: $1.8M · 73 games2024-25: $1.6M · 57 games2025-26: $1.6M · 57 games2026-27: $6.2M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $6,000,000 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
$6,000,000Guaranteed
3% of the club’s payroll · 9th of 16 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$6,210,000 /yr
Surplus+$210,000
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.

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.