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Jamal Shead

Toronto Raptors · #23 · Reserve
PG6'1"200 lbage 242 yrs expHoustonManor, TX
12th best of 12 on TOR
OFF66DEF73
Elite playmaker & perimeter defender
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A pure pass-first point guard and pesky defender who plays bigger than his size — elite 96th-percentile playmaking, 5.4 assists in just 22 minutes, and a tenacious on-ball pest. The catch is the scoring: he doesn't finish at the rim (2nd percentile) and shoots 49% true shooting, so he's a defense-and-distribution backup whose value hinges on the jumper coming along.

6.6
PPG
1.7
RPG
5.4
APG
0.9
SPG
0.2
BPG
GP 82MPG 22.6FG% 36.73P% 32.1FT% 78.4TS% 49.1USG% 15.5PER 10.5BPM -2.3VORP -0.1
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Playmaking96
Perimeter defense82
Rim protection71
Shooting64
Scoring56
Inside finishing51
Rebounding51

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

2024-25 to 2025-26 · 2 seasons
6.9
PPG
1.6
RPG
4.8
APG
157
GAMES
Points 1,078Win Shares 3.5Starts 23Best season 2025-26 · 6.6 ppg

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

2024-25 → 2025-26 · age 22 → 23
▲Rising

Jamal, at 23, is on a clear upward trajectory — -4.1 → -2.3 box plus-minus over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Developing faster than a typical player his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 1.5 wins (+0.6)
Age should add a little at 24. Range 0.7–2.3 wins.
Production (BPM)-4.1 → -2.3+1.826-27 forecast -2.5
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2024-25: -4.1 · 75 games2025-26: -2.3 · 82 games2026-27: -2.5 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Value to team (wins)0.0 → 1.0+1.026-27 forecast 1.5
His value to a team has been stable.
2024-25: 0.0 · 75 games2025-26: 1.0 · 82 games2026-27: 1.5 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $3.7M vs $2.3M salary+$1.4M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$2.3M salary2024-25: $1.5M · 75 games2025-26: $2.8M · 82 games2026-27: $3.7M (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Current deal: $2,296,271 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 (2024-25 → 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
$2,296,271Team option
1% of the club’s payroll · 14th of 14 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$3,745,633 /yr
Surplus+$1,449,362
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.