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Jared McCain

Oklahoma City Thunder · #3 · Starter
SG6'3"195 lbage 222 yrs expDukeSacramento, CA
8th best of 11 on OKCworth +1.1 wins to the rotation
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High-level shooter & rebounder
OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Western · Northwest · proj. 68-14
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A confident young shooter with deep range and a lightning trigger — 38% from three and 86% at the stripe in a bench role. He's score-first and still rounding out the rest of his game, but the jumper and the swagger already give him a real NBA niche.

8.3
PPG
2
RPG
1.3
APG
0.5
SPG
0.1
BPG
GP 67MPG 17.3FG% 42.53P% 38.5FT% 86.4TS% 55.1USG% 20.7PER 11.6BPM -2.4VORP -0.1EPM +1.0
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Shooting87
Rebounding69
Perimeter defense68
Scoring67
Playmaking61
Inside finishing59
Rim protection56

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
10.1
PPG
2.1
RPG
1.7
APG
90
GAMES
Points 910Win Shares 2.2Starts 11Best season 2025-26 · 8.3 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 20 → 21
▼Declining

Jared, at 21, is trending downward — +0.2 → -2.4 box plus-minus over the window.

Age curve▼ Behind curve
Developing slower than his age would suggest.
2026-27 forecast▲ 5.2 wins (+4.2)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age should add a little at 22. Range 4.4–6.0 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.2 → -2.4-2.626-27 forecast -1.2
His on-court production has slipped.
2024-25: +0.2 · 23 games2025-26: -2.4 · 67 games2026-27: -1.2 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.7 → 1.0-0.726-27 forecast 5.2
His value to a team has been stable.
2024-25: 1.7 · 23 games2025-26: 1.0 · 67 games2026-27: 5.2 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $18.4M vs $4.4M salary+$14.0M
His play is projected to be worth more than he is paid.
$4.4M salary2024-25: $4.1M · 23 games2025-26: $2.8M · 67 games2026-27: $18.4M (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Current deal: $4,422,600 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 (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
$4,422,600Team option
2% of the club’s payroll · 13th of 15 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$18,380,000 /yr
Surplus+$13,957,400
BARGAINworth more than he is paid

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.