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Jordan Walsh

Boston Celtics · #27 · Rotation
SF6'6"205 lbage 223 yrs expArkansasDesoto, TX
10th best of 11 on BOSworth +0.1 wins to the rotation
OFF70DEF83
Elite interior finisher & perimeter defender
BOS
Boston Celtics
Eastern · Atlantic · proj. 62-20 (▲+1.4)
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A 22-year-old wing built on defense — an 86th-percentile perimeter defender with the length and energy to guard up, and surprisingly stout rim protection for his size. The offense is still coming along, though he flashed a respectable corner three (38.4%) and finished hard inside (51% from the floor). Low usage and a developmental role for now, but the defensive profile is the calling card.

5.4
PPG
4
RPG
0.8
APG
0.7
SPG
0.5
BPG
GP 68MPG 17.8FG% 50.93P% 38.4FT% 77.2TS% 62.3USG% 11.7PER 13.1BPM +0.2VORP 0.7EPM -0.4
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Inside finishing93
Perimeter defense93
Rim protection90
Rebounding89
Scoring73
Shooting73
Playmaking62

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

2023-24 to 2025-26 · 3 seasons
3.6
PPG
2.8
RPG
0.6
APG
129
GAMES
Points 461Win Shares 4.3Starts 27Best season 2025-26 · 5.4 ppg
Games played, last three seasons52%

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 19 → 21
▲Rising

Jordan, at 21, is on a clear upward trajectory — 1.2 → 2.5 wins of value over the window.

2026-27 forecast▲ 3.2 wins (+0.8)
Age should add a little at 22. Range 1.8–4.7 wins.
Production (BPM)-3.8 → +0.2+4.026-27 forecast +0.0
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: -3.8 · 9 games2024-25: -3.9 · 52 games2025-26: +0.2 · 68 games2026-27: +0.0 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.2 → 2.5+1.326-27 forecast 3.2
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 1.2 · 9 games2024-25: 0.8 · 52 games2025-26: 2.5 · 68 games2026-27: 3.2 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $7.4M vs $5.3M salary+$2.1M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$5.3M salary2023-24: $3.1M · 9 games2024-25: $2.5M · 52 games2025-26: $5.4M · 68 games2026-27: $7.4M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $5,333,333 cap hit · through '30. 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
$5,333,333Guaranteed
3% of the club’s payroll · 8th of 13 priced deals
Runs through4 seasons
Est. market value$7,398,000 /yr
Surplus+$2,064,667
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.