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Kevin Huerter

Detroit Pistons · #27 · Rotation
SG6'6"198 lbage 278 yrs expMarylandAlbany, NY
10th best of 13 on DET
OFF73DEF77
Elite interior finisher & playmaker
DET
Detroit Pistons
Eastern · Central · proj. 40-42 (▲+4.7)
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A connective wing splitting the season across two teams and hitting free agency. He's a smart cutter and finisher inside (87th percentile) who moves the ball well, but the calling-card jumper deserted him — just 30.8% from three on the year, well below his career norm. At 22 minutes a night he profiles as a low-usage rotation piece who needs the shot to bounce back.

10
PPG
3.5
RPG
2.6
APG
0.9
SPG
0.5
BPG
GP 69MPG 22.4FG% 45.13P% 30.8FT% 77.5TS% 55.2USG% 18.8PER 13.2BPM -0.6VORP 0.6EPM -0.6
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Inside finishing94
Playmaking90
Perimeter defense87
Rim protection82
Shooting68
Scoring66
Rebounding64

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

2018-19 to 2025-26 · 8 seasons
11.4
PPG
3.4
RPG
2.9
APG
551
GAMES
Points 6,294Win Shares 21.7Starts 395Best season 2022-23 · 15.2 ppg
Games played, last three seasons82%

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 25 → 27
▬Steady

Kevin, at 27, has held steady — 2.1 → 2.3 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▬ 2.2 wins (-0.1)
At 28, expect about the same level. Range 0.7–3.6 wins.
Production (BPM)-0.8 → -0.6+0.226-27 forecast -1.1
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -0.8 · 64 games2024-25: -2.0 · 69 games2025-26: -0.6 · 69 games2026-27: -1.1 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.1 → 2.3+0.226-27 forecast 2.2
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 2.1 · 64 games2024-25: 1.2 · 69 games2025-26: 2.3 · 69 games2026-27: 2.2 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $4.8M vs $9.0M salary−$4.2M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$9.0M salary2023-24: $4.7M · 64 games2024-25: $3.1M · 69 games2025-26: $5.0M · 69 games2026-27: $4.8M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $9,000,000 cap hit · through '29. 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
$9,000,000Guaranteed
6% of the club’s payroll · 7th of 15 priced deals
Runs through3 seasons
Est. market value$4,810,667 /yr
Surplus−$4,189,333
ABOVE VALUEpaid above his on-court value

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.