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Kevon Looney

Los Angeles Lakers · Rotation
C6'9"222 lbage 3011 yrs expUCLAMilwaukee, WI
10th best of 15 on LALworth +0.5 wins to the rotation
OFF68DEF81
Elite rebounder & playmaker
LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Western · Pacific · proj. 49-33 (▲+17.2)
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A grizzled, screen-setting, glass-cleaning veteran center on a team option. He didn't appear for the Pelicans in 2025-26, so there's no sample to grade — his calling card has always been physicality, positioning, and offensive rebounding rather than highlight production.

4.5
PPG
6.1
RPG
1.6
APG
0.6
SPG
0.5
BPG
GP 76MPG 15FG% 51.43P% 40FT% 56.6TS% 53.5USG% 13.3PER 17BPM +0.3VORP 0.7
2024-25 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2024-25 form
Rebounding95
Playmaking92
Perimeter defense92
Rim protection70
Shooting60
Scoring54
Inside finishing52

Skill ratings are 2024-25 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

2015-16 to 2025-26 · 11 seasons
4.9
PPG
5.7
RPG
1.6
APG
620
GAMES
Points 3,036Win Shares 38.1Starts 270Best season 2022-23 · 7.0 ppg
Games played, last three seasons70%

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 27 → 29
▬Steady

Kevon, at 29, was as productive as ever when he played, but managed only 21 games last season, so his value to a team dipped (2.7 → 1.2 wins).

2026-27 forecast▲ 2.9 wins (+1.7)
Assumes a normal season; he played 21 games last year. Age takes about 0.3 wins off at 30. Range 1.8–4.0 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.6 → -1.8-2.426-27 forecast -0.3
Only 309 minutes last season, too few to call a trend.
2023-24: +0.6 · 74 games2024-25: +0.3 · 76 games2025-26: -1.8 · 21 games2026-27: -0.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.7 → 1.2-1.526-27 forecast 2.9
Down because he played 21 games last season, not because his game slipped.
2023-24: 2.7 · 74 games2024-25: 2.5 · 76 games2025-26: 1.2 · 21 games2026-27: 2.9 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $6.5M vs $3.9M salary+$2.6M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$3.9M salary2023-24: $5.9M · 74 games2024-25: $5.4M · 76 games2025-26: $3.1M · 21 games2026-27: $6.5M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $3,900,000 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 (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
$3,900,000Guaranteed
2% of the club’s payroll · 11th of 16 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$6,492,462 /yr
Surplus+$2,592,462
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.