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Kobe Brown

Indiana Pacers · #24 · Reserve
SF6'7"250 lbage 263 yrs expMissouriHuntsville, AL
14th best of 15 on IND
OFF71DEF68
Capable shooter & rebounder
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Indiana Pacers
Eastern · Central · proj. 52-30 (▲+0.1)
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A burly combo forward who quietly shot the lights out — 37.4% from three and a sparkling 59.4% true shooting on low volume across two stops. He rebounds his position (67th pct) and finishes inside, though the defense and ball security lag; a useful, inexpensive depth wing worth the team-option flier.

5.8
PPG
3
RPG
1.3
APG
0.4
SPG
0.2
BPG
GP 61MPG 15.8FG% 46.93P% 37.4FT% 79.7TS% 59.4USG% 15.6PER 12BPM -2.7VORP -0.2
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Shooting82
Rebounding80
Inside finishing79
Playmaking70
Scoring69
Rim protection66
Perimeter defense60

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
2.2
RPG
0.9
APG
145
GAMES
Points 519Win Shares 2.3Starts 10Best season 2025-26 · 5.8 ppg
Games played, last three seasons59%

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 24 → 26
▲Rising

Kobe, at 26, is on a clear upward trajectory — -3.8 → -2.7 box plus-minus over the window.

2026-27 forecast▲ 1.4 wins (+0.6)
At 27, expect about the same level. Range 0.4–2.4 wins.
Production (BPM)-3.8 → -2.7+1.126-27 forecast -2.7
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: -3.8 · 44 games2024-25: -2.1 · 40 games2025-26: -2.7 · 61 games2026-27: -2.7 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)0.8 → 0.8+0.026-27 forecast 1.4
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 0.8 · 44 games2024-25: 1.2 · 40 games2025-26: 0.8 · 61 games2026-27: 1.4 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $3.5M vs $4.8M salary−$1.3M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$4.8M salary2023-24: $2.5M · 44 games2024-25: $3.1M · 40 games2025-26: $2.5M · 61 games2026-27: $3.5M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $4,792,059 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
$4,792,059Two-way
2% of the club’s payroll
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$3,486,941 /yr
Surplus−$1,305,118
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.