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Lindy Waters III

San Antonio Spurs · Reserve
14th best of 15 on SAS
OFF61DEF77
Capable rebounder & rim protector
SAS
San Antonio Spurs
Western · Southwest · proj. 48-34 (▲+2.2)
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A 28-year-old wing specialist headed to free agency, with no 2025-26 sample in this packet to grade. His NBA niche is well defined: a catch-and-shoot floor-spacer who lives behind the three-point line.

4.9
PPG
2.1
RPG
1
APG
0.5
SPG
0.2
BPG
GP 52MPG 15FG% 36.93P% 34.4FT% 72.7TS% 50.4USG% 14.8PER 8.8BPM -2.8VORP -0.2
2024-25 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2024-25 form
Rebounding85
Rim protection83
Perimeter defense79
Playmaking65
Shooting63
Inside finishing55
Scoring53

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

2021-22 to 2025-26 · 5 seasons
4.6
PPG
1.7
RPG
0.7
APG
196
GAMES
Points 901Win Shares 4.2Starts 10Best season 2022-23 · 5.2 ppg
Games played, last three seasons53%

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 26 → 28
▬Steady

Lindy, at 28, has held steady — 1.7 → 1.0 wins of value over the window.

2026-27 forecast▬ 1.3 wins (+0.3)
Age takes about 0.1 wins off at 29. Range 0.2–2.4 wins.
Production (BPM)+1.9 → -3.2-5.126-27 forecast -2.4
Only 284 minutes last season, too few to call a trend.
2023-24: +1.9 · 38 games2024-25: -2.8 · 52 games2025-26: -3.2 · 40 games2026-27: -2.4 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.7 → 1.0-0.726-27 forecast 1.3
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 1.7 · 38 games2024-25: 0.8 · 52 games2025-26: 1.0 · 40 games2026-27: 1.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $3.3M
Unsigned, so there is no 2026-27 salary to measure against. This is roughly what his play would fetch on the open market.
2023-24: $4.1M · 38 games2024-25: $2.5M · 52 games2025-26: $2.8M · 40 games2026-27: $3.3M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: through '26. 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
UFA FREE AGENT

contract expired

Cap hit—
Cap hold on his old club$2,100,000
Est. market value$3,329,980 /yr

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.