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Marcus Sasser

Dallas Mavericks · #25 · Rotation
PG6'1"195 lbage 253 yrs expHoustonDallas, TX
11th best of 12 on DAL
OFF70DEF69
High-level shooter & playmaker
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Western · Southwest · proj. 40-42 (▲+3.4)
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A compact scoring guard on a team option, though he didn't log a rateable 2025-26 sample. Known coming out of Houston for a quick trigger and deep range, he profiles as a microwave bench scorer — the kind of instant-offense guard a team keeps around for shot-making off the second unit.

8.3
PPG
1.8
RPG
3.3
APG
0.6
SPG
0.2
BPG
GP 71MPG 19FG% 42.83P% 37.5FT% 87.9TS% 54.2USG% 19.9PER 11.8BPM -2.6VORP -0.2EPM -0.6
2023-24 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2023-24 form
Shooting86
Playmaking80
Perimeter defense70
Rim protection70
Scoring64
Inside finishing60
Rebounding59

Skill ratings are 2023-24 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
7.0
PPG
1.4
RPG
2.7
APG
166
GAMES
Points 1,158Win Shares 3.6Starts 17Best season 2024-25 · 6.6 ppg
Games played, last three seasons68%

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 23 → 25
▬Steady

Marcus, at 25, has held steady — 0.8 → 1.2 wins of value over the window.

2026-27 forecast▲ 2.4 wins (+1.2)
Assumes a normal season; he played 38 games last year. Age should add a little at 26. Range 1.1–3.6 wins.
Production (BPM)-2.6 → -1.7+0.926-27 forecast -1.5
Only 456 minutes last season, too few to call a trend.
2023-24: -2.6 · 71 games2024-25: -0.6 · 57 games2025-26: -1.7 · 38 games2026-27: -1.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)0.8 → 1.2+0.426-27 forecast 2.4
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 0.8 · 71 games2024-25: 1.7 · 57 games2025-26: 1.2 · 38 games2026-27: 2.4 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $5.2M vs $5.2M salary−$0.0M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$5.2M salary2023-24: $2.5M · 71 games2024-25: $4.1M · 57 games2025-26: $3.1M · 38 games2026-27: $5.2M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $5,198,983 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
$5,198,983Team option
3% of the club’s payroll · 12th of 14 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$5,157,333 /yr
Surplus−$41,650
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.