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Matisse Thybulle

Los Angeles Lakers · Rotation
SG6'5"202 lbage 297 yrs expWashingtonIssaquah, WA
9th best of 15 on LALworth +1.9 wins to the rotation
OFF68DEF94
Elite perimeter defender & rim protector
LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Western · Pacific · proj. 49-33 (▲+17.2)
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2× All-Defensive

An elite, disruptive perimeter stopper — 100th-percentile on-ball defense and 2.0 steals a night in just 16 minutes, the kind of point-of-attack menace that warps offenses. The offense is limited (5.8 points), but he made it count this year, knocking down 39.8% from three. An unrestricted free agent who profiles as a 3-and-D specialist if the shot holds.

5.8
PPG
2
RPG
0.9
APG
2
SPG
0.5
BPG
GP 30MPG 16FG% 43.33P% 39.8FT% 84TS% 60USG% 14.7PER 14.5BPM +4.4VORP 0.8
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Perimeter defense99
Rim protection98
Shooting87
Rebounding73
Inside finishing72
Scoring71
Playmaking52

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

2019-20 to 2025-26 · 7 seasons
5.0
PPG
2.0
RPG
1.1
APG
377
GAMES
Points 1,872Win Shares 15.4Starts 124Best season 2021-22 · 5.7 ppg
Games played, last three seasons45%

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

Matisse, at 28, has held steady — 2.9 → 2.7 wins of value over the window.

2026-27 forecast▲ 4.6 wins (+1.9)
Assumes a normal season; he played 30 games last year. Age takes about 0.1 wins off at 29. Range 3.5–5.7 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.6 → +4.4+3.826-27 forecast +2.6
Only 480 minutes last season, too few to call a trend.
2023-24: +0.6 · 65 games2024-25: +5.0 · 15 games2025-26: +4.4 · 30 games2026-27: +2.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.9 → 2.7-0.226-27 forecast 4.6
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 2.9 · 65 games2024-25: 2.3 · 15 games2025-26: 2.7 · 30 games2026-27: 4.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $13.4M vs $3.3M salary+$10.1M
His play is projected to be worth more than he is paid.
$3.3M salary2023-24: $6.4M · 65 games2024-25: $5.0M · 15 games2025-26: $5.9M · 30 games2026-27: $13.4M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $3,300,000 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
$3,300,000Guaranteed
2% of the club’s payroll · 12th of 16 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$13,424,000 /yr
Surplus+$10,124,000
BARGAINworth more than he is paid

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.