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Nic Claxton

Chicago Bulls · Starter
C6'11"215 lbage 277 yrs expGeorgiaGreenville, SC
3rd best of 13 on CHIworth +3.0 wins to the rotation
OFF75DEF75
Elite playmaker & rim protector
CHI
Chicago Bulls
Eastern · Central · proj. 32-50 (▲+12.2)
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A switchy, rim-running center who anchors the Brooklyn defense — top-tier rim protection (1.1 blocks) and elite rebounding to go with a slick passing touch for a big (3.7 assists, 82nd percentile). He finishes everything inside at 57% but offers zero floor spacing, shooting just 16% from three and a shaky 62% at the line.

11.7
PPG
6.9
RPG
3.7
APG
0.7
SPG
1.1
BPG
GP 69MPG 27.8FG% 57.13P% 15.8FT% 61.6TS% 59.2USG% 17.7PER 17.6BPM +0.9VORP 1.4EPM +1.6
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Playmaking97
Rim protection79
Scoring75
Perimeter defense75
Inside finishing70
Rebounding68
Shooting64

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
10.6
PPG
7.6
RPG
2.1
APG
380
GAMES
Points 4,024Win Shares 30.9Starts 297Best season 2022-23 · 12.6 ppg
Games played, last three seasons85%

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
▬Steady

Nic, at 26, has held steady — 4.3 → 3.8 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 5.3 wins (+1.5)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Range 4.0–6.6 wins.
Production (BPM)+1.2 → +0.9-0.326-27 forecast +0.9
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +1.2 · 71 games2024-25: +0.4 · 70 games2025-26: +0.9 · 69 games2026-27: +0.9 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)4.3 → 3.8-0.626-27 forecast 5.3
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 4.3 · 71 games2024-25: 3.2 · 70 games2025-26: 3.8 · 69 games2026-27: 5.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $19.4M vs $23.1M salary−$3.8M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$23.1M salary2023-24: $11.8M · 71 games2024-25: $7.4M · 70 games2025-26: $9.4M · 69 games2026-27: $19.4M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $23,147,727 cap hit · through '28. 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
$23,147,727Guaranteed
14% of the club’s payroll · 2nd of 14 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$19,388,000 /yr
Surplus−$3,759,727
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.