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Nicolas Batum

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8th best of 13 on LAC
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High-level shooter & perimeter defender
LAC
Los Angeles Clippers
Western · Pacific · proj. 42-40 (▲+0.9)
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A 37-year-old glue-guy forward whose entire value is spacing and smarts. In just 17.5 minutes he knocked down 40.4% from three and defended capably, but the offense is otherwise gone — 4.0 points, almost never gets to the rim or the line. A low-usage corner shooter and connective passer who fills a role and nothing more.

4
PPG
2.5
RPG
0.9
APG
0.6
SPG
0.3
BPG
GP 74MPG 17.5FG% 40.33P% 40.4FT% 81.8TS% 60.3USG% 9.6PER 8.4BPM -1VORP 0.3EPM +0.5
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Shooting89
Perimeter defense87
Rim protection79
Scoring68
Playmaking67
Rebounding62
Inside finishing50

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

2008-09 to 2025-26 · 18 seasons
9.6
PPG
4.7
RPG
3.0
APG
1,205
GAMES
Points 11,553Win Shares 75.6Starts 877Best season 2013-14 · 13.0 ppg
Games played, last three seasons86%
AMONG CURRENT PLAYERS
8th in games played

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 35 → 37
▬Steady

Nicolas, at 37, has held steady — 2.3 → 1.7 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Aging better than the curve — holding his level longer than most.
2026-27 forecast▬ 2.1 wins (+0.4)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age takes about 1.6 wins off at 38. Range 0.7–3.5 wins.
Production (BPM)-0.4 → -1.0-0.626-27 forecast -1.5
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -0.4 · 60 games2024-25: +0.8 · 78 games2025-26: -1.0 · 74 games2026-27: -1.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.3 → 1.7-0.626-27 forecast 2.1
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 2.3 · 60 games2024-25: 3.0 · 78 games2025-26: 1.7 · 74 games2026-27: 2.1 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $4.7M
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: $5.0M · 60 games2024-25: $6.9M · 78 games2025-26: $4.1M · 74 games2026-27: $4.7M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: 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
UFA FREE AGENT

team declined his option

Cap hit—
Cap hold on his old club$11,175,192
Est. market value$4,706,667 /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.