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Quentin Grimes

Los Angeles Lakers · Starter
SG6'4"210 lbage 265 yrs expHoustonThe Woodlands, TX
5th best of 15 on LALworth +1.2 wins to the rotation
OFF72DEF72
High-level interior finisher & rim protector
LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Western · Pacific · proj. 49-33 (▲+17.2)
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A blossoming two-way guard and pending free agent who took on real offensive load in Philly — 13.4 points on 58.5% true shooting with a tidy 84% from the line. He gets downhill and finishes well inside, though the perimeter defense that built his reputation graded down this year; a useful, movable rotation piece.

13.4
PPG
3.6
RPG
3.3
APG
0.9
SPG
0.4
BPG
GP 75MPG 29.4FG% 453P% 33.4FT% 84TS% 58.5USG% 19PER 12.9BPM -1.6VORP 0.2EPM +0.8
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Inside finishing90
Rim protection84
Scoring83
Shooting75
Rebounding73
Playmaking68
Perimeter defense67

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

2021-22 to 2025-26 · 5 seasons
11.1
PPG
3.2
RPG
2.3
APG
318
GAMES
Points 3,531Win Shares 14.4Starts 146Best season 2022-23 · 11.3 ppg
Games played, last three seasons82%

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

Quentin, at 25, has held steady — 1.0 → 1.6 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 4.3 wins (+2.8)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age should add a little at 26. Range 2.2–6.4 wins.
Production (BPM)-2.2 → -1.6+0.626-27 forecast -0.9
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -2.2 · 51 games2024-25: +0.4 · 75 games2025-26: -1.6 · 75 games2026-27: -0.9 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.0 → 1.6+0.626-27 forecast 4.3
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 1.0 · 51 games2024-25: 3.4 · 75 games2025-26: 1.6 · 75 games2026-27: 4.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $11.7M vs $15.0M salary−$3.3M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$15.0M salary2023-24: $2.8M · 51 games2024-25: $7.9M · 75 games2025-26: $3.8M · 75 games2026-27: $11.7M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $15,000,000 cap hit · through '30. 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
$15,000,000Guaranteed
7% of the club’s payroll · 4th of 16 priced deals
Runs through4 seasons
Est. market value$11,708,000 /yr
Surplus−$3,292,000
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.