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Robert Williams III

Portland Trail Blazers · #35 · Plus starter
C6'9"249 lbage 288 yrs expTexas A&MShreveport, LA
6th best of 14 on PORworth +1.7 wins to the rotation
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Elite rim protector & interior finisher
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Portland Trail Blazers
Western · Northwest · proj. 54-28 (▲+11.1)
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All-Defensive

When he's on the floor, Time Lord is one of the most efficient bigs in basketball — a 99th-percentile rim finisher (70.8% from the field, 72.2% true shooting) and elite shot-blocker who rebounds and protects the rim at the very top of the league. The catch is durability: just 17 minutes a night across 59 games. An unrestricted free agent whose value hinges entirely on health.

6.7
PPG
7
RPG
1
APG
0.6
SPG
1.5
BPG
GP 59MPG 17.1FG% 70.83P% 39.1FT% 59.6TS% 72.2USG% 13.1PER 22.1BPM +4.5VORP 1.7EPM +1.6
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rim protection98
Inside finishing97
Rebounding97
Perimeter defense92
Scoring78
Playmaking67
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

2018-19 to 2025-26 · 8 seasons
7.1
PPG
6.9
RPG
1.3
APG
294
GAMES
Points 2,088Win Shares 28.3Starts 101Best season 2021-22 · 10.0 ppg
Games played, last three seasons35%

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
▲Rising

Robert, at 28, is on a clear upward trajectory — 1.4 → 4.3 wins of value over the window.

2026-27 forecast▲ 5.1 wins (+0.7)
Age takes about 0.1 wins off at 29. Range 3.7–6.4 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.7 → +4.5+3.826-27 forecast +4.0
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: +0.7 · 6 games2024-25: +3.0 · 20 games2025-26: +4.5 · 59 games2026-27: +4.0 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.4 → 4.3+3.026-27 forecast 5.1
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 1.4 · 6 games2024-25: 1.9 · 20 games2025-26: 4.3 · 59 games2026-27: 5.1 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $17.5M vs $14.7M salary+$2.8M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$14.7M salary2023-24: $3.4M · 6 games2024-25: $4.4M · 20 games2025-26: $11.8M · 59 games2026-27: $17.5M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $14,666,667 cap hit · through '29. 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
$14,666,667Guaranteed
8% of the club’s payroll · 5th of 13 priced deals
Runs through3 seasons
Est. market value$17,456,000 /yr
Surplus+$2,789,333
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.