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Sam Hauser

Boston Celtics · #30 · Starter
PF6'7"217 lbage 285 yrs expVirginiaStevens Point, WI
7th best of 11 on BOSworth +1.1 wins to the rotation
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Elite shooter & playmaker
BOS
Boston Celtics
Eastern · Atlantic · proj. 62-20 (▲+1.4)
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One of the league's premier movement shooters and the cleanest of specialists — 39.3% from deep on 59% true shooting, and a 99th-percentile ball-security guy who simply does not turn it over. He stretches the floor and makes the right pass, but he's a below-average defender and doesn't pressure the rim or draw fouls (0th percentile). You play him for the gravity and the catch-and-shoot, full stop.

9.2
PPG
3.8
RPG
1.5
APG
0.5
SPG
0.3
BPG
GP 78MPG 24.8FG% 41.93P% 39.3FT% 85TS% 59USG% 14.5PER 11.9BPM +0.6VORP 1.3EPM +0.8
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Shooting92
Playmaking78
Inside finishing75
Scoring73
Rim protection68
Perimeter defense66
Rebounding64

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
7.8
PPG
3.1
RPG
1.0
APG
334
GAMES
Points 2,613Win Shares 18.2Starts 89Best season 2025-26 · 9.2 ppg
Games played, last three seasons93%

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

Sam, at 28, has held steady — 3.8 → 3.6 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▬ 4.0 wins (+0.4)
Age takes about 0.1 wins off at 29. Range 2.9–5.0 wins.
Production (BPM)+1.2 → +0.6-0.626-27 forecast +0.7
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +1.2 · 79 games2024-25: +0.8 · 71 games2025-26: +0.6 · 78 games2026-27: +0.7 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)3.8 → 3.6-0.226-27 forecast 4.0
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 3.8 · 79 games2024-25: 3.2 · 71 games2025-26: 3.6 · 78 games2026-27: 4.0 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $10.2M vs $10.8M salary−$0.7M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$10.8M salary2023-24: $9.4M · 79 games2024-25: $7.4M · 71 games2025-26: $8.5M · 78 games2026-27: $10.2M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $10,848,215 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
$10,848,215Guaranteed
5% of the club’s payroll · 6th of 13 priced deals
Runs through3 seasons
Est. market value$10,168,000 /yr
Surplus−$680,215
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.

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.