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Taurean Prince

Detroit Pistons · #12 · Reserve
SF6'6"218 lbage 3210 yrs expBaylorSan Marcos, TX
13th best of 13 on DET
OFF69DEF72
High-level shooter & perimeter defender
DET
Detroit Pistons
Eastern · Central · proj. 40-42 (▲+4.7)
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A rangy veteran wing valued for catch-and-shoot threes and positional defense over a long career. There's no 2025-26 sample to evaluate here, so the read is reputational: at 32 on a small player option, he's a low-cost end-of-rotation 3-and-D piece if he's still got it.

8.2
PPG
3.6
RPG
1.9
APG
1
SPG
0.2
BPG
GP 80MPG 27.1FG% 45.73P% 43.9FT% 81.3TS% 61.3USG% 12.5PER 9.8BPM -1.7VORP 0.1
2024-25 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2024-25 form
Shooting91
Perimeter defense82
Playmaking78
Scoring77
Inside finishing56
Rebounding54
Rim protection54

Skill ratings are 2024-25 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

2016-17 to 2025-26 · 10 seasons
9.8
PPG
3.6
RPG
1.7
APG
608
GAMES
Points 5,984Win Shares 15.5Starts 351Best season 2024-25 · 8.2 ppg
Games played, last three seasons75%

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 29 → 31
▬Steady

Taurean, at 31, has held steady — 0.4 → 0.8 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Declining about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▬ 0.8 wins (+0.0)
Assumes a normal season; he played 26 games last year. Age takes about 0.6 wins off at 32. Range 0.0–2.1 wins.
Production (BPM)-2.8 → -3.1-0.326-27 forecast -2.8
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -2.8 · 78 games2024-25: -1.7 · 80 games2025-26: -3.1 · 26 games2026-27: -2.8 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)0.4 → 0.8+0.426-27 forecast 0.8
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 0.4 · 78 games2024-25: 1.4 · 80 games2025-26: 0.8 · 26 games2026-27: 0.8 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $2.6M vs $3.8M salary−$1.2M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$3.8M salary2023-24: $2.1M · 78 games2024-25: $3.4M · 80 games2025-26: $2.5M · 26 games2026-27: $2.6M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $3,815,861 cap hit · 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
$3,815,861Player option
2% of the club’s payroll · 13th of 15 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$2,602,375 /yr
Surplus−$1,213,486
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.