What did Larry Nance Jr. actually supply in 2025-26 for CLE?
Larry Nance Jr.'s strongest evidenced functions are event creation, rim protection, shooting; the weakest available areas are passing, creation, interior finishing. The profile is tied to CLE for 2025-26.
Medium Mixed Coverage272,052 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
11 of 11 — complete
Career arc
Stabilized impact across governed seasons — a trend line, not a career grade. Hollow points mean evidence unavailable.
Lineup context
Exact five-player context with honest sample strength.
NOP · 2023-24Small lineup sample276 possessions
CJ McCollum, Larry Nance Jr., Brandon Ingram, Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones produced 106.5 offense and 116.1 defense over 276 possessions (-3.4 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
NOP · 2023-24Small lineup sample199 possessions
CJ McCollum, Larry Nance Jr., Brandon Ingram, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III produced 110.2 offense and 95.5 defense over 199 possessions (4.2 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
NOP · 2023-24Small lineup sample161 possessions
CJ McCollum, Larry Nance Jr., Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III produced 124.4 offense and 108.7 defense over 161 possessions (3.8 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
NOP · 2022-23Small lineup sample
Contract & salary
Season rows under the serving definition; provisional status sits beside the amount.
Body & injury history
Every governed medical episode, mapped to the body. Evidence about the player — never a team decision or a durability grade.
1Right calf1Left knee
+ Injuryright right calf strain
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
withheld: falsesalary rows: 20resolved player: trueseason profiles: 11medical episodes: 2lineup rows returned: 12current acquisition signal count: 1current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
41
Rim pressure
44
Shooting*
46
Passing
41
Screening*—
Interior finish
43
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
54
Event creation
64
Rebounding
44
* limited evidence. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. The radar plots only scored functions; missing axes are marked with a dash, never drawn at zero.
Performance lanes
Three separate lanes — never merged into one number.
On/Off
-6.3 net per 100
on -2.9 · off +3.5 · 850 possessions
RAPM (single season)
-0.1 per 100
1,677 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
-0.2 per 100
O -0.6 / D +0.5 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
224 possessions
CJ McCollum, Larry Nance Jr., Brandon Ingram, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III produced 123.1 offense and 113.4 defense over 224 possessions (3.0 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
CLE · 2020-21Small lineup sample258 possessions
Larry Nance Jr., Jarrett Allen, Collin Sexton, Darius Garland, Isaac Okoro produced 100.8 offense and 116.2 defense over 258 possessions (-5.2 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
CLE · 2019-20Small lineup sample201 possessions
Tristan Thompson, Larry Nance Jr., Cedi Osman, Collin Sexton, Darius Garland produced 97.5 offense and 104.9 defense over 201 possessions (-2.1 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
CLE · 2018-19Small lineup sample181 possessions
Tristan Thompson, Rodney Hood, Larry Nance Jr., Cedi Osman, Collin Sexton produced 93.9 offense and 125.7 defense over 181 possessions (-8.4 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
LAL · 2017-18Small lineup sample417 possessions
Brook Lopez, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Larry Nance Jr., Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball produced 100.0 offense and 102.9 defense over 417 possessions (-1.3 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
showing 8 of 12 lineup rows returned by the route
* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2015-16
cap hit
$1.16M
provisional
2016-17
cap hit
$1.21M
provisional
2017-18
cap hit
$1.47M
provisional
2018-19
cap hit
$2.27M
provisional
2019-20
cap hit
$12.7M
provisional
2020-21
cap hit
$11.7M
provisional
2021-22
cap hit
$10.7M
canonical
2022-23
cap hit
$9.67M
provisional
2023-24
cap hit
$10.4M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$11.2M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$3.63M
provisional
Nov 29, 2025 → Dec 22, 2025
+ Injuryleft left knee contusionNov 8, 2025 → back Nov 12, 2025
Marker size and count reflect governed episode volume only; a pulsing ring means an episode is open at this knowledge date. This maps evidence — it is not a durability score.
