What did Derrick Jones Jr. actually supply in 2025-26 for LAC?
Derrick Jones Jr.'s strongest evidenced functions are event creation, rim protection, interior finishing; the weakest available areas are passing, creation, shooting. The profile is tied to LAC for 2025-26.
High815,347 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
10 of 10 — 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.
LAC · 2025-26Small lineup sample258 possessions
Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., John Collins produced 110.4 offense and 110.5 defense over 258 possessions (0.0 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAC · 2025-26Small lineup sample204 possessions
Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., Darius Garland produced 128.5 offense and 107.4 defense over 204 possessions (6.1 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.
LAC · 2025-26Small lineup sample199 possessions
Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Derrick Jones Jr., John Collins, Darius Garland produced 125.1 offense and 109.5 defense over 199 possessions (4.5 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.
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 knee
+ Injuryright right knee sprainNov 17, 2025 → Dec 20, 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.
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
withheld: falsesalary rows: 19resolved player: trueseason profiles: 10medical episodes: 1lineup rows returned: 16current acquisition signal count: 0current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
28
Rim pressure
52
Shooting
52
Passing
24
Screening*—
Interior finish
53
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
57
Event creation
60
Rebounding
53
* 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
+7.2 net per 100
on +3.9 · off -3.3 · 2,469 possessions
RAPM (single season)
+0.4 per 100
4,958 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
+1.0 per 100
O +0.3 / D +0.6 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
LAC · 2025-26
Small lineup sample
152 possessions
Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., Kobe Sanders produced 125.0 offense and 106.5 defense over 152 possessions (4.3 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
James Harden, Norman Powell, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, Derrick Jones Jr. produced 113.2 offense and 104.2 defense over 623 possessions (4.9 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAC · 2024-25Small lineup sample375 possessions
James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Norman Powell, Ivica Zubac, Derrick Jones Jr. produced 126.1 offense and 101.6 defense over 375 possessions (10.5 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAC · 2024-25Small lineup sample318 possessions
James Harden, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, Derrick Jones Jr., Amir Coffey produced 107.5 offense and 108.1 defense over 318 possessions (-0.2 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAC · 2024-25Small lineup sample313 possessions
James Harden, Norman Powell, Ivica Zubac, Derrick Jones Jr., Terance Mann produced 110.9 offense and 122.4 defense over 313 possessions (-4.4 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.
showing 8 of 16 lineup rows returned by the route
* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2016-17
cap hit
$543K
provisional
2017-18
cap hit
$77K
provisional
2017-18
cap hit
$386K
provisional
2018-19
cap hit
$1.51M
provisional
2019-20
cap hit
$1.65M
provisional
2020-21
cap hit
$9.26M
provisional
2021-22
cap hit
$9.72M
canonical
2022-23
cap hit
$3.20M
provisional
2023-24
cap hit
$2.71M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$9.52M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$10.0M
provisional
POR → CHItradeAug 28, 2021Withheld No Prior Player Function Profile
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