What did Deandre Ayton actually supply in 2025-26 for LAL?
Deandre Ayton's strongest evidenced functions are interior finishing, rim protection, rebounding; the weakest available areas are passing, creation, event creation. The profile is tied to LAL for 2025-26.
High1,332,526 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
8 of 8 — 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.
LAL · 2025-26Small lineup sample440 possessions
LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Doncic, Jake LaRavia produced 116.8 offense and 121.7 defense over 440 possessions (-2.3 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAL · 2025-26Small lineup sample341 possessions
LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves produced 119.9 offense and 107.4 defense over 341 possessions (5.1 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAL · 2025-26Small lineup sample264 possessions
LeBron James, Deandre Ayton, Luka Doncic, Rui Hachimura, Austin Reaves produced 104.2 offense and 121.2 defense over 264 possessions (-5.9 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAL · 2025-26Small 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.
1Left elbow1Right knee1Back / spine
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
withheld: falsesalary rows: 20resolved player: trueseason profiles: 8medical episodes: 3lineup rows returned: 20current acquisition signal count: 1current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
27
Rim pressure
54
Shooting*—
Passing
20
Screening*—
Interior finish
85
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
74
Event creation
36
Rebounding
67
* 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
-3.1 net per 100
on -1.3 · off +1.9 · 4,025 possessions
RAPM (single season)
-0.4 per 100
8,109 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
-1.3 per 100
O -0.6 / D -0.7 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
219 possessions
Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Doncic, Rui Hachimura, Austin Reaves produced 115.5 offense and 92.7 defense over 219 possessions (6.9 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
LAL · 2025-26Small lineup sample169 possessions
LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Luke Kennard, Deandre Ayton, Rui Hachimura produced 106.9 offense and 108.9 defense over 169 possessions (-0.5 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.
POR · 2024-25Small lineup sample470 possessions
Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons, Deandre Ayton, Deni Avdija, Toumani Camara produced 101.5 offense and 116.2 defense over 470 possessions (-7.1 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
POR · 2024-25Small lineup sample263 possessions
Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons, Deandre Ayton, Shaedon Sharpe, Toumani Camara produced 92.3 offense and 127.4 defense over 263 possessions (-12.1 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
POR · 2024-25Small lineup sample251 possessions
Anfernee Simons, Deandre Ayton, Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Toumani Camara produced 114.3 offense and 111.0 defense over 251 possessions (1.1 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
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* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2018-19
cap hit
$8.18M
provisional
2019-20
cap hit
$9.56M
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$10.0M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$12.6M
canonical
2022-23
cap hit
$30.9M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$32.5M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$34.0M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$8.10M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$33.7M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$33.7M
provisional
2026-27
cap hit
$8.10M
provisional
+ Injuryleft left elbow sorenessDec 17, 2025 → Dec 20, 2025
+ Injuryright right knee contusionNov 3, 2025 → back Nov 28, 2025
+ Injuryback spasmNov 1, 2025 → back Nov 3, 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.
PHXfree agent signingJul 15, 2022No top-three need match
Role fully appeared after the move · authority: James Jones
