What did Dean Wade actually supply in 2025-26 for CLE?
Dean Wade's strongest evidenced functions are rim protection, shooting, event creation; the weakest available areas are interior finishing, rebounding, creation. The profile is tied to CLE for 2025-26.
High1,029,305 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
7 of 7 — 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.
CLE · 2025-26Small lineup sample374 possessions
James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley produced 113.6 offense and 99.0 defense over 374 possessions (6.3 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.
CLE · 2025-26Small lineup sample160 possessions
James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley produced 127.5 offense and 126.8 defense over 160 possessions (0.2 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 · 2025-26Small lineup sample158 possessions
Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley, Jaylon Tyson produced 117.7 offense and 104.4 defense over 158 possessions (3.2 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
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 knee1Eye
+ Injuryright right knee
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
withheld: falsesalary rows: 15resolved player: trueseason profiles: 7medical episodes: 2lineup rows returned: 7current acquisition signal count: 1current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
34
Rim pressure
41
Shooting
53
Passing
41
Screening*—
Interior finish
26
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
55
Event creation
52
Rebounding
33
* 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
+6.6 net per 100
on +7.1 · off +0.5 · 3,158 possessions
RAPM (single season)
+0.7 per 100
6,364 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
+1.4 per 100
O +0.3 / D +1.1 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
CLE · 2024-25
Small lineup sample
398 possessions
Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley produced 120.4 offense and 113.9 defense over 398 possessions (2.9 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
CLE · 2023-24Small lineup sample456 possessions
Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Max Strus, Dean Wade, Isaac Okoro produced 125.7 offense and 102.4 defense over 456 possessions (11.1 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
CLE · 2021-22Small lineup sample204 possessions
Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, Isaac Okoro, Evan Mobley produced 122.5 offense and 99.0 defense over 204 possessions (6.8 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
CLE · 2020-21Small lineup sample181 possessions
Jarrett Allen, Collin Sexton, Darius Garland, Dean Wade, Isaac Okoro produced 100.6 offense and 99.5 defense over 181 possessions (0.3 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.
* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2019-20
cap hit
$375K
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$1.52M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$1.78M
canonical
2021-22
player salary
$1.78M
provisional
2022-23
cap hit
$1.93M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$5.71M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$6.17M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$6.62M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$6.62M
provisional
Nov 8, 2025 → back Nov 28, 2025
+ Injuryright right eye contusionNov 6, 2025 → back Nov 8, 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.
