What did Nikola Vucevic actually supply in 2021-22 for CHI?
Nikola Vucevic's strongest evidenced functions are rebounding, rim protection, interior finishing; the weakest available areas are shooting, rim pressure, screening. The profile is tied to CHI for 2021-22.
High1,533,866 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
13 of 13 — 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.
CHI · 2025-26Small lineup sample213 possessions
Nikola Vucevic, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Josh Giddey, Matas Buzelis produced 126.2 offense and 125.4 defense over 213 possessions (0.2 shrunk net). 2 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
CHI · 2025-26Small lineup sample152 possessions
Nikola Vucevic, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, Josh Giddey, Matas Buzelis produced 105.3 offense and 119.2 defense over 152 possessions (-3.3 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.
CHI · 2024-25Small lineup sample492 possessions
Nikola Vucevic, Zach LaVine, Coby White, Patrick Williams, Josh Giddey produced 110.2 offense and 117.4 defense over 492 possessions (-3.6 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 rightNov 24, 2025 → back Nov 29, 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: 24resolved player: trueseason profiles: 13medical episodes: 1lineup 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
57
Rim pressure
53
Shooting
41
Passing
58
Screening
54
Interior finish
62
Point of attack*
45
Switch coverage*
46
Rim protection
69
Event creation
56
Rebounding
72
* 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
-5.1 net per 100
on -2.9 · off +2.3 · 4,728 possessions
RAPM (single season)
-0.3 per 100
9,435 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
-0.4 per 100
O -0.3 / D -0.1 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
CHI · 2024-25Small lineup sample280 possessions
Nikola Vucevic, Kevin Huerter, Coby White, Josh Giddey, Matas Buzelis produced 119.6 offense and 120.1 defense over 280 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.
CHI · 2024-25Small lineup sample218 possessions
Nikola Vucevic, Zach LaVine, Coby White, Ayo Dosunmu, Josh Giddey produced 119.7 offense and 121.9 defense over 218 possessions (-0.7 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.
CHI · 2024-25Small lineup sample207 possessions
Nikola Vucevic, Zach LaVine, Coby White, Patrick Williams, Ayo Dosunmu produced 111.3 offense and 112.1 defense over 207 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.
CHI · 2024-25Small lineup sample150 possessions
Nikola Vucevic, Zach LaVine, Lonzo Ball, Patrick Williams, Josh Giddey produced 116.9 offense and 106.7 defense over 150 possessions (2.4 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.
CHI · 2023-24Rotation-size lineup sample898 possessions
DeMar DeRozan, Nikola Vucevic, Alex Caruso, Coby White, Ayo Dosunmu produced 105.6 offense and 112.8 defense over 898 possessions (-4.7 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
showing 8 of 20 lineup rows returned by the route
* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2014-15
cap hit
$2.90M
canonical
2015-16
cap hit
$11.3M
canonical
2016-17
cap hit
$11.8M
canonical
2017-18
cap hit
$12.3M
canonical
2018-19
cap hit
$12.8M
canonical
2019-20
cap hit
$28.0M
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$26.0M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$24.0M
canonical
2021-22
player salary
$24.0M
provisional
2022-23
cap hit
$22.0M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$18.5M
canonical
2024-25
cap hit
$20.0M
canonical
2025-26
cap hit
$21.5M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$21.5M
provisional
PHIfree agent signingAug 22, 2011Withheld No Prior Function Evidence
Withheld No Prior Function Evidence · authority: Rod Thorn
