Zach LaVine's strongest evidenced functions are shooting, creation, interior finishing; the weakest available areas are event creation, rim protection, rebounding. These are full-season values across multiple teams, so team-specific fit is withheld.
High
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
12 of 12 — 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.
SAC · 2025-26Small lineup sample233 possessions
Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Precious Achiuwa, Maxime Raynaud produced 112.9 offense and 123.7 defense over 233 possessions (-3.5 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
SAC · 2025-26Small lineup sample170 possessions
Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Dennis Schroder, Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis produced 103.5 offense and 119.4 defense over 170 possessions (-4.0 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.
SAC · 2025-26Small lineup sample168 possessions
Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Keegan Murray, Maxime Raynaud produced 120.6 offense and 113.1 defense over 168 possessions (1.9 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
CHI · 2024-25
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 ankle1Back / spine
+ Injury
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
withheld: falsesalary rows: 24resolved player: trueseason profiles: 12medical episodes: 2lineup rows returned: 20current acquisition signal count: 0current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
70
Rim pressure
64
Shooting
85
Passing
63
Screening*—
Interior finish
68
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
24
Event creation
21
Rebounding
37
* 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
On/off evidence unavailable for this team-season.
RAPM (single season)
-0.2 per 100
9,872 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
-0.1 per 100
O -0.1 / D +0.0 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
Small lineup sample
492 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.
SAC · 2024-25Small lineup sample424 possessions
DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis, Keegan Murray, Keon Ellis produced 109.2 offense and 115.5 defense over 424 possessions (-2.9 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.
SAC · 2024-25Small lineup sample378 possessions
DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis, Malik Monk, Keegan Murray produced 115.1 offense and 127.0 defense over 378 possessions (-5.1 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.
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.
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
2015-16
cap hit
$2.15M
canonical
2016-17
cap hit
$2.24M
canonical
2017-18
cap hit
$3.20M
canonical
2018-19
cap hit
$19.5M
provisional
2019-20
cap hit
$19.5M
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$19.5M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$19.5M
canonical
2021-22
player salary
$19.5M
provisional
2022-23
cap hit
$37.1M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$40.1M
canonical
2024-25
cap hit
$44.5M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$47.5M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$47.5M
provisional
2026-27
cap hit
$49.0M
provisional
left left ankle sprain
Nov 3, 2025 → Dec 21, 2025
+ Injuryback sorenessNov 2, 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.
