Player Dossier

Gui Santos

GSW · 2025-26Rotation connectorHigh evidence

Offensive rebounder · Spot-up spacer · Transition finisher · Helper / rotator · Switch wing

What does Gui Santos actually supply on the floor?

Gui Santos's strongest evidenced functions are passing, event creation, creation; the weakest available areas are rebounding, rim protection, shooting. The profile is tied to GSW for 2025-26.

Function profile

2025-26 — eleven separate readings on a league scale. They are not additive.

Creation65

Rim pressure60

Shooting56

Passing68

Screening*—

Interior finish60

Point of attack*—

Switch coverage*—

Rim protection49

Event creation67

Rebounding42

* limited evidence for that function. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. Use the separate function strengths to evaluate role and roster fit; do not treat them as one player-value score. POA or switch conclusions require lineup, matchup, and assignment evidence beyond this profile.

Season by season

Every governed season profile on record.

Season	Team	Role	Evidence	Creation	Rim pressure	Shooting	Passing	Screening	Interior finish	Point of attack	Switch coverage	Rim protection	Event creation	Rebounding
2025-26	GSW	Rotation connector	High evidence	65	60	56	68	—	60	—	—	49	67	42
2024-25	GSW	—	High evidence	53	47	42	62	—	44	54	48	51	53	44
2023-24	GSW	—	Mixed coverage	42	55	52	40	—	52	—	—	50	39	54

What teams depended on him for

Seasons where a team's situation report named him a dependency case.

GSW · 2025-26Lineup performance dependence

GSW lineups performed 3.6 points per 100 possessions better with Gui Santos than without him. The best supported alternative was [Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler III, Draymond Green, Moses Moody, Quinten Post] over 246 possessions.

rotation 36%loses 10.4% of passing

Replacement evidence

Best observed five without him

Stephen Curry · Jimmy Butler III · Draymond Green · Moses Moody · Quinten Post

shrunk net -1.7350 over 246 possessions

on floor 2537 possessions · off floor 4692 possessions

GSW · 2024-25Lineup performance dependence

GSW lineups performed 6.4 points per 100 possessions better with Gui Santos than without him. The best supported alternative was [Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler III, Draymond Green, Moses Moody, Brandin Podziemski] over 494 possessions.

rotation 18%loses 5.3% of passing

Replacement evidence

Best observed five without him

Stephen Curry · Jimmy Butler III · Draymond Green · Moses Moody · Brandin Podziemski

shrunk net 6.3440 over 494 possessions

on floor 1447 possessions · off floor 6770 possessions

GSW · 2023-24Observed replacement lineup exists

GSW had a supported lineup path without Gui Santos: [Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan Kuminga] at 7.5 adjusted net points per 100 possessions over 318 possessions. This is an observed option, not proof it is universally better.

rotation 5%loses 1.0% of interior finish

Replacement evidence

Best observed five without him

Stephen Curry · Klay Thompson · Draymond Green · Andrew Wiggins · Jonathan Kuminga

shrunk net 7.4550 over 318 possessions

on floor 338 possessions · off floor 6994 possessions

Known contract calendar

Governed contract events naming this player — dates carry their honest quality.

No governed contract-calendar events name this player.

Function scores, roles, dependence records and contract events are separate evidence. No combined player value, trade value or ranking is computed from them, and none of them is a causal impact claim.