Player Dossier

Jeremiah Fears

NOP · 2025-26DevelopmentalHigh evidence

Pick-and-roll handler · Secondary creator · Transition finisher · Point-of-attack defender

What does Jeremiah Fears actually supply on the floor?

Jeremiah Fears's strongest evidenced functions are event creation, creation, passing; the weakest available areas are rebounding, interior finishing, rim protection. The profile is tied to NOP for 2025-26.

Function profile

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

Creation61

Rim pressure51

Shooting47

Passing53

Screening*—

Interior finish32

Point of attack*—

Switch coverage*—

Rim protection43

Event creation68

Rebounding31

* 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	NOP	Developmental	High evidence	61	51	47	53	—	32	—	—	43	68	31

What teams depended on him for

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

NOP · 2025-26Observed replacement lineup exists

NOP had a supported lineup path without Jeremiah Fears: [Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III] at 2.3 adjusted net points per 100 possessions over 199 possessions. This is an observed option, not proof it is universally better.

rotation 54%loses 19.9% of event creation

Replacement evidence

Best observed five without him

Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III

shrunk net 2.2860 over 199 possessions

on floor 3932 possessions · off floor 3342 possessions

Known contract calendar

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

NOP · 2025-26Contract control horizonJun 30, 2029

Jeremiah Fears has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2029 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. No extension-review trigger is applied yet.

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.