UTA finished 22-60 (0.268) with 0 playoff game(s). Its governed core had 10 players and a rotation-weighted age of 23.9. The team had 6 critical/structural basketball problem(s), 7 future pick-control row(s), and 50.0% future core salary schedule coverage. This describes the planning position; it does not recommend a direction.
Departure side derived only from the named completed/reported destination move; evidence status is preserved. Signed from Utah to a two-way slot. Reconciled from a dated index row carrying a cited transaction source. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
Signed from New Orleans to a two-way slot. Reconciled from a dated index row carrying a cited transaction source. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
| Player | Injury | Body part | Out | Returned | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauri Markkanen | right groin injury management | groin | Dec 17, 2025 → Dec 22, 2025 | not recorded | — |
| Kyle Filipowski | right wrist sprain | wrist | Nov 17, 2025 → Nov 21, 2025 | Nov 21, 2025 | — |
| Kyle Anderson | right | — | Nov 12, 2025 → Nov 13, 2025 |
| Player | Role | Strongest functions | Minutes | On/Off | Stab. RAPM | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 1,956 | — | — | metrics unavailable | |
| — | — | 1,770 | — | — |
On/Off and stabilized RAPM are separate impact lanes on a per-100 scale — never combined into one grade. A dash means evidence is unavailable, not zero.
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Functional Shortage · led by Isaiah Collier, then Keyonte George
UTA 2025-26 Creation: production percentile 0.0; largest contributor Isaiah Collier (27.9% of above-replacement production); critical_shortage_low_quality_depth.
Functional Shortage · led by Jusuf Nurkic, then Isaiah Collier
UTA 2025-26 Defensive event creation: production percentile 20.8; largest contributor Kyle Filipowski (23.8% of above-replacement production); structural_shortage.
UTA ranked 27 of 30 in self-created shot share (42.2%), 16 of 30 in self-created eFG, and 27 of 30 in assisted eFG. Primary creator: Keyonte George. Team-level creator attribution: 92.5%. Creation profile: assisted structure heavy; dependency: distributed creation; shotmaking: mixed shotmaking.
UTA 2025-26 carried $177,687,061 of selected player charges (114.9% of the cap), placing it in over cap below tax on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was interior_finish at 18.5% of the cap; highest measured need was rim_protection. Exact exception and transaction legality is withheld without team cap-hold and exception-use ledgers.
Svi Mykhailiuk has a reported team option for the 2028 season at a reported $0. Team controls the option. The stored date is the CBA outside date; the contract may require an earlier decision.
Keyonte George has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Brice Sensabaugh has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Kyle Filipowski has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2028 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
UTA has a provisional-control row for the 2027 1-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
UTA has a provisional-control row for the 2027 1-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
UTA has a provisional-control row for the 2028 1-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
UTA has a provisional-control row for the 2029 1-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
No governed authority-regime rows are knowable for this team at this as-of moment.
Re-signed to a two-way slot. Reconciled from a dated index row carrying a cited transaction source. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
Official transaction; exact roster scope is not asserted. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
Officially announced. | Exact source-decision/event lineage promoted; draft or contract domain reconstruction remains explicit.
Officially announced. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
Officially announced. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
Officially announced. | Exact source-decision/event lineage promoted; draft or contract domain reconstruction remains explicit.
Departure side derived only from the named completed/reported destination move; evidence status is preserved. Officially announced.
Official selecting-team result. | Exact source-decision/event lineage promoted; draft or contract domain reconstruction remains explicit.
| not recorded |
| — |
| Taylor Hendricks | right hamstring strain | hamstring | Nov 10, 2025 → Nov 18, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | — |
| Kyle Anderson | right back injury management | back | Nov 10, 2025 → Nov 18, 2025 | Nov 18, 2025 | — |
| Walker Kessler | left shoulder | shoulder | Nov 1, 2025 → Dec 22, 2025 | not recorded | — |
| Jusuf Nurkic | right rib contusion | rib | Oct 29, 2025 → Dec 5, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | — |
| Jusuf Nurkic | right hip contusion | hip | Oct 28, 2025 → Oct 29, 2025 | Oct 29, 2025 | — |
| Georges Niang | left foot stress reaction | foot | Oct 21, 2025 → Dec 22, 2025 | not recorded | — |
| Isaiah Collier | right hamstring strain | hamstring | Oct 21, 2025 → Oct 29, 2025 | not recorded | — |
| metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 1,747 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 1,727 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 1,594 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 1,488 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 1,419 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 1,139 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 1,053 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 783 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 672 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 609 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 527 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 488 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
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| — | — | 437 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 388 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 355 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
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| — | — | 38 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
| — | — | 25 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
Functional Shortage · led by Lauri Markkanen, then Kyle Filipowski
UTA 2025-26 Interior finishing: production percentile 16.7; largest contributor Lauri Markkanen (23.3% of above-replacement production); structural_shortage.
Functional Shortage · led by Isaiah Collier, then Keyonte George
UTA 2025-26 Passing connectivity: production percentile 4.2; largest contributor Isaiah Collier (27.3% of above-replacement production); structural_shortage.
Withheld Proxy Only · led by Ace Bailey, then Svi Mykhailiuk
UTA 2025-26 Point-of-attack defense proxy: conclusion withheld (withheld_proxy_only).
Functional Strength · led by Kyle Filipowski, then Kyle Filipowski
UTA 2025-26 Rebounding: production percentile 83.3; largest contributor Ace Bailey (23.2% of above-replacement production); no_immediate_function_need.
Middle Tier Distributed · led by Lauri Markkanen, then Kyle Filipowski
UTA 2025-26 Rim pressure: production percentile 66.7; largest contributor Lauri Markkanen (18.4% of above-replacement production); monitor_not_priority.
Functional Shortage · led by Jusuf Nurkic, then Ace Bailey
UTA 2025-26 Rim protection: production percentile 0.0; largest contributor Cody Williams (20.5% of above-replacement production); critical_shortage_low_quality_depth.
Withheld No Above Replacement Production · led by Ace Bailey, then Svi Mykhailiuk
UTA 2025-26 Screening: conclusion withheld (withheld_no_above_replacement_production).
Functional Shortage · led by Svi Mykhailiuk, then Keyonte George
UTA 2025-26 Shooting and spacing: production percentile 20.8; largest contributor Brice Sensabaugh (22.9% of above-replacement production); structural_shortage.
Withheld Proxy Only · led by Ace Bailey, then Svi Mykhailiuk
UTA 2025-26 Switch coverage proxy: conclusion withheld (withheld_proxy_only).
Coverage: partial future core salary schedule. Scheduled core salary is a partial schedule, not a full cap projection.
Svi Mykhailiuk has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2028 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Isaiah Collier has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2028 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Cody Williams has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2028 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Lauri Markkanen 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.
Ace Bailey 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.
Kyle Filipowski has a reported team option for the 2028 season at a reported $0. Team controls the option. The exact decision date is unresolved.
Keyonte George has a reported team option for the 2027 season at a reported $6,563,925. Team controls the option. The exact decision date is unresolved.
UTA has a provisional-control row for the 2029 1-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
UTA has a provisional-control row for the 2031 2-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
UTA has a provisional-control row for the 2031 2-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
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