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Lindy Waters III
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Lindy Waters III, 2025-26 with SAS: 2.4 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 7.1 minutes a game. He fell short of the qualifying floor (20 games at 15 minutes a game), so the percentiles below set a small sample against the 349 players who cleared it.
Bars rank him against all 349 qualified players in 2025-26; the second number is his rank among the 107 qualified wings. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.
Small sample
Role
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minutes / game | 1 | 1 | 7.1 |
| Minutes share | 1 | 1 | 7.2% |
| Availability | 13 | 14 | 48.8% |
Offense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shooting | |||
| True shooting % | 16 | 13 | .532 |
| Effective FG% | 33 | 30 | .528 |
| Points per shot | 5 | 7 | 1.08 |
| 3-point % | 41 | 40 | 34.2% |
| 3-point attempts / g | 18 | 15 | 2.0 |
| 3PA rate (of FGA) | 99 | 99 | 89.8% |
| 2-point % | 96 | 97 | 66.7% |
| Free throw % | 13 | 13 | 66.7% |
| FT attempts / g | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| FT rate (of FGA) | 1 | 2 | 3.4% |
| % points from 3 | 99 | 99 | 85.3% |
| Creation & playmaking | |||
| Points / 75 | 17 | 16 | 11.8 |
| Assist % | 21 | 32 | 9.0% |
| Assists / 75 | 26 | 37 | 2.4 |
| Assist / turnover | 86 | 95 | 2.71 |
| Potential assists / 75 | 48 | 63 | 5.6 |
| Usage % | 16 | 17 | 14.1% |
| Turnover % | 96 | 97 | 7.3% |
| Turnovers / 75 | 97 | 96 | 0.9 |
| Offensive rebound % | 3 | 1 | 1.0% |
| Drive rate / 75 | 19 | 18 | 2.6 |
| Self-creation | 1 | 1 | low |
| Defender difficulty | 3 | 1 | low (−0.4) |
| Impact | |||
| On/Off net | 1 | 1 | -10.8 |
Defense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebounding | |||
| Rebounds / 75 | 11 | 3 | 3.6 |
| Def. rebound % | 20 | 11 | 8.7% |
| Activity & outcomes | |||
| Steals / 75 | 8 | 8 | 0.8 |
| Blocks / 75 | 4 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Stocks / 75 | 3 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Steal % | 7 | 7 | 1.0% |
| Block % | 3 | 4 | 0.3% |
| Rim FG% def. diff | 61 | 60 | −2.6% |
| Matchup difficulty | 2 | 3 | low (10.0) |
| Opp FG% on matchups | 88 | 89 | −3.3% |
| Deflections / 75 | 7 | 6 | 1.4 |
| Physical ingredients | |||
| Height | 33 | 1 | 6'5" |
| Strength (weight) | 47 | 25 | 210 |
Value
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall value | |||
| PER | 1 | 1 | 7.5 |
| Win Shares / 48 | 27 | 31 | .063 |
| Box Plus/Minus | 13 | 15 | −3.2 |
| Offensive BPM | 8 | 9 | −2.9 |
| Defensive BPM | 42 | 44 | −0.3 |
| VORP | 22 | 28 | -0.1 |
| Game Score / g | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
Season by season
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | TS% | BPM | BPM %ile | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | OKC | 24 | 25 | 18.6 | 8.0 | 2.9 | 1.0 | .562 | −1.6 | 31 | |
| 2022-23 | OKC | 25 | 41 | 12.9 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 0.7 | .573 | +0.1 | 57 | |
| 2023-24 | OKC | 26 | 38 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | .653 | +1.9 | 79 | |
| 2024-25 | DET | 27 | 52 | 15.0 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 1.0 | .504 | −2.8 | 16 | |
| 2025-26 | SAS | 28 | 40 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | .532 | −3.2 | 13 |
BPM %ile ranks his Box Plus/Minus against that season’s qualified players.