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Wenyen Gabriel
LAL · Wing · 2022-23 · Kentucky · Year 5 · age 25 · born Mar 26, 1997
5.5 PPG4.2 RPG0.5 APG0.7 TPG15.1 MPG
- Height
- 6'9"
Weight205Wenyen Gabriel, 2022-23 with LAL: 5.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 15.1 minutes a game. Against the 322 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are Offensive rebound % (95th percentile), 2-point % (92nd) and Effective FG% (88th); his lowest are Assists / 75 (3rd percentile) and Assist % (4th). This is his best season by Box Plus/Minus; all 5 are in the table below.
Bars rank him against all 322 qualified players in 2022-23; the second number is his rank among the 103 qualified wings. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.
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Role
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
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| Minutes / game | 2 | 1 | 15.1 |
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| Minutes share | 19 | 22 | 25.7% |
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| Availability | 59 | 62 | 82.9% |
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Offense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
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| Shooting |
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| True shooting % | 84 | 89 | .626 |
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| Effective FG% | 88 | 93 | .615 |
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| Points per shot | 83 | 86 | 1.43 |
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| 3-point % | 10 | 8 | 27.8% |
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| 3-point attempts / g | 9 | 4 | 0.5 |
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| 3PA rate (of FGA) | 13 | 7 | 13.8% |
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| 2-point % | 92 | 95 | 64.7% |
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| Free throw % | 6 | 5 | 61.9% |
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| FT attempts / g | 27 | 31 | 1.2 |
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| FT rate (of FGA) | 75 | 80 | 32.3% |
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| % points from 3 | 12 | 7 | 8.1% |
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| Creation & playmaking |
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| Points / 75 | 23 | 25 | 12.7 |
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| Assist % | 4 | 5 | 4.9% |
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| Assists / 75 | 3 | 4 | 1.2 |
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| Assist / turnover | 4 | 3 | 0.78 |
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| Potential assists / 75 | 13 | 16 | 2.9 |
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| Usage % | 15 | 15 | 13.5% |
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| Turnover % | 29 | 21 | 13.4% |
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| Turnovers / 75 | 64 | 54 | 1.6 |
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| Offensive rebound % | 95 | 99 | 11.1% |
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| Drive rate / 75 | 11 | 6 | 1.2 |
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| Self-creation | 94 | 96 | elite |
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| Shot-making (PPP %ile) | 29 | 33 | 47 |
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| Defender difficulty | 76 | 81 | high (+0.1) |
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| Impact |
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| On/Off net | 38 | 44 | -1.1 |
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Defense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
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| Rebounding |
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| Rebounds / 75 | 85 | 90 | 9.7 |
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| Def. rebound % | 72 | 72 | 15.2% |
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| Activity & outcomes |
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| Steals / 75 | 31 | 37 | 0.9 |
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| Blocks / 75 | 88 | 94 | 1.2 |
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| Stocks / 75 | 74 | 78 | 2.1 |
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| Steal % | 33 | 40 | 1.2% |
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| Block % | 87 | 90 | 2.9% |
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| Rim FG% def. diff | 88 | 83 | −6.6% |
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| Matchup difficulty | 15 | 16 | low (11.4) |
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| Opp FG% on matchups | 72 | 63 | −1.7% |
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| Deflections / 75 | 81 | 83 | 2.7 |
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| Physical ingredients |
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| Height | 79 | 82 | 6'9" |
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| Strength (weight) | 34 | 10 | 205 |
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Value
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
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| Overall value |
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| PER | 51 | 62 | 14.4 |
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| Win Shares / 48 | 75 | 84 | .132 |
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| Box Plus/Minus | 20 | 26 | −2.2 |
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| Offensive BPM | 17 | 21 | −2.3 |
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| Defensive BPM | 54 | 60 | +0.1 |
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| VORP | 19 | 24 | -0.1 |
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| Game Score / g | 14 | 16 | 5.1 |
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Season by season
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | TS% | BPM | BPM %ile | Honours |
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| 2019-20 | POR | 22 | 30 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | .546 | −3.8 | 7 | |
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| 2020-21 | NOP | 23 | 21 | 11.5 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 0.5 | .533 | −3.3 | 13 | |
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| 2021-22 | LAL | 24 | 26 | 13.8 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 0.5 | .549 | −5.9 | 1 | |
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| 2022-23★ | LAL | 25 | 68 | 15.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 0.5 | .626 | −2.2 | 20 | |
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| 2023-24 | BOS | 26 | 5 | 16.2 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 0.6 | .351 | −12.5 | 1 | |
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BPM %ile ranks his Box Plus/Minus against that season’s qualified players. ★ is his best season by Box Plus/Minus, among seasons that clear the games floor.