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Bez Mbeng
Free agent · G · 23
Bez Mbeng
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2025-26
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Bez Mbeng vs Bryce McGowens

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Mbeng · McGowens
Bez Mbeng
Mbeng
Free agent
2025-26
McGowens
Pelicans
Bryce McGowens
15
Games
availability
42
32.8
Minutes
per game
21.0
8.1
Points
per game
8.1
3.8
Rebounds
per game
2.1
4.1
Assists
per game
1.5
2.6
Steals + blocks
per game
0.8
1.5
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.4
50.0%
Field goal %
48.1%
19.4%
Three-point %
2.1 vs 2.2 attempts
40.9%
64.0%
Free throw %
77.9%
55.0%
True shooting
TS%
61.0%
10.6%
Usage
USG%
13.6%
15.8%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
9.1%
5.4%
Rebound %
of available
4.7%
-13.2
Net rating
on court
-3.6
6.0%
PIE
player impact estimate
6.7%
-9.9
Plus-minus
per game
-1.7
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Bryce McGowens scored more in 2025-26, 0.0 points a game apart (8.1 vs 8.1), on McGowens's heavier usage (13.6% vs 10.6%).

McGowens is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 61.0% to 55.0%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Mbeng (4.1 vs 1.5 assists), the glass to Mbeng (3.8 vs 2.1 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: McGowens played 27 more games (42 vs 15 of 82).

With McGowens on the floor his team outscored opponents by -3.6 per 100 possessions, against -13.2 for Mbeng; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Mbeng — through —, McGowens $2.6M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Mbeng
2025-26
McGowens
2-13
Record when playing
14-28
10.1
Points at home
7.8
6.4
Points on the road
8.4
16.0
Points in wins
9.5
6.9
Points in losses
7.4
27
Season high
23
0
30-point games
0
1
Double-doubles
0
Mbeng · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at ORL0 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs BKN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs MIN9 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs NOP0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 3 at TOR11 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
McGowens · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs WAS5 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at DAL4 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at MIA1 pts · 3 reb · 7 ast
Tue, Oct 6 at OKC7 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Mar 8 vs WAS4 pts · 1 reb · 3 ast
Mbeng · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
McGowens · contract
2026-27$2.6M
2027-28$2.9M

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Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).