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Bez Mbeng
Free agent · G · 23
Bez Mbeng
vs
2025-26
Jared McCain
Thunder · G · 22
Jared McCain
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Bez Mbeng vs Jared McCain

6-11categories
Mbeng · McCain
Bez Mbeng
Mbeng
Free agent
2025-26
McCain
Thunder
Jared McCain
15
Games
availability
67
32.8
Minutes
per game
17.3
8.1
Points
per game
8.3
3.8
Rebounds
per game
2.0
4.1
Assists
per game
1.3
2.6
Steals + blocks
per game
0.6
1.5
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.8
50.0%
Field goal %
42.5%
19.4%
Three-point %
2.1 vs 3.8 attempts
38.5%
64.0%
Free throw %
86.4%
55.0%
True shooting
TS%
55.1%
10.6%
Usage
USG%
19.8%
15.8%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
11.1%
5.4%
Rebound %
of available
5.6%
-13.2
Net rating
on court
+4.6
6.0%
PIE
player impact estimate
7.9%
-9.9
Plus-minus
per game
+1.9
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

Jared McCain scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (8.3 vs 8.1), on McCain's heavier usage (19.8% vs 10.6%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (55.0% vs 55.1%).

Playmaking goes to Mbeng (4.1 vs 1.3 assists), the glass to Mbeng (3.8 vs 2.0 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: McCain played 52 more games (67 vs 15 of 82).

With McCain on the floor his team outscored opponents by +4.6 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 —, McCain $4.4M 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
McCain
2-13
Record when playing
46-21
10.1
Points at home
7.7
6.4
Points on the road
9.0
16.0
Points in wins
8.4
6.9
Points in losses
8.2
27
Season high
26
0
30-point games
0
1
Double-doubles
0

Last games & contracts

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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
McCain · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 at SAS20 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Thu, Oct 15 at HOU8 pts · 6 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs IND20 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Oct 7 vs MIL11 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Oct 6 vs NOP12 pts · 1 reb · 5 ast
Mbeng · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
McCain · contract
2026-27$4.4M
2027-28$6.8M

More comparisons

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McCain vs
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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).