Bobby Portis Jr. vs Jamal Cain
Portis Jr. · Cain
↳Bottom lineScoring: Portis Jr. · Efficiency: Cain · Playmaking: Portis Jr. · Impact: Portis Jr. · Boards & defense: Portis Jr..
?How to read this chart
- Each row
- is one 2026-27 regular-season stat, Portis Jr. on the left and Cain on the right. The better number is in the club's color.
- The bars
- show each player's share of the two totals added together: a 60/40 split means one has half again as much as the other. Turnovers are flipped: fewer is better.
- The five areas
- at the top group the stats that belong together. An area goes to whoever wins more of its rows; the big number in each card is the key stat, with the real values.
- Role and availability
- (games, minutes, usage) describe the role, not how good a player is, so they are shown but not scored.
- The raw count
- Portis Jr. 14, Cain 3 rows won. Every row counts the same here, so read it as a curiosity, not a verdict.
Where the gap is
from the numbers aboveBobby Portis Jr. scored more in 2026-27, 0.3 points a game apart (6.7 vs 6.4), on Portis Jr.'s heavier usage (16.6% vs 15.7%).
Cain is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 54.4% to 46.5%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.
Playmaking goes to Portis Jr. (1.8 vs 0.5 assists), the glass to Portis Jr. (5.6 vs 3.2 rebounds).
With Portis Jr. on the floor his team outscored opponents by +2.0 per 100 possessions, against -15.3 for Cain; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.
On the books for 2026-27: Portis Jr. — through —, Cain $2.6M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.
Splits
2026-27 · from the game logs↳Bottom linePortis Jr.'s team is 6-6 with him on the floor, Cain's 4-7. Cain has the bigger home-road scoring gap.
?How to read this chart
- Each row
- splits the same game logs a different way: home or road, wins or losses, plus the big-night counts.
- The bars
- show each player's share of the two numbers added together, and the bigger number is in the club's color.
- Record when playing
- is the team's record in the games he suited up for, so missed games are left out.
Last games & contracts
test a trade in the Trade Machine →More comparisons
pick any two players →Per-game numbers and percentages are 2026-27 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).
Their teams right now
Miami HeatBobby Portis Jr.'s team
Orlando MagicJamal Cain's team