Bruce Brown vs Buddy Hield
Brown · Hield
Where the gap is
from the numbers aboveBruce Brown scored more in 2025-26, 0.3 points a game apart (7.9 vs 7.6), on Hield's heavier usage (19.2% vs 14.2%).
Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (56.2% vs 56.8%).
Playmaking goes to Brown (2.1 vs 1.4 assists), the glass to Brown (3.9 vs 2.3 rebounds).
Availability is part of the comparison: Brown played 31 more games (82 vs 51 of 82).
With Brown on the floor his team outscored opponents by -1.0 per 100 possessions, against -4.9 for Hield; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.
On the books for 2026-27: Brown — through —, Hield $9.7M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.
Splits
2025-26 · from the game logsLast games & contracts
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pick any two players →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).