Caleb Love vs Daeqwon Plowden
Love · Plowden
Where the gap is
from the numbers aboveDaeqwon Plowden scored more in 2025-26, 0.4 points a game apart (10.8 vs 10.4), on Love's heavier usage (22.8% vs 15.7%).
Plowden is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 57.2% to 49.7%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.
Playmaking goes to Love (2.5 vs 1.3 assists), the glass to Plowden (3.0 vs 2.3 rebounds).
Availability is part of the comparison: Love played 17 more games (49 vs 32 of 82).
With Love on the floor his team outscored opponents by -6.3 per 100 possessions, against -10.9 for Plowden; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.
On the books for 2026-27: Love — through —, Plowden $2.4M 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).
