Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Chaz Lanier vs Kevin McCullar Jr.

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Lanier · McCullar Jr.

Kevin McCullar Jr.: Day-To-Day (Coach's Decision · Other).

Lanier

Pistons

2025-26

McCullar Jr.

Knicks

Games

availability

7.7

Minutes

per game

7.4

2.4

Points

per game

2.4

0.7

Rebounds

per game

1.3

0.5

Assists

per game

1.0

0.2

Steals + blocks

per game

0.4

0.1

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

0.6

31.5%

Field goal %

42.6%

28.4%

Three-point %

2.0 vs 1.1 attempts

33.3%

83.3%

Free throw %

40.0%

43.6%

True shooting

TS%

50.8%

14.7%

Usage

USG%

16.6%

8.5%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

20.8%

4.2%

Rebound %

of available

8.2%

+2.0

Net rating

on court

-12.1

4.5%

PIE

player impact estimate

6.2%

+0.2

Plus-minus

per game

-2.3

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

Kevin McCullar Jr. scored more in 2025-26, 0.0 points a game apart (2.4 vs 2.4), on McCullar Jr.'s heavier usage (16.6% vs 14.7%).

McCullar Jr. is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 50.8% to 43.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to McCullar Jr. (1.0 vs 0.5 assists), the glass to McCullar Jr. (1.3 vs 0.7 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Lanier played 13 more games (34 vs 21 of 82).

With Lanier on the floor his team outscored opponents by +2.0 per 100 possessions, against -12.1 for McCullar Jr.; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Lanier $2.2M through 2028-29, McCullar Jr. — through —. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs

Lanier

2025-26

McCullar Jr.

28-6

Record when playing

11-10

3.6

Points at home

2.7

1.3

Points on the road

2.2

2.6

Points in wins

2.2

1.3

Points in losses

2.6

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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Lanier · last 5

Mon, Oct 5 vs PHX5 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast

Sun, May 17 vs CLE0 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast

Fri, May 15 at CLE0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Sun, May 3 vs ORL2 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Sun, Apr 12 at IND2 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

McCullar Jr. · last 5

Thu, Oct 8 vs WAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Mon, Oct 5 at PHI6 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast

Sun, Apr 12 vs CHA14 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast

Tue, Mar 17 vs IND2 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast

Wed, Mar 11 at UTA0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Lanier · contract

2026-27$2.2M

2027-28$2.5M

2028-29team option$2.7M

McCullar Jr. · contract

No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).

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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).