Gary Trent Jr. vs Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Trent Jr. · Caldwell-Pope
Where the gap is
from the numbers aboveKentavious Caldwell-Pope scored more in 2025-26, 0.3 points a game apart (8.4 vs 8.1), on Caldwell-Pope's heavier usage (17.3% vs 16.7%).
Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (53.3% vs 53.3%).
Playmaking goes to Caldwell-Pope (2.7 vs 1.2 assists), the glass to Caldwell-Pope (2.5 vs 1.0 rebounds).
Availability is part of the comparison: Trent Jr. played 14 more games (65 vs 51 of 82).
With Caldwell-Pope on the floor his team outscored opponents by -4.5 per 100 possessions, against -12.4 for Trent Jr.; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.
On the books for 2026-27: Trent Jr. $15.2M through 2029-30, Caldwell-Pope $17.7M through 2026-27. 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).

