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Julian Phillips
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2025-26
Kevon Looney
Lakers · F · 30
Kevon Looney
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Julian Phillips vs Kevon Looney

10-7categories
Phillips · Looney
4
Phillips
Rockets
2025-26
Looney
Lakers
Kevon Looney
48
Games
availability
21
8.9
Minutes
per game
14.6
2.9
Points
per game
2.8
1.0
Rebounds
per game
5.6
0.2
Assists
per game
1.6
0.6
Steals + blocks
per game
0.9
0.2
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.4
42.1%
Field goal %
41.7%
30.8%
Three-point %
1.4 vs 0.6 attempts
15.4%
78.3%
Free throw %
70.0%
53.4%
True shooting
TS%
45.8%
13.4%
Usage
USG%
9.6%
3.2%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
14.8%
5.3%
Rebound %
of available
17.1%
-2.9
Net rating
on court
-10.4
4.6%
PIE
player impact estimate
9.3%
-0.5
Plus-minus
per game
-3.0
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

Julian Phillips scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (2.9 vs 2.8), on Phillips's heavier usage (13.4% vs 9.6%).

Phillips is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 53.4% to 45.8%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Looney (1.6 vs 0.2 assists), the glass to Looney (5.6 vs 1.0 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Phillips played 27 more games (48 vs 21 of 82).

With Phillips on the floor his team outscored opponents by -2.9 per 100 possessions, against -10.4 for Looney; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Phillips $2.5M through 2026-27, Looney $2.4M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Phillips
2025-26
Looney
19-29
Record when playing
3-18
2.7
Points at home
2.3
3.2
Points on the road
3.6
2.5
Points in wins
5.0
3.2
Points in losses
2.4
16
Season high
8
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0

Last games & contracts

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Phillips · last 5
Fri, May 15 vs SAS3 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Tue, May 12 at SAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, May 6 at SAS3 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Apr 27 at DEN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Apr 23 vs DEN0 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Looney · last 5
Fri, Apr 10 at BOS0 pts · 6 reb · 3 ast
Tue, Apr 7 vs UTA7 pts · 12 reb · 6 ast
Sun, Mar 29 vs HOU0 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Feb 11 vs MIA6 pts · 9 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Jan 21 vs DET4 pts · 7 reb · 0 ast
Phillips · contract
2026-27$2.5M
Looney · contract
2026-27$2.4M

More comparisons

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Phillips vs
Kevon Looney · Jamison Battle · Jonathan Isaac · Dorian Finney-Smith
Looney vs
Jae'Sean Tate · Julian Phillips · Jonathan Isaac · Jamison Battle

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).