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

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope vs LJ Cryer

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Caldwell-Pope · Cryer
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Caldwell-Pope
76ers
2025-26
Cryer
Warriors
18
51
Games
availability
18
21.3
Minutes
per game
16.2
8.4
Points
per game
8.2
2.5
Rebounds
per game
1.6
2.7
Assists
per game
1.0
1.0
Steals + blocks
per game
0.2
1.2
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.8
41.0%
Field goal %
40.2%
31.6%
Three-point %
3.4 vs 5.2 attempts
39.4%
91.3%
Free throw %
89.5%
53.3%
True shooting
TS%
59.0%
17.3%
Usage
USG%
19.6%
18.1%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
9.2%
5.4%
Rebound %
of available
4.9%
-4.5
Net rating
on court
-0.4
8.3%
PIE
player impact estimate
7.0%
-2.2
Plus-minus
per game
+0.9
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

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (8.4 vs 8.2), on Cryer's heavier usage (19.6% vs 17.3%).

Cryer is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 59.0% to 53.3%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Caldwell-Pope (2.7 vs 1.0 assists), the glass to Caldwell-Pope (2.5 vs 1.6 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Caldwell-Pope played 33 more games (51 vs 18 of 82).

With Cryer on the floor his team outscored opponents by -0.4 per 100 possessions, against -4.5 for Caldwell-Pope; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Caldwell-Pope $17.7M through 2026-27, Cryer — through —. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Caldwell-Pope
2025-26
Cryer
20-31
Record when playing
6-12
8.2
Points at home
8.6
8.6
Points on the road
7.9
9.6
Points in wins
7.3
7.6
Points in losses
8.7
20
Season high
17
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0
Caldwell-Pope · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 at NYK10 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs BOS7 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at BOS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at BKN2 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs NYK7 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Cryer · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs POR5 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Oct 13 at LAL2 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs SAC0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at POR6 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Oct 6 vs LAL2 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Caldwell-Pope · contract
2026-27player option$17.7M
2026-27$2.4M
Cryer · 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).