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

Kobe Brown vs Nae'Qwan Tomlin

10-6categories
Brown · Tomlin
Kobe Brown
Brown
Pacers
2025-26
Tomlin
Cavaliers
Nae'Qwan Tomlin
61
Games
availability
64
15.8
Minutes
per game
15.7
5.8
Points
per game
5.8
3.0
Rebounds
per game
2.9
1.3
Assists
per game
0.8
0.6
Steals + blocks
per game
1.1
0.9
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.5
46.9%
Field goal %
47.8%
37.4%
Three-point %
2.3 vs 1.8 attempts
23.5%
79.7%
Free throw %
77.0%
59.4%
True shooting
TS%
54.9%
15.4%
Usage
USG%
15.1%
12.3%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
7.1%
9.6%
Rebound %
of available
8.8%
-10.5
Net rating
on court
+3.6
7.8%
PIE
player impact estimate
6.9%
-3.6
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

Nae'Qwan Tomlin scored more in 2025-26, 0.0 points a game apart (5.8 vs 5.8), on Brown's heavier usage (15.4% vs 15.1%).

Brown is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 59.4% to 54.9%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Brown (1.3 vs 0.8 assists), the glass to Brown (3.0 vs 2.9 rebounds).

With Tomlin on the floor his team outscored opponents by +3.6 per 100 possessions, against -10.5 for Brown; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Brown — through —, Tomlin $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
Brown
2025-26
Tomlin
17-44
Record when playing
42-22
5.8
Points at home
6.3
5.8
Points on the road
5.4
3.5
Points in wins
5.1
6.7
Points in losses
7.2
20
Season high
26
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0
Brown · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 vs DET20 pts · 7 reb · 2 ast
Fri, Apr 10 vs PHI7 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Tue, Apr 7 vs MIN2 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Apr 5 at CLE11 pts · 7 reb · 5 ast
Fri, Apr 3 at CHA12 pts · 9 reb · 4 ast
Tomlin · last 5
Mon, May 25 vs NYK2 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Thu, May 21 at NYK2 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Sun, May 17 at DET2 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Fri, May 15 vs DET1 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Mon, May 11 vs DET0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Brown · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Tomlin · contract
2026-27$2.4M

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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).