Devin Carter is playing 10.2 more minutes a night
The Kings guard is up to 28.6 minutes a night over his last 10 games, well past his season average.
Devin Carter is playing 28.6 minutes a night over his last 10 games. That is 10.2 minutes above his season average of 18.4, set across 38 games in 2025-26. The last game in that stretch came April 12, 2026.
A jump of that size is a role change, not noise. Carter's season line includes 8.9 points a game, built mostly on the lighter workload he carried for most of the year. Ten-plus extra minutes a night gives him more possessions to affect a game, and it means the Kings are choosing to lean on him more than his season average would suggest.
For this to hold, the Kings need to keep playing Carter close to 28.6 minutes a night the rest of the way, not just for this one stretch. If that happens, his season average of 18.4 will keep climbing toward his current pace. For it to change, his minutes would need to drop back down toward that season mark, which would mean the last 10 games were a temporary bump tied to matchups or other players being unavailable, not a lasting shift.
Either way, the next handful of Kings games will answer it. A team does not hand a player ten extra minutes a night by accident, and it does not take them away without a reason either.