Season stats: 2025-26. Updated 18 d ago.
Mark Sears Comes to Portland After a Short, Efficient Look in Milwaukee
Trail Blazers Nightly Desk · 41 min agoMark Sears heads into the 2026-27 season with the Portland Trail Blazers after his rookie year ended with the Milwaukee Bucks. He appeared in seven games last season in a bare-bones role, and he is not on the injury report as Portland gets ready for its opener.
Who Sears Is
Mark Sears is a 24-year-old guard out of Alabama, listed at 6-0 and 185 pounds. He wears No. 19 for Portland. He is entering his second season as a pro after one year in the league, and the Trail Blazers now have him on the roster for 2026-27. His college background at Alabama is the only school listed for him, and everything else in his profile ties back to that one NBA season already on the books.
The Rookie Season in Milwaukee
Sears played his first NBA season with the Milwaukee Bucks, appearing in seven games. His workload was thin: 3.7 minutes a game, 3.1 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists. He did not record a steal or a block in that stretch and averaged 0.6 turnovers. The counting stats were small, but the efficiency numbers stood out for such a short look: 46.2 percent from the field, 50.0 percent from three-point range and 75.0 percent from the foul line, with a true shooting mark of 66.6 percent.
Reading the Shot Profile
A usage rate of 34.4 percent in that seven-game sample says Sears was often the shot when he was on the floor, even if the floor time was limited. Pairing that usage number with a 50.0 percent clip from three and a 75.0 percent mark at the line points to a guard who did not hesitate when the ball found him. His plus-minus sat at plus-1.7 for the stretch. None of this is a large enough sample to call him a proven shooter at this level, but it is the shooting profile Portland is starting with.
Health Report
Sears is not on the injury report heading into the season. There is no injury history on file for him. For a guard trying to carve out minutes on a new roster, staying off that list matters, and right now he has a clean bill of health working in his favor.
What's Next
The games on record for Sears all came last season with Milwaukee, so the 2026-27 opener with Portland is still ahead of him. There is no trade buzz or roster chatter attached to his name right now. The next real test is whether his shooting efficiency from a small sample translates into consistent minutes once the Trail Blazers start their season.
Questions fans ask
What team does Mark Sears play for now?
He is with the Portland Trail Blazers for the 2026-27 season.
What number does Mark Sears wear?
He wears No. 19.
What position does Mark Sears play?
He is a guard, listed at 6-0 and 185 pounds.
Is Mark Sears injured?
No. He is not on the injury report and has no injury history on file.
What did Mark Sears do last season?
Playing for the Milwaukee Bucks in 2025-26, he appeared in seven games, averaging 3.1 points on 46.2 percent shooting, 50.0 percent from three and 75.0 percent from the line in 3.7 minutes a game.
Where did Mark Sears play college basketball?
He played at Alabama.
Shot map
2025-26 · every field-goal attempt from the play-by-play| Zone | FGA | Share | FG% | League | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restricted area | 1 | 8% | 100.0% | 66.9% | — |
| Paint (non-RA) | 3 | 23% | 33.3% | 44.3% | — |
| Mid-range | 1 | 8% | 0.0% | 41.6% | — |
| Corner 3 | 0 | 0% | — | 38.5% | — |
| Above the break 3 | 8 | 62% | 50.0% | 35.0% | — |
Zones from the shot coordinates: restricted area within 4 ft, paint inside the lane, mid-range for the other twos, corner threes below the break (22 ft), the rest above the break (23.75 ft). League column is every shot of 2025-26. Δ shown from 10 attempts.