Snapshot
- Team / role: Brooklyn Nets backup center, signed.
- 2025-26 baseline: 36 games, 11.8 MPG, 6.9 PTS and 3.2 REB, with 81.9% free-throw shooting. Official Magic end-of-season notes
- Contract: two years and $19 million with a mutual option in year two. He carries a 2026-27 salary on Brooklyn's active roster. NBA.com, 2026-07-01 · ESPN roster, accessed 2026-07-18
2026-27 projection
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 14 | .545 | .815 | 0.5 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
Fantasy translation
- Nine-category / points: waiver streamer when Day'Ron Sharpe sits; otherwise outside 12-team value.
- Dynasty: veteran depth only.
Role, floor and ceiling
Wagner offers spacing and scoring that Day'Ron Sharpe does not, but lacks the rim protection needed to command starter minutes. Hoops Rumors frames him as battling Danny Wolf and Sharpe for playing time, with power-forward minutes behind Julius Randle as a secondary path. Floor: 9 minutes if Brooklyn prioritizes Wolf's development. Ceiling: 20 minutes and a useful 10/5 line during Sharpe absences. Hoops Rumors, 2026-07-01
Risk monitor
He played only 36 games after extended left-knee recovery and a later calf strain. The open task is verifying a normal camp after the recovery-heavy season. The mutual option in year two is a mild signal Brooklyn expects to use him, but on a 20-62 rebuild a 29-year-old backup center is the easiest player to bench for development.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Alba Berlin (2014-15, 4 Bundesliga games, 2.3 PPG), then Michigan 2015-18; junior year (2017-18): 14.6 PTS, 7.1 REB on 52.8 FG% / 39.4 3P%, second-team All-Big Ten, Big Ten Tournament MVP, Final Four All-Tournament team. Draft: 2018, Round 1, Pick 25, Los Angeles Lakers.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 21 | LAL | 43 | 10.4 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .415 | .811 | 0.9 |
| 2019-20 | 22 | WAS | 45 | 18.6 | 8.7 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .545 | .821 | 1.5 |
| 2020-21 | 23 | WAS/BOS/ORL | 45 | 16.0 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .454 | .816 | 1.0 |
| 2021-22 | 24 | ORL | 63 | 15.2 | 9.0 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | .497 | .806 | 0.9 |
| 2022-23 | 25 | ORL | 57 | 19.5 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.9 | .500 | .841 | 1.2 |
| 2023-24 | 26 | ORL | 80 | 17.7 | 10.9 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .601 | .814 | 1.2 |
| 2024-25 | 27 | ORL | 30 | 18.8 | 12.9 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | .562 | .718 | 1.6 |
| 2025-26 | 28 | ORL | 36 | 11.9 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .426 | .819 | 0.5 |
| Career | — | — | 399 | 16.2 | 9.0 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .518 | .808 | 1.0 |
Durability: Never topped 63 games until the 80-game 2023-24 season. Tore his left ACL on 2024-12-21 vs Miami, ending 2024-25 at 30 games; did not return until 2026-01-11, then managed 36 games in a recovery-limited 2025-26. Earlier seasons trimmed by ankle sprains and the 2020-21 trade-and-waiver shuffle (WAS to BOS at the deadline, waived, signed by ORL).
Trajectory: The record shows a reliable per-minute scorer — 10.5 to 12.9 PPG in under 20 MPG from 2022-25 with 80%+ FT — whose 2025-26 dip (6.9 PTS, .426 FG%) reads as post-ACL rust rather than decline. In 2026-27 he competes with Day'Ron Sharpe and Danny Wolf for Brooklyn's backup-center minutes. He becomes fantasy-relevant only if camp confirms pre-injury burst and Sharpe misses time, restoring the 18-20 MPG in which he has always produced.
Career sources: StatMuse season averages · StatMuse career per-game · Wikipedia
Open questions
- Is he fully past the knee/calf issues?
- Does Brooklyn use Wolf rather than Wagner when prioritizing development?
- Does he hold enough power-forward minutes behind Randle to matter in deep formats?