Player card
- Team/status: displayed on the official Memphis roster; standard-contract exit candidate in July reporting.
- Position: official roster label G; likely SG/SF eligibility varies by platform.
- Age/experience: 33 during the season; entering NBA Year 14.
- Depth role: zero-minute Memphis base; low-use veteran wing only if retained.
- 2025-26: 51 GP/14 starts for Memphis, 21.3 MPG; .410 FG, .913 FT, 1.1 3PM, 8.4 PTS, 2.5 REB, 2.7 AST, 0.8 STL, 0.2 BLK, 1.2 TO. ESPN stats, accessed 2026-07-18
2026-27 projection
| State | GP | MPG | FG% (FGA) | FT% (FTA) | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis base | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Retained branch | 45 | 12 | .415 (4.2) | .880 (0.8) | 0.7 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
Nine-category/points: no standard redraft value in the Memphis base; low-volume threes/steals streamer if he lands a 20-plus-minute role elsewhere. Dynasty: contender-only depth with little market insulation at 33.
Range and risks
- Strengths: FT%, threes, steals and low turnovers.
- Liabilities: declining usage, FG%, low rebounds/blocks and roster uncertainty.
- Floor/base/ceiling: waived/bought out with no role / off the Memphis rotation / moved to a contender and plays 22 minutes, restoring about 1.5 threes and one steal.
- Branches: a Memphis departure helps Wells/Coward/Prosper; the destination, not his prior name value, controls his fantasy outcome.
July roster analysis treated Caldwell-Pope as one of the four clearest departures. That reported expectation is not an official transaction, so this dossier retains a conditional line rather than deleting him. Sports Illustrated / Memphis On SI, 2026-07-09
Confidence
| Component | Label | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Roster | Low | Official tile but strong separation reporting. |
| Minutes | Low | No Memphis base role and unknown destination. |
| Rate | High | Long NBA record and 51-game recent sample. |
| Availability | Medium | Age 33 and 51 games last year. |
Sources
- Official Memphis roster — accessed 2026-07-18.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Two seasons at Georgia (SEC), 2011-12 and 2012-13: 15.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 64 games, rising from 13.2 points as a freshman to 18.5 points and 7.1 rebounds as a sophomore. SEC Player of the Year in 2013. Draft: 2013, first round, 8th overall, Detroit.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | 20 | DET | 80 | 19.8 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .396 | .770 | 0.4 |
| 2014-15 | 21 | DET | 82 | 31.5 | 12.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.9 | .401 | .696 | 1.1 |
| 2015-16 | 22 | DET | 76 | 36.7 | 14.5 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.5 | .420 | .811 | 1.4 |
| 2016-17 | 23 | DET | 76 | 33.3 | 13.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.0 | .399 | .832 | 1.1 |
| 2017-18 | 24 | LAL | 74 | 33.2 | 13.4 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.1 | .426 | .789 | 1.3 |
| 2018-19 | 25 | LAL | 82 | 24.8 | 11.4 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.8 | .430 | .867 | 0.8 |
| 2019-20 | 26 | LAL | 69 | 25.5 | 9.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.3 | .467 | .775 | 0.9 |
| 2020-21 | 27 | LAL | 67 | 28.4 | 9.7 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.8 | .431 | .866 | 1.0 |
| 2021-22 | 28 | WAS | 77 | 30.2 | 13.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | .435 | .890 | 1.3 |
| 2022-23 | 29 | DEN | 76 | 31.3 | 10.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | .462 | .824 | 1.1 |
| 2023-24 | 30 | DEN | 76 | 31.6 | 10.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 | .460 | .894 | 1.0 |
| 2024-25 | 31 | ORL | 77 | 29.6 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 | .439 | .863 | 0.8 |
| 2025-26 | 32 | MEM | 51 | 21.3 | 8.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.1 | .410 | .913 | 1.2 |
| Career | 963 | 29.2 | 11.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.6 | .427 | .826 | 1.0 |
Two championships: the 2020 Lakers and the 2023 Nuggets, in both cases as the starting or primary perimeter defender.
Durability: Extraordinary for twelve years — 67 games or more in every season from 2013-14 through 2024-25, with four 80-plus seasons. That streak ended in 2025-26: he played 51 games and 14 starts, then had surgery to correct a misalignment of his right pinky finger and missed the final 29 games of the regular season. He was reported as expected to recover fully for 2026-27.
Trajectory: A thirteen-year specialist whose value was always defense, threes and free-throw shooting rather than usage, and the usage has been shrinking for four straight years — 13.2 points in Washington, then 10.8, 10.1, 8.7 and 8.4. The 2025-26 line shows the shooting finally cracking as well, with .410 from the field and 31.6% from three, his worst three-point rate since Detroit. The 91.3% free-throw mark and the jump to 2.7 assists are the only things trending up. He holds a reported $21.6 million player option for 2026-27, which is the whole story: the number is far above his market, so the interesting question is transactional rather than statistical. He becomes fantasy-relevant only if he lands somewhere that gives him 22-plus minutes as a starting-caliber perimeter defender, which would restore roughly 1.5 threes and a steal — a deep-league specialist line, not a draftable one.
Career sources: ESPN player stats · StatMuse 2025-26 season averages · Wikipedia · NBA.com bio · Yahoo Sports on the season-ending finger surgery
Open questions
- Is Caldwell-Pope traded, waived or bought out?
- Can a new team offer enough minutes for specialist value?