Team: Milwaukee Bucks · Position: PF/C · Age entering season: 26 · Experience: 3 seasons
Conditional projection
| GP | Active-game MPG | PTS | 3PM | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% (FGA) | FT% (FTA) | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 6 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | .480 (2.6) | .650 (0.3) | 0.3 |
- All rank bands: 300+. The six MPG applies only when active and is excluded from Milwaukee's healthy 240-minute base allocation.
Fantasy case
Nance averaged 5.4 points and 2.7 rebounds in 15.7 minutes across 47 games in 2025-26, with .515 field-goal and .420 three-point shooting. The perimeter touch distinguishes him from Jericho Sims, but Myles Turner, Kel'el Ware, Ousmane Dieng, Nate Ament, and Bogoljub Marković leave no assured role.
Base: mostly inactive. High: survives consolidation and receives 14+ minutes after frontcourt injuries, becoming a deep-league threes/rebounds option. The prior FT sample was tiny and should not anchor projections.
Confidence
Roster low · Minutes low · Rates low-medium · Availability medium-high.
Sources
- Basketball-Reference Pete Nance — accessed 2026-07-18; 2025-26 baseline.
- RealGM Milwaukee roster — accessed 2026-07-18; standard contract and roster count.
Learning notes
Nance's shooting makes him a sensible emergency fit, but roster survival precedes fantasy analysis. Reassess only after Milwaukee reaches 15 standard contracts.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Northwestern, four seasons (2018-22), peaking at 14.6 PTS / 6.5 REB on .497 FG and .452 from three as a senior; grad year at North Carolina 2022-23: 10.0 PTS / 6.0 REB on .422/.320 in 30 starts. Draft: undrafted (2023); Cleveland Charge, then a 10-day and a two-way with Cleveland in early 2024.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 24 | CLE | 8 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .167 | .000 | 0.3 |
| 2024-25 | 25 | PHI | 7 | 9.7 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | .333 | .500 | 0.0 |
| 2024-25 | 25 | MIL | 6 | 11.7 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .529 | .000 | 0.7 |
| 2025-26 | 26 | MIL | 47 | 15.7 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | .515 | .364 | 0.6 |
| Career | — | — | 68 | 13.3 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | .496 | .333 | 0.5 |
Durability: No injury story; the small GP totals through 2024-25 were fringe-roster status (two-way, 10-days, mid-season team changes), not health.
Trajectory: The record shows a shooter who needed three years to find any NBA foothold: 21 scattered games across Cleveland, Philadelphia and Milwaukee, then a real 47-game sample in 2025-26 in which the stretch skill finally registered (.515 FG, .420 from three, 1.1 3PM in 15.7 minutes) alongside a startlingly bad .364 FT mark on tiny volume. In 2026-27 he competes simply to survive Milwaukee's roster overage and then for third-big minutes behind a crowded frontcourt. He becomes fantasy-relevant only in the injury branch — surviving the cut and inheriting 14-plus minutes would make him a deep-league threes-and-rebounds stream, nothing more.
Career sources: ESPN career stats, Wikipedia, Basketball-Reference.
Open questions
- Is his contract guaranteed through opening night?
- Can he defend center well enough to win the third-big role?
- Does his 42% three-point mark hold on meaningful volume?