Research cutoff: July 18, 2026. Team: Philadelphia 76ers. Role: deep guard/wing defender.
2026-27 projection
| GP | MPG | FG% (FGM/FGA) | FT% (FTM/FTA) | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 10.0 | .440 (1.2/2.7) | .620 (0.3/0.5) | 0.4 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Terry's 2025-26 baseline was 48 games and 11.5 minutes: .439 FG, .533 FT, about 0.5 threes, 3.7 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.3 blocks, and 0.5 turnovers. The line shows useful per-minute peripherals but insufficient volume and poor free throws. NBA career statistics, accessed July 18, 2026
Role and fantasy outlook
- Terry converted to a standard contract in April and is a 2027 unrestricted free agent. Philadelphia's Brown/Edgecombe/Edwards wing group and Maxey/Simons/Philon guard group leave him outside the neutral 240. RealGM transaction history · RealGM roster, accessed July 18, 2026
- 9-cat: steals and low turnovers are the only paths; weak FT% and negligible scoring/threes make him a deep streamer.
- Points: not draftable; defensive-stat bonuses help only after several absences.
- Dynasty: deep 30-team hold at most. A 2027 team change may matter more than internal development.
Floor, base, ceiling
- Floor: regular DNPs and fewer than 25 appearances.
- Base: 38 games at 10 minutes per appearance; no standard fantasy role.
- Ceiling: 20-24 minutes during a wing injury cluster, with assists/steals supporting a short deep-league stream.
Health and uncertainty
There was no accessible July injury restriction. The projection's missed games are mainly coach's decisions. Terry can cover three positions defensively, but almost every player ahead of him supplies more shooting or creation.
Confidence
| Component | Confidence | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Deep-reserve status | High | Guard/wing depth is crowded |
| Per-minute peripherals | Medium-high | Multi-year NBA sample |
| Games/minutes | Low | Injury-created appearances |
| Standard-league value | High | No viable base-case volume |
Career record
Pre-NBA: Two seasons at Arizona (Pac-12), 2020-22. A limited freshman role, then a sophomore year in which he started all 37 games at 8.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists and made the Pac-12 All-Defensive First Team — a connector-and-defender profile rather than a scoring one, which is exactly what the NBA career has become. Draft: 2022, first round, 18th overall, Chicago Bulls.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 20 | CHI | 38 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .444 | .667 | 0.2 |
| 2023-24 | 21 | CHI | 59 | 11.5 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | .439 | .581 | 0.5 |
| 2024-25 | 22 | CHI | 73 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .448 | .710 | 0.7 |
| 2025-26 | 23 | CHI | 34 | 11.1 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .441 | .529 | 0.6 |
| 2025-26 | 23 | PHI | 14 | 12.4 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .434 | .538 | 0.4 |
| Career | — | — | 218 | 11.2 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | .443 | .638 | 0.5 |
Career three-point percentage is .314 on 0.4 makes per game.
Durability: Effectively no injury story. The games totals track roster status and coach's decisions, not health — 38 as a rookie behind a full Chicago rotation with Windy City time, then 59, then a career-high 73 in 2024-25. The 48-game 2025-26 total reflects a February 5 trade sequence that sent him to New York for Guerschon Yabusele and immediately on to New Orleans for Jose Alvarado, after which he signed a Philadelphia two-way on February 10 and was converted to a standard two-year, $2.7 million deal on April 10.
Trajectory: Four seasons and 218 games have produced a stable, narrow player: 3.5 points and 11 minutes a night, with genuinely useful per-minute defense and connective passing and no scoring gravity whatsoever. The one thing that changed in 2025-26 was three-point percentage, .413 in Chicago on 0.6 attempts made per game — a sample far too small to trust, and it collapsed to .250 in the Philadelphia games. The structural problem for fantasy is that his best category, steals at 0.5, is not enough to carry a line that also delivers .638 career free-throw shooting and negligible threes. He is behind Philadelphia's Brown/Edgecombe/Edwards wings and the Maxey/Simons/Philon guards. He becomes streamable only in a genuine wing injury cluster that pushes him past 20 minutes, and even then the assists-and-steals payoff is a short-term deep-league play rather than a hold.
Career sources: ESPN career stats · Dalen Terry — Wikipedia · NBA.com player page · RealGM 76ers transaction history
Open questions
- Does defense earn Terry a role over Walker or Edwards?
- Can he reach league-average free throws and threes?
- Is he moved before 2027 free agency?
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