2026-27 projection
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 6.0 | .420 | .850 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
- Role: fourth point guard and veteran insurance.
- 9-cat: 300+.
- Points: emergency streamer only.
- Dynasty: 400+.
Role case
McLaughlin averaged 2.0 points, 0.9 assists and 0.5 steals in 6.4 minutes over 44 games in 2025-26. His low-turnover ball security is useful to an NBA rotation, but not at fantasy-relevant volume. NBA player page, accessed 2026-07-18
San Antonio re-signed him on July 13, preserving a stable emergency option behind De'Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper. NBA transactions, accessed 2026-07-18 The San Antonio Spurs healthy map has no regular minutes for McLaughlin.
Ceiling and floor
- Ceiling: two guard absences create short-term assists and steals streaming value.
- Floor: inactive or garbage-time-only role for long stretches.
- Best use: watchlist only, even in most 20-team leagues.
- Dynasty: no developmental premium and little trade value.
Career record
Pre-NBA: USC, four seasons (2014-18): 12-13 PPG every year, capped by a senior line of 12.8 PTS, 7.8 AST, 3.7 REB, 2.0 STL on .397 3P — first-team All-Pac-12. One G League season with the Long Island Nets (2018-19) before Minnesota's two-way call. Draft: undrafted (2018).
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 23 | MIN | 30 | 19.7 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | .489 | .667 | 1.0 |
| 2020-21 | 24 | MIN | 51 | 18.4 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .413 | .767 | 1.0 |
| 2021-22 | 25 | MIN | 62 | 14.5 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | .440 | .750 | 0.6 |
| 2022-23 | 26 | MIN | 43 | 15.8 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .421 | .833 | 0.8 |
| 2023-24 | 27 | MIN | 56 | 11.2 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | .483 | .722 | 0.3 |
| 2024-25 | 28 | SAC/SAS | 46 | 6.8 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | .431 | .773 | 0.3 |
| 2025-26 | 29 | SAS | 44 | 6.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | .418 | .857 | 0.3 |
| Career | — | — | 332 | 13.0 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .443 | .747 | 0.6 |
Path: Timberwolves two-way (2019), converted to standard in September 2021, five Minnesota seasons; Sacramento in July 2024, traded to San Antonio in February 2025; re-signed with the Spurs in July 2025 (one year, $3M) and again in July 2026.
Durability: No significant NBA injury record (the one flagged injury was a college shoulder as a USC freshman). Sub-50 GP seasons reflect third-PG usage, not health.
Trajectory: The record is a steady seven-year decline in role, not skill: from a genuinely useful 4-assist, 1-steal backup in 2019-21 Minnesota to a 6-minute emergency PG whose calling cards remain ball security (career 4+:1 assist-to-turnover profile) and positional steals. At 30 he competes only to stay ahead of Ja'Kobi Gillespie as San Antonio's break-glass point guard behind Fox, Castle and Harper. He becomes fantasy-relevant only during a multi-guard absence, and even then as a short assists/steals stream with near-zero counting-stat ceiling.
Career sources: StatMuse season averages, StatMuse career averages, Wikipedia — Jordan McLaughlin, Basketball-Reference
Open questions
- Is McLaughlin guaranteed a standard roster place through opening night?
- Would the Spurs use him or Ja'Kobi Gillespie first during a short guard absence?