Where should Max Strus be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 229 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 159 in 2025-26. Availability is the question: 12 games last season, 58 projected.

How many games will Max Strus play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 58 games, after 12 last season.

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Max Strus

LA Clippers · SG/SF · Age 30 · 6′5″ · 8th season

Rankings Pelle Larsson Isaac Okoro

Rank#229SG #141 · of 233

Value-1.1619-cat, per game

$ Max value$0

Games5822 min a game

Rostered1.1%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 229 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 159 in 2025-26. He is top 25 in turnovers among rotation players; the cost is points at 8.9 a game. Availability is the question: 12 games last season, 58 projected.

Stats over time

Steady: between 9.4 and 12.2 for 5 seasons.

Last season11.2

5-season average11.0

Trend a season−0.09

2026-27 proj.8.9

Fairly steady: lowest in 2024-25, highest in 2023-24.
Per 36 minutes: 16.4 in 2021-22, 16.8 last season, on 23.3 → 24.0 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (8.9) is below anything in his last 5 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#130of 24724-25#195of 26625-26–of 27226-27*#203of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	229	-1.161	58	22	8.9	2.1	4.1	2.1	0.4	0.3	44.5%	3.1/7.0	79.1%	0.5/0.6	1.0
2025-26	159	-0.258	12	24	11.2	2.8	5.4	2.0	0.3	0.0	44.3%	3.9/8.8	77.8%	0.6/0.8	0.8
2024-25	178	-0.288	50	25	9.4	2.3	4.3	3.2	0.5	0.2	44.2%	3.3/7.5	82.4%	0.6/0.7	1.1
2023-24	104	-0.196	70	32	12.2	2.4	4.8	4.0	0.9	0.4	41.8%	4.3/10.4	79.4%	1.1/1.4	1.6
2022-23	-	-	80	28	11.5	2.5	3.2	2.1	0.5	0.2	41.4%	4.1/9.9	90.9%	1.0/1.1	0.9
2021-22	-	-	68	23	10.6	2.7	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	44.6%	3.7/8.3	75.0%	0.6/0.8	0.8

Rank, Value and colours start with 2023-24, the first season on our board; earlier seasons show ESPN's box scores.

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

8.9#203 of 213-0.89

3PM

2.1#107 of 2130.13

REB

4.1#155 of 213-0.59

AST

2.1#174 of 213-0.65

STL

0.4#212 of 213-0.74

BLK

0.3#181 of 213-0.70

FG%

44.5%3.1/7.0#113 of 213-0.20

FT%

79.1%0.5/0.6#131 of 213-0.87

TO

1.0#23 of 2130.57

Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.

Team role · LA Clippers

No. 8 at SG for the LA Clippers, behind Keaton Wagler, Bradley Beal, Gradey Dick, Kris Dunn, Kobe Sanders, Cam Christie, and Blake Wesley. 205 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, and Ivica Zubac; Brandon Ingram is the arrival projected for the most minutes (31).

SG

SF

PF

1Rui HachimuraNew
2Baba MillerNew
3Kobe Sanders
4Nick MartinelliNew
5Max StrusNew

Left since 2025-26

James HardenSigned by CLE Sep 836 min → CLE
Kawhi Leonard32 min → TOR
Ivica Zubac31 min → IND
Bennedict MathurinSigned by NO Sep 1028 min → NO
John CollinsAcquired by DET Jul 827 min → DET
Bogdan Bogdanovic20 min → HOU
Nicolas Batum18 min
Chris Paul14 min
Minutes a night205

Arrived

Brandon Ingram34 min from TOR
Rui Hachimura28 min from LAL
Max StrusAcquired Aug 2024 min from CLE
Jalen Pickett16 min from DEN
Gradey Dick14 min from TOR
Blake Wesley12 min from POR
Keaton Waglernew
Nick Martinellinew
Baba Millernew

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. LA Clippers depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	CLE	12	24.0	11.2	2.8	5.4	2.0	0.3	0.0	44.3%	3.9/8.8	75.0%	0.6/0.8	0.8
2024-25	CLE	50	25.5	9.4	2.3	4.3	3.2	0.5	0.2	44.0%	3.3/7.5	85.7%	0.6/0.7	1.1
2023-24	CLE	70	32.0	12.2	2.4	4.8	4.0	0.9	0.4	41.3%	4.3/10.4	78.6%	1.1/1.4	1.6
2022-23	MIA	80	28.4	11.5	2.5	3.2	2.1	0.5	0.2	41.4%	4.1/9.9	90.9%	1.0/1.1	0.9
2021-22	MIA	68	23.3	10.6	2.7	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	44.6%	3.7/8.3	75.0%	0.6/0.8	0.8
2020-21	MIA	39	13.0	6.1	1.3	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	45.8%	2.2/4.8	66.7%	0.4/0.6	0.2
2019-20	CHI	2	3.0	2.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	66.7%	1.0/1.5	100.0%	0.5/0.5	0.0

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Max Strus in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2026-27 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.