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Nae'Qwan Tomlin

Cleveland Cavaliers · PF · Age 25 · 6′8″

Rankings Khris Middleton Will Riley

Rank 2025-26#311PF #95 · of 582

Value-0.6239-cat, per game

Games6416 min a game

Fantasy outlook

No. 311 on our board in 2025-26, and not in our current projection. His weakest category is points at 5.8 a game.

Stats over time

Falling: 7.2 in 2024-25, 5.8 last season.

Last season5.8

2-season average6.5

Trend a season−1.4

Fairly steady: between 5.8 (2025-26) and 7.2 (2024-25).
Per 36 minutes: 20.6 in 2024-25, 13.3 last season, on 12.6 → 15.7 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.

PTS rank among rotation players

24-25–of 26625-26–of 272

Per game, from ESPN box scores.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	311	-0.623	64	16	5.8	0.4	2.9	0.8	0.6	0.5	47.8%	2.3/4.9	77.0%	0.7/1.0	0.5
2024-25	426	-0.872	5	13	7.2	0.4	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	40.6%	2.6/6.4	72.7%	1.6/2.2	0.4

Category profile · 2025-26

PTS

5.8-0.95

3PM

0.4-0.66

REB

2.9-0.66

AST

0.8-0.82

STL

0.6-0.42

BLK

0.5-0.15

FG%

47.8%2.3/4.90.00

FT%

77.0%0.7/1.0-0.03

TO

0.50.88

Not a rotation player on this board: no category ranks.

Team role · Cleveland Cavaliers

No. 5 at SF for the Cleveland Cavaliers, behind Peyton Watson, Jaylon Tyson, Sam Merrill, and Mario Hezonja. 183 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Darius Garland, De'Andre Hunter, and Keon Ellis; Peyton Watson is the arrival projected for the most minutes (31).

SF

1Peyton WatsonNew
2Jaylon Tyson
3Sam Merrill
4Mario HezonjaNew
5Nae'Qwan Tomlin
6Tristan Enaruna
7Riley Minix

PF

1Evan Mobley
2Nae'Qwan Tomlin
3Jaylon Tyson
4Mario HezonjaNew
5Tristan Enaruna
6Riley Minix

Left since 2025-26

Darius Garland30 min → LAC
De'Andre Hunter26 min → SAC
Keon EllisSigned by BKN Jul 625 min → BKN
Max StrusAcquired by LAC Aug 2024 min → LAC
Dean WadeSigned by PHI Jul 622 min → PHI
Dennis SchroderAcquired by CHA Aug 2021 min → CHA
Lonzo Ball21 min
Larry Nance Jr.Signed by IND Jul 913 min → IND
Minutes a night183

Arrived

Peyton WatsonTraded by DEN Aug 2030 min from DEN
Meleek ThomasSigned Jul 1new
Mario HezonjaSigned Jul 31new
Khalifa DiopSigned Sep 2new
Ernest Udeh Jr.Signed Jul 1new

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. Cleveland Cavaliers depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	CLE	64	15.7	5.8	0.4	2.9	0.8	0.6	0.5	46.9%	2.3/4.9	70.0%	0.7/1.0	0.5
2024-25	CLE	5	12.6	7.2	0.4	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	40.6%	2.6/6.4	72.7%	1.6/2.2	0.4

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Nae'Qwan Tomlin in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2025-26 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.