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Nae'Qwan Tomlin

RANK #3172025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEF1142025-26 9-CAT #281 8-CAT #305F · Cleveland CavaliersAge 256' 8"2025-26 season

5.8

Points / game

2.9

Rebounds

0.8

Assists

15.7

Minutes

47.8%

FG%

13.3

FPTS / game

-18.6

vs F median

TIER 6 · #317 OVERALLDepth piece — #114 among forwards

Nae'Qwan Tomlin is ranked #114 among 149 eligible NBA forwards. He profiles as a bench or matchup-based option — draft late or stream when the schedule lines up. He closed the season hot — 8.6 points per game above his average over the final five games, driven by a bigger role: 22.4 minutes/game vs 15.7 season-long. Volume gains tend to stick.

Percentile24%

2025-26 season results · Computed from official box scores · Points scoring: PTS + 1.2×REB + 1.5×AST + 3×STL + 3×BLK − TO · updated July 27

LATE FLIER

Nae'Qwan Tomlin 2026-27 fantasy outlook

13.6Proj FPTS/G · ~938 / 69 games

6–19.3Typical game · middle 50%

#321Projected rank

—ADP (ESPN drafts)

No live market price for him yet — we rank him #321. Projection drivers: growing workload (22.4 minutes/gm late vs 15.7 season), late-season gains in per-minute production.

INJURY RISK Medium^?AGE/WORKLOAD RISK Low^?ROLE SECURITY Unsettled^?How we grade risk

Projection updated July 27 · ESPN ADP updated July 27 · Range = 25th–75th percentile of his 2025-26 game log

Nae'Qwan Tomlin consistency and floor

64 GAMES

2.4

Floor (p10)

13.3

Average

27.2

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered64%

Boom rate125%+ of average31%

Bust rateunder half of average27%

13.6

Season avg FPTS

13.6

Last 10 FPTS

21.9

Last 5 FPTS

Tomlin vs other forwards

PERCENTILE · 149 RANKED

Points5.827

Rebounds2.924

Assists0.819

Steals0.641

Blocks0.569

Minutes15.726

Fantasy PPG13.324

Percentile among all ranked NBA forwards · 99 = best

Tomlin fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 42.1SEASON LOW 0LAST 5 AVG 21.9

Nae'Qwan Tomlin game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Apr 12	WSH	W 130-117	36	26	8	5	0	0	1	9-16	4-8	42.1
Apr 10	@ATL	L 124-102	19	4	5	1	1	1	1	2-4	0-0	16.5
Apr 7	@MEM	W 142-126	22	10	9	2	1	1	2	4-7	1-2	27.8
Apr 5	IND	W 117-108	13	3	4	0	0	1	1	1-2	1-2	9.8
Apr 1	@LAL	L 127-113	22	9	3	1	0	0	1	4-9	1-5	13.1
Mar 31	@UTAH	W 122-113	9	4	3	0	0	1	0	2-3	0-0	10.6
Mar 27	MIA	W 149-128	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1.5
Mar 25	MIA	L 120-103	18	6	4	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	10.8
Mar 25	ORL	W 136-131	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	4.2
Mar 21	@NO	W 111-106	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0
Mar 20	@CHI	W 115-110	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
Mar 15	DAL	L 130-120	12	4	0	0	1	0	1	2-4	0-2	6
Mar 13	@DAL	W 138-105	17	8	2	1	1	0	2	4-7	0-3	12.9
Mar 9	PHI	W 115-101	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	4
Mar 1	@BKN	W 106-102	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-3	0-0	4.2
Feb 28	@DET	L 122-119 OT	15	2	2	0	1	1	0	1-5	0-1	10.4
Feb 26	@MIL	L 118-116	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-2	2.4
Feb 25	NY	W 109-94	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0
Feb 22	@OKC	L 121-113	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	2.4
Feb 21	@CHA	W 118-113	13	5	2	1	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	8.9
Feb 12	WSH	W 138-113	16	8	5	0	2	0	1	4-8	0-2	19
Feb 10	@DEN	W 119-117	13	6	1	0	0	1	0	2-3	2-2	10.2
Feb 8	@SAC	W 132-126	17	6	5	2	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	15
Feb 5	@LAC	W 124-91	20	4	1	2	2	2	0	1-7	0-4	20.2
Feb 2	@POR	W 130-111	21	12	1	0	1	0	0	5-8	0-2	16.2
Jan 31	@PHX	L 126-113	25	14	5	1	2	0	1	6-9	0-2	26.5
Jan 29	LAL	W 129-99	29	8	4	3	2	1	1	4-6	0-2	25.3
Jan 27	ORL	W 114-98	24	8	3	1	0	0	2	2-7	1-4	11.1
Jan 25	@ORL	W 119-105	25	9	1	4	0	0	1	3-5	2-4	15.2
Jan 24	SAC	W 123-118	15	4	1	0	1	1	0	2-4	0-1	11.2
Jan 22	@CHA	W 94-87	21	6	9	2	0	0	0	3-7	0-3	19.8
Jan 19	OKC	L 136-104	26	6	8	1	2	0	0	3-7	0-3	23.1
Jan 17	@PHI	W 117-115	18	9	5	0	0	0	0	4-9	0-2	15
Jan 15	@PHI	W 133-107	21	0	2	3	1	1	0	0-1	0-1	12.9
Jan 13	UTAH	L 123-112	19	13	3	3	1	2	0	6-11	1-3	30.1
Jan 10	MIN	W 146-134	16	4	1	2	2	0	1	2-2	0-0	13.2
Jan 9	@MIN	L 131-122	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	4.7
Jan 7	@IND	W 120-116	21	7	3	1	0	1	1	3-5	1-3	14.1
Jan 4	DET	L 114-110	18	5	4	0	0	2	0	1-4	0-1	15.8
Jan 3	DEN	W 113-108	19	6	6	0	1	1	1	2-5	0-1	18.2
Dec 31	PHX	W 129-113	13	0	4	1	0	2	0	0-1	0-0	12.3
Dec 30	@SA	W 113-101	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	2-5	2-4	6
Dec 24	NO	W 141-118	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	1-2	0-1	8
Dec 23	CHA	W 139-132	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	5
Dec 20	CHI	L 136-125	21	15	3	2	1	0	1	6-14	2-5	23.6
Dec 18	@CHI	L 127-111	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	4.7
Dec 14	CHA	L 119-111 OT	14	7	3	0	0	0	0	3-3	1-1	10.6
Dec 13	@WSH	W 130-126	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	5.1
Dec 7	GS	L 99-94	16	6	12	1	2	1	3	3-10	0-2	27.9
Dec 6	SA	W 130-117	18	13	2	2	0	0	0	5-10	1-3	18.4
Dec 4	POR	L 122-110	16	7	4	1	2	0	0	2-4	1-3	19.3
Dec 2	@IND	W 135-119	27	6	6	1	2	4	1	2-6	0-1	31.7
Nov 30	BOS	L 117-115	22	7	2	0	1	0	0	3-5	0-2	12.4
Nov 29	@ATL	L 130-123	11	5	1	0	0	1	0	2-3	1-1	9.2
Nov 25	@TOR	L 110-99	32	14	4	0	1	0	0	6-8	2-3	21.8
Nov 23	LAC	W 120-105	22	8	2	1	1	2	1	3-5	1-3	19.9
Nov 22	IND	W 120-109	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	2
Nov 20	HOU	L 114-104	20	10	2	0	0	0	0	4-10	0-5	12.4
Nov 18	MIL	W 118-106	12	2	2	1	0	1	1	1-2	0-1	7.9
Nov 15	MEM	W 108-100	18	2	4	1	1	2	0	1-4	0-1	17.3
Nov 14	TOR	L 126-113	22	18	6	0	2	0	0	8-10	0-1	31.2
Nov 13	@MIA	W 130-116	18	9	6	2	2	1	1	2-7	0-4	27.2
Nov 8	@WSH	W 148-115	6	6	2	0	1	1	0	2-4	0-1	14.4
Nov 6	PHI	W 132-121	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0

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QIs Nae'Qwan Tomlin a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #317 overall, #114 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Nae'Qwan Tomlin be drafted in?

Late rounds or waivers — he finished #317, so treat him as a flier.

QHow many fantasy points will Nae'Qwan Tomlin score in 2026-27?

We project 13.6 points per game across an expected 69 games — approximately 938 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 6 and 19.3 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #321 in projected scoring.

QHow does Nae'Qwan Tomlin rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Nae'Qwan Tomlin finished #281 in 9-cat and #305 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #317 in points formats. Low turnovers make him even more valuable when they count against you.

QHow consistent is Nae'Qwan Tomlin for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 64% of games, with a floor of 2.4 and a ceiling of 27.2 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 31% of games and busted (under half his average) in 27%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.