Max Strus

Cleveland Cavaliers

Birthdate:

3/28/1996 (29)

Position:

SG

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Height:

6'5"

Weight:

215

Wingspan:

6'7.5"

Positional Size:

B

Hometown:

Hickory Hills, IL

Max Strus Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Per 36
Plus Minus

Season	GP	MPG	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2020	2	3.1	1 - 1.5	66.7	0 - 0.5	0	0.5 - 0.5	100	0.5	0	0	0	0.5	0	2.5
2021	39	13	2.2 - 4.8	45.5	1.3 - 3.8	33.8	0.4 - 0.6	66.7	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.1	0.2	6.1
2022	68	23.3	3.7 - 8.3	44.1	2.7 - 6.5	41	0.6 - 0.8	79.2	3	1.4	0.4	0.2	1.7	0.8	10.6
2023	80	28.4	4.1 - 9.9	41	2.5 - 7	35	1 - 1.1	87.6	3.2	2.1	0.5	0.2	2.1	0.9	11.5
2024	70	32	4.3 - 10.4	41.8	2.4 - 6.8	35.1	1.1 - 1.4	79.4	4.8	4	0.9	0.4	2.4	1.6	12.2
2025	50	25.5	3.3 - 7.5	44.2	2.3 - 5.9	38.6	0.6 - 0.7	82.4	4.3	3.2	0.5	0.2	2.1	1.1	9.4
2025	3	23.3 ↓	3 - 6.7 ↓	45.0 ↑	2.7 - 6 ↑	44.4 ↑	1.3 - 1.3 ↑	100.0 ↑	6.7 ↑	2 ↓	0.7 ↑	0 ↓	3.7 ↑	1 –	10 ↓
Career	312	25.5	3.6 - 8.5	42.7	2.3 - 6.2	36.9	0.8 - 1	81.5	3.5	2.4	0.6	0.2	2	1	10.4

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2020	6	72.7	33.3	33.3					1.6			0
2021	507	59.7	79.1	12.8	67.9	1.9	24.9	34	5	54	0.1	0
2022	1587	61.4	78.4	9.4	79.4	2.5	25.4	36	9.1	82	2.1	1.2
2023	2272	55.7	71.3	11.3	71.7	2.5	26.6	46	6.1	96	1.36	0.2
2024	2239	55.3	65.8	13.3	69.5	3.9	30.7	63	7.5	51	3.83	0.8
2025	1273	60.7	78.6	9.1	70.1	3.6	27.8	71	9.4	54	1.87	1.1
2025	70	68.9	90	20	71.6	3.1	24.3	48	9.3	55	0.1	0.1

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2020	6										5.7	-1.7	3.9
2021	507	-0.8	-0.8	-1.6							-0.5	-1.7	-2.2
2022	1587	1.1	-0.6	0.5	0.9	-0.9	0				1.4	-0.4	0.9
2023	2272	-0.5	-0.5	-1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.7				-0.8	-0.9	-1.7
2024	2239	0.1	0.9	1	-0.2	0.2	0	0.6	0	0.6	-1.1	0.5	-0.6
2025	1273	0.5	0.1	0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.1	0.2	1.3
2025	70	0.4 80%	0.1 58%	0.5 73%	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6	0	0.6	0.6	0.4	1

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	58.7%	62
SQ	70	87
FTr	15%	22
3PAr	71.8%	95
ORB	-0.5	43
cTOV	8.3%	58
Load	29.1	54
Creation	3.7	61
Portability	8	89
Passer Rating	16.7	14
CraftedOPM	0.2	75

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.7	21
raDTOV	-0.5	12
DRB	1	91
Rim Defense	-5.3	77
Rim Frequency	33.6	25
Versatility	52	54
rPF	0.6	34
CraftedDPM	0.7	71

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 70 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	Buddy Hield	90
2	Bogdan Bogdanović	88
3	Kevin Love	88
4	Moses Moody	88
5	Corey Kispert	87
6	Miles McBride	87
7	Simone Fontecchio	87
8	Aaron Nesmith	86
9	Julian Champagnie	86
10	Naz Reid	86

defense

	Player	Score
1	Tobias Harris	86
2	Aaron Nesmith	84
3	Vince Williams Jr.	84
4	Jaylen Brown	83
5	Franz Wagner	82
6	Obi Toppin	82
7	Pat Connaughton	82
8	Simone Fontecchio	82
9	Cade Cunningham	81
10	Jericho Sims	81

overall

	Player	Score
1	Aaron Nesmith	85
2	Simone Fontecchio	85
3	Bogdan Bogdanović	84
4	Kevin Love	83
5	Obi Toppin	83
6	Tobias Harris	83
7	Grant Williams	82
8	Julian Champagnie	82
9	Pat Connaughton	82
10	Jaylon Tyson	82

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.