Joseph Mercado 
#20 PG | 6-2, 221lbs | Raptors | Experience: 7 years
Born: 1/28/1997 (32) | College: UCLA | Garden Grove, CA

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: 41 41 65 29 33 64 44 22 34 50 55 24 87 40 51 99  
 Potential: C C B D D B C D D C C D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  2028  2029  2030  2031  2032  2033  2034  2035 
 Value: $2,239,314  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2028 PBSL TOR 82 82 32.0 4.9 1.1 2.2 6.4 2.4 2.64 1.3 0.2 2.5 .406 .750 .266  
 2026 PBSL MIN 82 0 16.9 4.2 1.0 1.2 3.3 1.2 2.67 1.0 0.1 1.4 .416 .685 .194  
 2025 PBSL DET 14 0 3.9 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.4 2.20 0.4 0.0 0.5 .444 1.000 .000  
 2024 PBSL NOP 82 0 20.1 4.8 1.1 1.6 4.9 1.4 3.38 1.1 0.1 1.7 .442 .757 .275  
 2022 PBSL DET 39 0 11.6 2.9 0.7 0.9 2.6 0.9 3.03 0.8 0.1 0.9 .413 .727 .200  
 2021 PBSL DET 82 0 14.7 4.1 0.6 1.5 3.0 1.1 2.85 0.9 0.1 1.3 .446 .802 .259  
 2020 PBSL DET 82 0 16.4 5.2 0.7 1.4 3.5 1.2 2.99 0.9 0.1 1.4 .400 .824 .260  
 2019 PBSL VAN 82 82 33.7 9.5 1.4 2.5 8.0 2.9 2.78 1.5 0.2 2.8 .402 .809 .229  
 Career     545 164 21.1 5.2 1.0 1.6 4.6 1.6 2.85 1.1 0.1 1.8 .414 .774 .245  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 2028 PBSL TOR 1.8 4.3 .406 1.1 1.4 .750 1.0 1.8 .544 0.5 1.4 .339 0.3 1.1 .266  
 2026 PBSL MIN 1.5 3.6 .416 1.0 1.5 .685 1.0 1.6 .622 0.3 1.2 .281 0.2 0.8 .194  
 2025 PBSL DET 0.3 0.6 .444 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.1 0.3 .500 0.1 0.4 .400 0.0 0.0 .000  
 2024 PBSL NOP 1.6 3.7 .442 1.4 1.8 .757 1.0 1.6 .642 0.3 1.2 .286 0.2 0.8 .275  
 2022 PBSL DET 1.0 2.4 .413 0.8 1.1 .727 0.8 1.3 .627 0.1 0.5 .095 0.1 0.5 .200  
 2021 PBSL DET 1.4 3.0 .446 1.2 1.5 .802 0.7 1.1 .628 0.4 0.9 .419 0.3 1.0 .259  
 2020 PBSL DET 1.9 4.6 .400 1.2 1.5 .824 0.8 1.4 .600 0.7 2.1 .343 0.3 1.2 .260  
 2019 PBSL VAN 3.3 8.3 .402 2.3 2.9 .809 1.8 3.2 .561 1.1 3.0 .352 0.5 2.1 .229  
 Career     1.8 4.3 .414 1.3 1.7 .774 1.0 1.7 .593 0.5 1.5 .332 0.3 1.1 .245  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2028 82 82 2626 144 355 87 116 25 94 400 93 273 522 106 198 106 13 207 151 
 2026 82 0 1383 124 298 85 124 13 67 346 83 182 270 86 101 86 11 111 -113 
 2025 14 0 55 4 9 4 4 0 0 12 3 6 11 5 5 5 0 7 14 
 2024 82 0 1652 133 301 112 148 19 69 397 91 223 399 87 118 87 12 138 121 
 2022 39 0 453 38 92 32 44 4 20 112 28 63 103 31 34 31 4 37 14 
 2021 82 0 1207 111 249 97 121 21 81 340 50 169 248 77 87 77 8 110 149 
 2020 82 0 1342 152 380 98 119 25 96 427 61 179 290 73 97 73 9 116 91 
 2019 82 82 2760 273 679 191 236 39 170 776 116 320 659 122 237 122 18 233 -272 
 Career 545 164 11478 979 2363 706 912 146 597 2810 525 1415 2502 587 877 587 75 959 155 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 2028 PBSL TOR .493 1.13 46.4 17.6 11.9 4.3 7.6 6.0 9.0 -80.1 -2.7 1.8 111.1 108.2  
 2026 PBSL MIN .490 1.16 37.3 14.0 15.9 6.6 8.3 7.4 13.3 48.5 1.6 -1.4 102.1 107.3  
 2025 PBSL DET .545 1.33 40.7 18.5 0.0 7.0 6.8 6.9 0.0 -9.0 -0.3 1.0 115.0 101.9  
 2024 PBSL NOP .541 1.32 45.2 13.4 14.9 6.4 8.7 7.6 15.1 100.0 3.3 1.5 108.3 105.6  
 2022 PBSL DET .505 1.22 41.5 13.7 15.2 6.9 8.4 7.7 14.6 24.3 0.8 0.4 100.5 101.2  
 2021 PBSL DET .563 1.37 38.9 13.7 14.8 5.0 10.7 8.0 14.6 65.4 2.2 1.8 104.9 100.6  
 2020 PBSL DET .495 1.12 35.4 11.8 17.9 5.3 9.8 7.6 14.2 63.7 2.1 1.1 106.3 103.9  
 2019 PBSL VAN .496 1.14 39.2 14.1 17.7 4.6 8.1 6.4 13.2 91.6 3.1 -3.3 101.3 105.9  
 Career     .508 1.19 40.7 14.3 15.3 5.3 8.6 6.9 12.8 304.3 10.1 0.3 105.6 105.5  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2028 PBSL TOR 5 5 31.6 6.4 2.0 1.8 5.8 2.8 2.07 0.8 0.2 2.6 .273 1.000 .667  
 2026 PBSL MIN 6 0 17.5 2.7 0.5 1.7 4.0 2.0 2.00 0.7 0.0 1.7 .545 .667 .000  
 2024 PBSL NOP 4 0 13.8 2.0 0.5 1.3 3.5 1.5 2.33 0.5 0.5 1.3 .444 .000 .000  
 2022 PBSL DET 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000  
 2021 PBSL DET 6 0 17.5 3.2 0.3 2.8 4.2 1.7 2.50 0.8 0.0 1.2 .316 .857 .143  
 2020 PBSL DET 12 0 21.9 5.4 0.8 2.1 4.1 2.3 1.81 1.8 0.3 1.8 .386 .850 .267  
 Career     34 5 20.2 4.1 0.8 1.9 4.1 2.0 2.04 1.1 0.2 1.6 .373 .882 .233  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 2028 PBSL TOR 1.2 4.4 .273 3.6 3.6 1.000 0.8 2.2 .364 0.0 1.6 .000 0.4 0.6 .667  
 2026 PBSL MIN 1.0 1.8 .545 0.7 1.0 .667 1.0 1.3 .750 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.5 .000  
 2024 PBSL NOP 1.0 2.3 .444 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.5 .667 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.5 .000  
 2022 PBSL DET 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 2021 PBSL DET 1.0 3.2 .316 1.0 1.2 .857 0.7 1.0 .667 0.2 1.0 .167 0.2 1.2 .143  
 2020 PBSL DET 1.8 4.8 .386 1.4 1.7 .850 1.0 1.3 .750 0.5 2.2 .231 0.3 1.3 .267  
 Career     1.3 3.5 .373 1.3 1.5 .882 0.9 1.4 .638 0.2 1.2 .171 0.2 0.9 .233  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2028 5 5 158 6 22 18 18 2 3 32 10 19 29 4 14 4 1 13 -25 
 2026 6 0 105 6 11 4 6 0 3 16 3 13 24 4 12 4 0 10 -35 
 2024 4 0 55 4 9 0 0 0 2 8 2 7 14 2 6 2 2 5 11 
 2022 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 2021 6 0 105 6 19 6 7 1 7 19 2 19 25 5 10 5 0 7 -25 
 2020 12 0 263 22 57 17 20 4 15 65 10 35 49 21 27 21 3 21
 Career 34 5 687 44 118 45 51 7 30 140 27 93 141 36 69 36 6 56 -70 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 2028 PBSL TOR .533 1.45 39.7 19.2 11.9 7.0 5.7 6.3 7.6 -8.0 -0.3 -5.0 103.5 110.8  
 2026 PBSL MIN .571 1.45 48.0 24.0 13.3 2.9 10.8 6.7 6.7 -6.7 -0.2 -5.8 90.5 109.9  
 2024 PBSL NOP .444 0.89 48.3 20.7 14.9 4.8 10.0 7.6 7.6 -2.8 -0.1 2.8 105.6 91.2  
 2022 PBSL DET .000 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 200.0  
 2021 PBSL DET .455 1.00 43.9 17.5 14.6 2.0 16.7 9.5 8.7 -3.7 -0.1 -4.2 87.0 99.6  
 2020 PBSL DET .485 1.14 34.5 19.0 16.1 4.3 10.3 7.4 10.6 -1.5 -0.1 0.3 100.7 102.0  
 Career     .500 1.19 40.3 19.7 11.6 4.4 10.2 7.4 8.8 -22.8 -0.8 -2.1 98.0 104.1  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 2015 UCLA 10 0 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.20 0.0 0.0 0.2 .167 .333 .000  
 2016 UCLA 31 2 16.6 5.8 0.9 1.3 2.6 1.8 1.46 0.8 0.1 1.4 .431 .813 .239  
 2017 UCLA 34 34 30.4 10.8 1.2 1.7 5.0 2.9 1.74 1.8 0.1 2.3 .429 .730 .296  
 2018 UCLA 34 34 30.8 10.4 1.7 1.7 5.6 2.4 2.40 1.4 0.2 2.3 .355 .743 .234  
 Total   109 70 24.1 8.3 1.1 1.4 4.1 2.2 1.87 1.2 0.1 1.8 .396 .749 .261  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 2015 10 0 30 1 6 1 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 2 -7 
 2016 31 2 515 62 144 39 48 16 67 179 27 67 82 24 56 24 3 43 -35 
 2017 34 34 1033 137 319 46 63 47 159 367 40 98 171 61 98 61 5 79 160 
 2018 34 34 1048 122 344 78 105 30 128 352 57 114 192 48 80 48 7 77 332 
 Career 109 70 2626 322 813 164 219 93 356 901 124 281 446 133 239 133 15 201 450 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 13 4 8 14 4 2 7 6 11 7 8 2 5  
 Playoff 12 4 7 11 4 1 5 5 15 6 6 1 4  
 Career 26 6 11 17 5 3 8 10 17 10 10 3 6  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/17 CHB W 44 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 15 4 1 0 5 21
 10/18 CHB L 43 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 10 4 0 0 4 -1
 10/24 MIL L 34 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 10 1 2 1 5 -4
 10/25 WAS L 39 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 5 1 2 0 6 -6
 10/27 CLE W 31 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 6 0 1 0 4 -6
 10/28 ORL W 45 2 5 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 8 5 0 0 0 8
 11/1 DAL W 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 2 8
 11/2 BOS L 33 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 7 5 2 0 4 -3
 11/4 DET L 38 2 8 2 2 0 2 6 1 2 7 4 3 0 3 -11
 11/5 MIA L 40 2 4 1 2 1 2 6 0 2 13 2 1 0 4 -7
 11/8 DET L 32 3 6 2 2 1 2 9 0 3 4 3 2 0 2 6
 11/9 BKN L 33 3 8 0 0 1 4 7 1 1 6 3 1 0 1 -11
 11/13 WAS L 32 1 2 1 2 0 1 3 1 2 4 4 0 0 2 -30
 11/14 WAS L 28 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 2 3 8 3 1 0 1 -12
 11/17 NOP L 36 3 6 2 2 0 3 8 2 4 8 3 1 0 3 -7
 11/18 PHX W 32 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 10 3 0 0 3 17
 11/20 NOP L 32 2 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 8 3 0 0 4 -20
 11/22 DEN W 27 2 7 0 0 1 3 5 1 3 5 0 1 0 4 17
 11/25 WAS W 33 3 6 2 4 0 0 8 1 4 8 2 3 0 2 20
 11/26 CLE W 33 1 2 1 2 0 1 3 1 5 4 3 2 0 2 11
 11/29 UTA L 31 2 6 0 0 0 2 4 2 6 9 5 2 1 5 0
 11/30 CHB W 36 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 8 5 3 1 0 1 5
 12/2 LAC W 34 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 7 0 1 0 4 3
 12/3 MIL W 34 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 5 4 0 0 1 -3
 12/6 LAC W 27 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 6 3 1 0 1 28
 12/7 UTA W 28 3 5 1 2 0 2 7 1 3 9 0 2 0 1 34
 12/11 MIN W 36 2 4 3 4 0 1 7 2 6 6 2 3 0 3 4
 12/12 SAS L 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 6 1
 12/14 HOU L 32 2 3 0 0 1 1 5 1 4 4 0 1 0 2 -3
 12/16 IND L 34 0 6 2 4 0 5 2 1 5 5 2 1 0 3 -6
 12/17 VAN W 35 1 3 5 6 0 1 7 0 3 7 3 0 0 1 8
 12/21 OKC L 33 2 3 0 0 0 1 4 2 6 4 1 0 0 3 0
 12/22 PHI W 34 1 6 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 3
 12/26 IND W 32 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 -4
 12/27 DAL W 28 3 3 2 2 0 0 8 0 2 6 2 1 0 2 10
 12/30 HOU L 31 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 6 3 0 2 2 -17
 12/31 POR L 30 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 1 0 2 -16
 1/2 GSW W 32 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 2 0 2 19
 1/4 CLE W 36 0 5 5 8 0 2 5 3 5 11 3 1 0 4 2
 1/6 NYK W 19 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 5 0 1 0 4 15
 1/8 ORL W 36 1 1 2 4 0 0 4 1 4 9 4 1 0 1 -2
 1/9 CHB L 28 3 4 0 0 1 1 7 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 -22
 1/11 MIN L 32 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 7 1 2 0 2 -5
 1/13 LAL W 23 1 1 2 2 1 1 5 0 1 6 2 1 0 5 -8
 1/16 ATL L 34 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 -7
 1/17 POR L 36 4 10 0 0 1 2 9 3 4 10 3 1 0 0 -3
 1/19 SAC W 25 1 1 7 7 1 1 10 0 2 10 1 0 2 2 34
 1/22 PHX L 36 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 5 3 2 0 2 -14
 1/23 VAN W 30 1 4 1 2 1 1 4 1 3 4 0 3 0 3 28
 1/26 GSW W 27 2 4 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 6 2 2 0 4 -1
 1/27 PHI W 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 0 0 1 2 32
 1/29 UTA W 28 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 3 1 0 2 16
 1/30 NOP L 33 2 9 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 4 4 3 0 2 0
 2/2 MIN L 34 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 5 4 1 0 1 -8
 2/3 GSW L 30 1 4 2 2 0 2 4 2 6 2 4 1 1 6 12
 2/6 PHI L 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 -19
 2/7 DET W 34 3 7 4 5 0 1 10 0 5 6 2 1 2 2 4
 2/13 LAL W 28 4 8 1 2 2 5 11 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 17
 2/14 MIN W 33 2 7 4 4 0 2 8 1 6 7 4 4 0 3 2
 2/18 MIL L 31 1 6 2 4 0 1 4 4 6 8 4 2 0 5 -23
 2/19 OKC L 36 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 7 13 3 0 0 3 11
 2/23 MIL L 34 3 7 2 2 0 2 8 4 7 11 3 1 0 3 -1
 2/24 ATL L 27 4 8 1 2 0 1 9 2 4 5 4 2 0 2 -20
 2/28 SAC L 44 5 10 0 0 2 3 12 1 4 4 0 2 1 6 -8
 3/1 DAL L 42 3 9 0 0 0 1 6 4 6 14 1 1 0 2 -23
 3/5 BKN W 48 4 7 2 2 2 2 12 0 2 9 4 2 0 3 5
 3/9 MIA L 37 6 8 0 0 1 2 13 3 3 9 5 0 0 5 -3
 3/11 NYK W 48 4 11 0 0 0 2 8 3 7 4 5 2 0 4 11
 3/13 DET L 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 6 0 0 0 4 -9
 3/17 CHI W 36 2 3 4 4 0 0 8 1 5 10 6 0 0 1 0
 3/19 DAL L 36 1 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 6 0 2 0 1 -12
 3/21 PHI W 28 1 2 2 2 0 1 4 0 0 7 1 0 0 3 17
 3/22 GSW W 30 4 7 0 0 0 0 8 1 3 7 1 0 0 1 17
 3/24 ORL L 36 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 8 1 2 0 3 -11
 3/26 WAS W 34 2 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 6 2 3 1 4 15
 3/28 CHB L 32 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 2 3 0 2 -5
 3/30 NOP W 33 1 4 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 4 2 0 0 3 11
 3/31 UTA W 34 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 7 4 2 0 2 22
 4/2 MIL L 36 2 3 1 2 1 2 6 2 3 10 2 3 0 4 -3
 4/4 CLE L 33 4 5 3 4 1 1 12 3 5 5 4 4 0 1 7
 4/6 ORL W 34 2 6 2 2 0 0 6 0 5 6 4 2 0 2 11
 4/8 BOS W 35 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 3 2 1 0 3 19
 4/9 DEN L 33 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 4 2 0 3 -6
 4/11 LAC W 26 1 2 4 6 0 0 6 2 3 7 1 1 0 1 25
 4/13 CHI W 33 3 5 0 0 1 1 7 0 7 3 7 1 0 1 2
 4/15 ORL L 27 3 9 0 0 1 2 7 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 -15
 4/16 SAS L 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 3 -23
 4/19 BOS W 28 2 4 2 2 2 2 8 1 4 3 3 2 0 3 23
 4/21 WAS L 30 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 3 0 0 1 -9
 4/22 WAS L 34 1 3 4 4 0 0 6 1 5 2 3 1 0 2 -11
 4/24 WAS L 24 1 4 6 6 0 0 8 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 -8
 4/25 WAS W 35 3 5 2 2 1 2 9 4 7 4 1 2 0 4 2
 4/27 WAS L 35 1 8 6 6 1 1 9 3 3 8 5 1 1 4 1

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 6
 2014 High School: Rated **** and #58 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 2014 High School: All-State (California)
 2019 PBSL Rookie Game Participant
 2019 PBSL All-Rookie First Team
 2020 PBSL Rookie Game Participant

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/26/2019 Drafted by the Mavericks with pick #13 of round 2.
 7/17/2019 Released by the Mavericks
 7/30/2019 Signed with the Grizzlies for $718,019 over one year.
 7/22/2020 Signed with the Pistons for $1,085,290 over one year.
 7/26/2021 Re-signed with the Pistons for $1,298,755 over one year.
 7/25/2022 Re-signed with the Pistons for $1,397,036 over one year.
 8/1/2024 Signed with the Pelicans for $1,544,814 over one year.
 7/25/2025 Signed with the Pistons for $1,725,753 over one year.
 2/1/2026 Released by the Pistons
 7/30/2026 Signed with the Timberwolves for $1,925,616 over one year.
 8/6/2027 Signed with the Bulls for $2,157,781 over one year.
 10/1/2027 Released by the Bulls
 7/27/2028 Signed with the Raptors for $2,239,314 over one year.


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