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Al Cervi Philadelphia 76ers · #11

Guard · 6'2", 185 lb · 2nd season

Al Cervi is a retired guard and Basketball Hall of Famer, most associated with the Philadelphia 76ers. A fiery player-coach champion. Career averages: 11.6 points, 3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.

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Philadelphia 76ers · #11 · Guard

Al Cervi

Season avg3.8 pts · 0.6 reb · 0.7 ast · .437 fg

Career avg6.0 pts · 1.2 reb · 1.9 ast · .388 fg

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Scouting report

Al Cervi — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

C-

Hall of Fame guard · Impact 57

Al Cervi is a retired guard and Basketball Hall of Famer, most associated with the Philadelphia 76ers. A fiery player-coach champion. Career averages:

Offense

Defense

C-

Feel / IQ

C-

Playmaking

Below average creator

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C+

Scoring

Average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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C-

3PT / spacing

Average spacing

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C-

Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Average late

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C+

Athleticism

Average tools

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C-

Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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C-

Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Al Cervi stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

✦ Balladex Consensus: Rotation piece tier — a blend of Impact, production and résumé.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

57Impact index

179Star score

Career scoring average6.0 ppg

Seasons in the index2

Accolades on file2

1× NBA Champion · HOF Hall of Fame

Stat explorer

Al Cervi — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

C+

Scoring

3.8 PPG

drill in ↓

C-

Playmaking

0.7 APG

drill in ↓

Rebounding

0.6 RPG

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C-

Shooting

— 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Al Cervi

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 1953-54 51% confidence

3.9

pts

1.0–6.8

0.5

reb

-0.8–1.8

0.6

ast

-0.5–1.7

8.0

min

proj

health

.402

fg%

~base

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3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 3.8 → projected 3.9 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

+0.0

Age curve

+0.0

Live context

+0.1

Net vs last season+0.1 PPG

Everything it reads

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2 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

real

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

auto

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

+dev

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Per-stat aging curves

age — — applied per stat

curve

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

+ctx

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 55 / 38 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Al Cervi career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%
1951-52	55	15.5	7.6	1.6	2.7	.354
1952-53	38	7.9	3.8	0.6	0.7	.437
Career	93	12.4	6.0	1.2	1.9

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

Bob Wanzer 100%Carl Braun 100%Andrew Toney 99%Ben Gordon 99%Bob Davies 99%

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Philadelphia 76ers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

42–40proj record

#10conf seed

+0.3net rtg

114.5off rtg

114.2def rtg

46%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Joel Embiid, Adem Bona.

How his role moves

Projected 42–40, 10th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

57 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

2 accolades

1× NBA Champion · HOF Hall of Fame

Act IV

The Ballad of Al Cervi

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Philadelphia 76ers

Turning pro

Drafted 1946 as a Guard.

true

Al Cervi is a Basketball Hall of Famer. A fiery player-coach champion.

Chapter

He averaged 11.6 points, 3 rebounds and 3.7 assists and won 1 title over his career.

Where things stand

A Hall of Fame guard and Philadelphia 76ers name.

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Cervi's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 170 lbs
Draft: 1946
Jersey: #11

Legacy

A fiery player-coach champion.

The person

A Hall of Fame guard and Philadelphia 76ers name.

Hall of Fame

Philadelphia 76ers

Champion

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Al Cervi — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Al Cervi, answered.

What were Al Cervi's career averages?

Al Cervi averaged 11.6 points, 3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.

Is Al Cervi in the Hall of Fame?

Yes — Al Cervi is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Al Cervi career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.