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Blake Hinson Utah Jazz · #25

Forward · 6'8", 230 lb · Deltona, FL · Age 27 · 1st season

Blake Hinson is a forward for the Utah Jazz who has played 14 games over 1 season, averaging 11.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 2025-26.

MVP race · #234Forward rank · #101Balladex Impact · 54
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Blake Hinson
Season avg11.9 pts · 2.4 reb · 1.1 ast · .513 fg
Career avg11.9 pts · 2.4 reb · 1.1 ast · .513 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
11.9pts
2.4reb
1.1ast
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Scouting report

Blake Hinson — the report card

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

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Forward · Rotation piece · Impact 54
Blake Hinson is a forward for the Utah Jazz who has played 14 games over 1 season, averaging 11.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 2025-26.
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Below average scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Below average spacing
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Perimeter D
Below average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Below average late
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Athleticism
Below average tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Blake Hinson 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
1
Nikola Jokić DEN▬
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL▬
19%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬
11%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬
5%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS▬
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN▬
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI▬
2%
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Jamal Murray DEN▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #289 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
54Impact index
34Star score
Career scoring average11.9 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Blake Hinson — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
11.9 PPG
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Playmaking
1.1 APG
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Rebounding
2.4 RPG
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Shooting
.468 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Blake Hinson

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 2026-27  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
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1 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 27 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 14 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Blake Hinson career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2025-261420.411.92.41.1.513.468
Career1420.411.92.41.1
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
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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.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Utah Jazz built to win?

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

22–60proj record
#14conf seed
-7.3net rtg
113.1off rtg
120.4def rtg
1%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Jusuf Nurkic, Jaren Jackson Jr..
How his role moves
Projected 22–60, 14th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
54 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Blake Hinson

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

1999-12-26

The beginning

Blake Hinson is a forward for the Utah Jazz.

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Blake Hinson is a forward for the Utah Jazz.

Chapter

He has played 14 games over 1 season (2025-26), averaging 20.4 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2025-26 he played 14 games, averaging 11.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 20.4 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Hinson goes from here.

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Hinson's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Day-To-Day · INJURY_STATUS_DAYTODAYHinson (adductor) has been ruled out for Monday's preseason game against San Antonio.
Height
6' 8"
Weight
230 lbs
College
Pittsburgh
Experience
2nd Season
Born
Deltona, FL
Age
27
Jersey
#25
Beyond the game

Blake Hinson is from Deltona, FL, born 1999-12-26, listed at 6'8" and 230 lb. He has 2 seasons of NBA service. This background is assembled from league records; the colour that fills a page like this comes later, from a human.

The person

A forward on 20.4 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular20.4 minutes a night in the rotation.
Floor spacerShooting 46.8% from three.
Verified profiles & sources
FAQ

Blake Hinson — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Blake Hinson, answered.

What position does Blake Hinson play?
Blake Hinson is a forward for the Utah Jazz.
How many NBA games has Blake Hinson played?
14 regular-season games over 1 season, averaging 20.4 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has Blake Hinson played?
1 season (2025-26).
How tall is Blake Hinson?
6'8", 230 lb
Blake Hinson 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.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
17%
1 seasons
Last 3 seasons
17%
68 games missed
Games missed
68
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
14
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady — 17% of games over the last three seasons, low of 17% in 2025-26.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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