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Bob GrossPortland Trail Blazers · #30

Forward · 6'9", 225 lb · 8th season

Bob Gross is a retired forward best known with the Portland Trail Blazers. Glue wing on the 1977 champion Blazers. Career averages: 8.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.

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Portland Trail Blazers · #30 · Forward

Bob Gross

Season avg3.1 pts · 2.4 reb · 1.3 ast · .427 fg

Career avg8.9 pts · 4.4 reb · 2.9 ast · .510 fg

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Scouting report

Bob Gross — 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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retired standout · forward · Impact 57

Bob Gross is a retired forward best known with the Portland Trail Blazers. Glue wing on the 1977 champion Blazers. Career averages: 8.4 points, 4.5 re

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Offense

Defense

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Feel / IQ

Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

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

Average late

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Athleticism

Average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Bob Gross 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

173Star score

Career scoring average8.9 ppg

Seasons in the index8

Accolades on file1

1× NBA Champion

Stat explorer

Bob Gross — every number, three levels deep

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

Scoring

3.1 PPG

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Playmaking

1.3 APG

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Rebounding

2.4 RPG

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Shooting

.333 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Bob Gross

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 1983-84 71% confidence

2.6

pts

0.9–4.3

2.2

reb

1.4–3.0

1.1

ast

0.4–1.8

12.3

min

proj

health

.501

fg%

~base

.271

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 8-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 3.1 → projected 2.6 PPG

Minutes / role

-0.3

Development (his trend)

-0.2

Age curve

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Live context

+0.1

Net vs last season-0.5 PPG

Everything it reads

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8 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

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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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

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 82 / 59 / 27 → games & confidence

health

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

Bob Gross career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
1975-76 (Portland)	76	19.4	6.8	4.0	2.1	.523
1976-77 (Portland) CHIP	82	27.2	11.4	4.8	3.0	.529
1977-78 (Portland)	72	30.0	12.7	5.6	3.5	.529
1978-79 (Portland)	53	27.2	9.7	4.7	3.5	.472
1979-80 (Portland)	62	25.5	8.7	4.0	3.7	.468	.100
1980-81 (Portland)	82	23.6	7.8	4.0	3.1	.528	.000
1981-82 (Portland)	59	23.3	7.2	4.4	2.1	.537	.500
1982-83 (San Diego)	27	13.8	3.1	2.4	1.3	.427	.333
Career	513	24.5	8.9	4.4	2.9

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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why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

Andrei Kirilenko 99%Andres Nocioni 99%Bill Bradley 99%Bobby Jones 99%Boris Diaw 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 Portland Trail Blazers built to win?

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

43–39proj record

#9conf seed

+0.6net rtg

113.6off rtg

113def rtg

54%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: Donovan Clingan, Jrue Holiday.

How his role moves

Projected 43–39, 9th in the West. 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

1 accolades

1× NBA Champion

Act IV

The Ballad of Bob Gross

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

Portland Trail Blazers

Turning pro

Drafted 1975 as a Forward.

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Bob Gross is a retired retired standout. Glue wing on the 1977 champion Blazers.

Chapter

He averaged 8.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists and won 1 championship over his career.

Where things stand

A retired standout and Portland Trail Blazers name.

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Gross's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Highlights landing soon

Off the court

Measurables

Height: 6'9"
Weight: 225 lb
Draft: 1975
Jersey: #30

Legacy

Glue wing on the 1977 champion Blazers.

The person

A retired retired standout and Portland Trail Blazers name.

Retired

Portland Trail Blazers

Champion

FAQ

Bob Gross — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Bob Gross, answered.

What were Bob Gross's career averages?

Bob Gross averaged 8.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.

Is Bob Gross retired?

Yes — Bob Gross is a retired forward.

Bob Gross 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.