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Bob HoubregsDetroit Pistons · #20

Center · 6'11", 245 lb · 8th season

Bob Houbregs is a retired center and Basketball Hall of Famer, most associated with the Detroit Pistons. A hook-shot artist of the 1950s. Career averages: 9.3 points, 5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.

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◆ Rated

Detroit Pistons · #20 · Center

Bob Houbregs

Season avg7.5 pts · 3.8 reb · 1.1 ast · .358 fg

Career avg9.3 pts · 5.5 reb · 1.8 ast · .398 fg

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Scouting report

Bob Houbregs — 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 center · Impact 54

Bob Houbregs is a retired center and Basketball Hall of Famer, most associated with the Detroit Pistons. A hook-shot artist of the 1950s. Career avera

Offense

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Defense

C-

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

Average at the rim

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Clutch

Average late

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C+

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 Houbregs 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

54Impact index

108Star score

Career scoring average9.3 ppg

Seasons in the index8

Accolades on file1

HOF Hall of Fame

Stat explorer

Bob Houbregs — every number, three levels deep

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

Scoring

7.5 PPG

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Playmaking

1.1 APG

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Rebounding

3.8 RPG

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Shooting

— 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Bob Houbregs

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 1958-59 70% confidence

7.8

pts

5.8–9.8

3.8

reb

2.9–4.7

1.1

ast

0.4–1.8

18.2

min

proj

health

.415

fg%

~base

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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 7.5 → projected 7.8 PPG

Minutes / role

+0.2

Development (his trend)

+0.0

Age curve

+0.0

Live context

+0.2

Net vs last season+0.3 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

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: 70 / 60 / 17 → games & confidence

health

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

Bob Houbregs career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%
1953-54 (Milwaukee)	11	15.1	5.8	4.2	0.8	.306
1953-54 (Baltimore)	59	30.6	9.2	5.6	1.9	.380
1954-55 (Baltimore)	10	30.0	9.0	5.5	2.8	.359
1954-55 (Boston)	2	7.5	0.5	0.5	1.0
1954-55 (Fort Wayne)	52	19.4	6.4	4.6	1.1	.391
1955-56 (Fort Wayne)	70	21.9	11.1	5.9	2.3	.430
1956-57 (Fort Wayne)	60	26.5	11.2	6.7	1.9	.432
1957-58 (Detroit)	17	17.8	7.5	3.8	1.1	.358
Career	281	23.9	9.3	5.5	1.8

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

Arvydas Sabonis 99%Bill Cartwright 99%Jermaine O'Neal 99%Kendrick Perkins 99%Kevin Duckworth 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 Detroit Pistons built to win?

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

64–18proj record

#1conf seed

+9net rtg

117.6off rtg

108.6def rtg

99%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Ausar Thompson, Javonte Green.

How his role moves

Projected 64–18, 1st in the East. 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

1 accolades

HOF Hall of Fame

Act IV

The Ballad of Bob Houbregs

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

Detroit Pistons

Turning pro

Drafted 1953 as a Center.

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Bob Houbregs is a Basketball Hall of Famer. A hook-shot artist of the 1950s.

Chapter

He averaged 9.3 points, 5 rebounds and 1.8 assists over his career.

Where things stand

A Hall of Fame center and Detroit Pistons name.

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Houbregs's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ This man played against Bob Cousy didn’t he?! 😂💀

Off the court

Measurables

Height: 6'11"
Weight: 245 lb
Draft: 1953
Jersey: #20

Legacy

A hook-shot artist of the 1950s.

The person

A Hall of Fame center and Detroit Pistons name.

Hall of Fame

Detroit Pistons

All-Star

FAQ

Bob Houbregs — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Bob Houbregs, answered.

What were Bob Houbregs's career averages?

Bob Houbregs averaged 9.3 points, 5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.

Is Bob Houbregs in the Hall of Fame?

Yes — Bob Houbregs is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Bob Houbregs 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.