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Bones Hyland Minnesota Timberwolves · #8

Q: What position does Bones Hyland play?

Bones Hyland is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Q: How many NBA games has Bones Hyland played?

257 regular-season games over 5 seasons, averaging 17.0 minutes.

Guard · 6'2", 169 lb · Wilmington, DE · Age 26 · 7th season

Bones Hyland is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves who has played 257 games over 5 seasons, averaging 8.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 2025-26.

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Minnesota Timberwolves · #8 · Guard

Bones Hyland

Season avg8.5 pts · 1.8 reb · 2.6 ast · .453 fg

Career avg9.2 pts · 2.1 reb · 2.6 ast · .417 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

8.5pts

1.8reb

2.6ast

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Scouting report

Bones Hyland — 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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Guard · Rotation piece · Impact 51

Bones Hyland is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves who has played 257 games over 5 seasons, averaging 8.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists in

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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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A+

Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Bones Hyland 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

Nikola Jokić DEN▬

29%

Luka Doncic LAL▬

19%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬

11%

Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬

Victor Wembanyama SAS▬

Anthony Edwards MIN▬

Tyrese Maxey PHI▬

Jamal Murray DEN▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #338 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

51Impact index

28Star score

Career scoring average9.2 ppg

Seasons in the index7

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Bones Hyland — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

8.5 PPG

drill in ↓

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Playmaking

2.6 APG

drill in ↓

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Rebounding

1.8 RPG

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Shooting

.388 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Bones Hyland

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 64% confidence

8.7

pts

6.4–11.0

1.8

reb

0.8–2.8

2.7

ast

1.8–3.6

16.8

min

proj

health

.434

fg%

~base

.379

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 5-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 8.5 → projected 8.7 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

-0.1

Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season+0.2 PPG

Everything it reads

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7 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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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 26 — 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: 20 / 4 / 71 → games & confidence

health

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

Bones Hyland career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2021-22	69	19.0	10.1	2.7	2.8	.403	.366
2022-23 (Denver)	42	19.5	12.1	2.0	3.0	.399	.378
2022-23 (LA Clippers)	14	19.1	10.8	3.5	3.4	.401	.351
2023-24	37	14.6	6.9	1.5	2.5	.386	.326
2024-25 (LA Clippers)	20	11.1	7.2	1.2	1.4	.391	.388
2024-25 (Minnesota)	4	4.5	1.3	0.3	1.0	.667	.500
2025-26	71	16.6	8.5	1.8	2.6	.453	.388
Career	257	17.0	9.2	2.1	2.6

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.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

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

Context

Are the Minnesota Timberwolves built to win?

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

51–31proj record

#5conf seed

+3.8net rtg

116off rtg

112.1def rtg

94%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: Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels.

How his role moves

Projected 51–31, 5th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

51 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Bones Hyland

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

2000-09-14

The beginning

Bones Hyland is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Turning pro

Drafted 26th overall, 2021 as a Guard.

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Bones Hyland is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Chapter

He has played 257 games over 5 seasons (2021-26), averaging 17.0 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 71 games, averaging 8.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 16.6 minutes.

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Hyland's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 169 lbs
College: VCU
Experience: 6th Season
Draft: 26th overall, 2021
Born: Wilmington, DE
Age: 26
Jersey: #8

Beyond the game

Bones Hyland is from Wilmington, DE, born 2000-09-14, listed at 6'2" and 169 lb. He has 6 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 guard on 17.0 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth16.6 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 38.8% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Bones Hyland — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Bones Hyland, answered.

What position does Bones Hyland play?

Bones Hyland is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

How many NBA games has Bones Hyland played?

257 regular-season games over 5 seasons, averaging 17.0 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Bones Hyland played?

5 seasons (2021-26).

How tall is Bones Hyland?

6'2", 169 lb

Bones Hyland 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.