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Bryce HopkinsDenver Nuggets · #43

Forward · 6'8", 210 lb · St. John's

Bryce Hopkins is a forward the Denver Nuggets selected 49th overall (second round) in the 2026 NBA draft out of St. John's. An incoming rookie for 2026-27 — projected role, ratings and outlook.

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Denver Nuggets · #43 · Forward

Bryce Hopkins

Season avg— · no NBA seasons yet — prospect

Career avg— · career line pending debut

Live win probabilityNuggets 52%

Balladex model · projected 118–118 · 99.5 pace

Tonight's projectionmodel

6.3pts

4.1reb

1.6ast

52%win

Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head

Bryce Hopkins

Denver Nuggets · Forward

Alex Caruso

Oklahoma City Thunder · Elite stopper

Category breakout

Head-to-head history

Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.

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Scouting report

Bryce Hopkins — the report card

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

Depth wing prospect · Impact 35

Bryce Hopkins is a forward the Denver Nuggets selected 49th overall (second round) in the 2026 NBA draft out of St. John's. An incoming rookie for 202

Offense

Defense

Feel / IQ

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 Bryce Hopkins 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 Denver Nuggets▬

44%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #364 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

35Impact index

65Star score

Career scoring average0.0 ppg

Seasons in the index0

Accolades on file1

#49 2026 Draft pick (R2)

Stat explorer

Bryce Hopkins — every number, three levels deep

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

Scoring

0.0 PPG

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Playmaking

0.0 APG

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Rebounding

0.0 RPG

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Shooting

— 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Bryce Hopkins

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 next season confidence

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Everything it reads

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0 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 — — 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: — → games & confidence

health

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

Bryce Hopkins career stats, season by season

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

Alex Toohey 100%Bogoljub Markovic 100%Izaiyah Nelson 100%Mohamed Diawara 100%Baba Miller 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 Denver Nuggets built to win?

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

55–27proj record

#4conf seed

+5.4net rtg

121.3off rtg

115.9def rtg

98%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Switch-heavy — Switches 1–4 (or 1–5) to erase actions and keep bodies in front. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Peyton Watson, Aaron Gordon.

How his role moves

Projected 55–27, 4th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

35 of 99

Role player tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

1 accolades

#49 2026 Draft pick (R2)

Act IV

The Ballad of Bryce Hopkins

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

The beginning

Bryce Hopkins is a 2026 second-round forward for the Denver Nuggets.

Denver Nuggets

Turning pro

Drafted 49th overall, 2026 as a Forward.

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Every Denver roster has a name the rest of the league slept on — and the second round is where the Nuggets go looking.

Chapter

A productive, physical forward out of Providence, Bryce Hopkins came in as a late-second-round flier: real college production, a pro frame, and the long developmental runway a patient mountain franchise is willing to give.

Where things stand

A second-round forward who debuts in 2026-27.

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Hopkins's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables

Active

Height: 6'8"
Weight: 210 lb
Draft: 49th overall, 2026
Born: St. John's
Jersey: #43

Beyond the game

Hopkins joins the Denver Nuggets as a 2026 second-round pick out of St. John's.

The person

A 2026 second-round forward out of St. John's.

Incoming

Second round

St. John's

FAQ

Bryce Hopkins — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Bryce Hopkins, answered.

Where was Bryce Hopkins drafted?

Bryce Hopkins was selected 49th overall (second round) by the Denver Nuggets in the 2026 NBA draft, out of St. John's.

Does Hopkins have NBA stats yet?

The identity and draft facts are real; the ratings and outlook are Balladex projections, since he debuts in 2026-27.

Bryce Hopkins 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.

Bryce HopkinsDenver Nuggets · #43

Bryce Hopkins — the report card

Where Bryce Hopkins stands

Bryce Hopkins — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Bryce Hopkins

Bryce Hopkins career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Denver Nuggets built to win?

The Ballad of Bryce Hopkins

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Where things stand

Off the court

Bryce Hopkins — frequently asked

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