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Bryce McGowens New Orleans Pelicans · #11

Q: What position does Bryce McGowens play?

Bryce McGowens is a guard for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Q: How many NBA games has Bryce McGowens played?

160 regular-season games over 4 seasons, averaging 16.1 minutes.

Guard · 6'6", 190 lb · Pendleton, SC · Age 24 · 4th season

Bryce McGowens is a guard for the New Orleans Pelicans who has played 160 games over 4 seasons, averaging 8.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 2025-26.

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New Orleans Pelicans · #11 · Guard

Bryce McGowens

Season avg8.1 pts · 2.1 reb · 1.5 ast · .481 fg

Career avg5.6 pts · 1.8 reb · 1.1 ast · .425 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

8.1pts

2.1reb

1.5ast

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Scouting report

Bryce McGowens — 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 52

Bryce McGowens is a guard for the New Orleans Pelicans who has played 160 games over 4 seasons, averaging 8.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.5 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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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Bryce McGowens 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: #330 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

52Impact index

27Star score

Career scoring average5.6 ppg

Seasons in the index4

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Bryce McGowens — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

8.1 PPG

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Playmaking

1.5 APG

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Rebounding

2.1 RPG

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Shooting

.409 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Bryce McGowens

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 59% confidence

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pts

6.5–11.7

2.2

reb

1.0–3.4

1.7

ast

0.7–2.7

22.3

min

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health

.432

fg%

~base

.321

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 4-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 8.1 → projected 9.1 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season+1.0 PPG

Everything it reads

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4 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 24 — 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: 59 / 13 / 42 → games & confidence

health

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

Bryce McGowens career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2022-23	46	17.1	5.3	2.0	1.2	.396	.325
2023-24	59	14.9	5.1	1.7	0.9	.439	.333
2024-25	13	2.5	1.0	0.2	0.2	.286	.000
2025-26	42	21.0	8.1	2.1	1.5	.481	.409
Career	160	16.1	5.6	1.8	1.1

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.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

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

Context

Are the New Orleans Pelicans built to win?

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

31–51proj record

#11conf seed

-4net rtg

113.5off rtg

117.4def rtg

2%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: Herbert Jones, Derik Queen.

How his role moves

Projected 31–51, 11th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

52 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Bryce McGowens

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

2002-11-08

The beginning

Bryce McGowens is a guard for the New Orleans Pelicans.

New Orleans Pelicans

Turning pro

Drafted 40th overall, 2022 as a Guard.

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Bryce McGowens is a guard for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Chapter

He has played 160 games over 4 seasons (2022-26), averaging 16.1 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 42 games, averaging 8.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 21.0 minutes.

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McGowens's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 190 lbs
College: Nebraska
Experience: 5th Season
Draft: 40th overall, 2022
Born: Pendleton, SC
Age: 24
Jersey: #11

Beyond the game

Bryce McGowens is from Pendleton, SC, born 2002-11-08, listed at 6'6" and 190 lb. He has 5 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 16.1 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular21.0 minutes a night in the rotation.

Floor spacerShooting 40.9% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Bryce McGowens — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Bryce McGowens, answered.

What position does Bryce McGowens play?

Bryce McGowens is a guard for the New Orleans Pelicans.

How many NBA games has Bryce McGowens played?

160 regular-season games over 4 seasons, averaging 16.1 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Bryce McGowens played?

4 seasons (2022-26).

How tall is Bryce McGowens?

6'6", 190 lb

Bryce McGowens 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 McGowens New Orleans Pelicans · #11

Bryce McGowens — the report card

Where Bryce McGowens stands

Bryce McGowens — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Bryce McGowens

Bryce McGowens career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the New Orleans Pelicans built to win?

The Ballad of Bryce McGowens

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

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Off the court

Bryce McGowens — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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