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Buddy HieldAtlanta Hawks · #8

Shooting Guard · 6'4", 220 lb · Freeport, Bahamas · Age 34 · 10th season

One of the NBA's premier volume three-point shooters, Buddy Hield has averaged 14.5 points over 10 seasons and won the 2020 Three-Point Contest. The Bahamian marksman has built a career as an elite floor-spacer, from Sacramento to Indiana to Golden State and now Atlanta.

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Atlanta Hawks · #8 · Shooting Guard
Buddy Hield
Season avg7.6 pts · 2.3 reb · 1.4 ast · .437 fg
Career avg14.5 pts · 4.0 reb · 2.4 ast · .432 fg
Live win probabilityHawks 62%
Balladex model · projected 119–116 · 98.5 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
9.6pts
2.8reb
1.7ast
62%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Buddy Hield
Atlanta Hawks · Shooting Guard
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Derrick White
Boston Celtics · Strong defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Buddy Hield — 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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Elite movement shooter · Impact 65
One of the NBA's premier volume three-point shooters, Buddy Hield has averaged 14.5 points over 10 seasons and won the 2020 Three-Point Contest. The B
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Offense
F
Defense
C
Feel / IQ
D
Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Strong scorer
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C-
Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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A+
3PT / spacing
Elite spacing
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Perimeter D
Below average on the perimeter
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F
Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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C+
Clutch
Strong late
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C+
Athleticism
Average tools
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C
Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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C+
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Buddy Hield 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
1
Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬
44%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
6%
5
Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks▬
3%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #140 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
65Impact index
180Star score
Career scoring average14.5 ppg
Seasons in the index10
Accolades on file3
NBA Three-Point Contest champion (2020) · All-Rookie Second Team (2017)
Stat explorer

Buddy Hield — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
7.6 PPG
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Playmaking
1.4 APG
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Rebounding
2.3 RPG
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A+
Shooting
.349 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Buddy Hield

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  62% confidence
6.7
pts
4.3–9.1
2.0
reb
0.9–3.1
1.2
ast
0.3–2.1
14.4
min
proj
67
gp
health
.432
fg%
~base
.373
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 10-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 7.6 → projected 6.7 PPG
Minutes / role
-0.8
Development (his trend)
-0.1
Age curve
-0.2
Live context
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Net vs last season-0.9 PPG
Everything it reads
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10 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 34 — applied per stat
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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: 84 / 82 / 51 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Buddy Hield career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2016-178223.010.63.31.5.426.391
2017-188025.313.53.81.9.446.431
2018-198231.920.75.02.5.458.427
2019-207230.819.24.63.0.429.394
2020-217134.316.64.73.6.406.391
2021-228130.915.64.42.8.406.366
2022-238031.016.85.02.8.458.425
2023-248425.712.13.22.8.436.386
2024-258222.711.13.21.6.417.370
2025-265116.17.62.31.4.437.349
Career76527.514.54.02.4
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
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.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Atlanta Hawks built to win?

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

49–33proj record
#6conf seed
+2.9net rtg
115.3off rtg
112.6def rtg
89%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: Dyson Daniels, Luguentz Dort.
How his role moves
Projected 49–33, 6th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
65 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
3 accolades
NBA Three-Point Contest champion (2020) · All-Rookie Second Team (2017) · Consensus National Player of the Year (2016, college)
Act IV

The Ballad of Buddy Hield

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

Dec 17, 1992

The beginning

Buddy Hield is the sharpshooting Bahamian guard and 2020 Three-Point Contest champion known for limitless range.

Atlanta Hawks

Turning pro

Drafted 6th overall, 2016 as a Shooting Guard.

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Hield starred at Oklahoma, winning consensus National Player of the Year in 2016 before entering the draft.

Chapter

Traded to Sacramento as a rookie, he blossomed into a 20-point scorer and elite volume three-point shooter.

Chapter

He won the 2020 NBA Three-Point Contest, edging Devin Booker in the final round.

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Hield's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the court

Measurables
Active
Height
6'4"
Weight
220 lb
Draft
6th overall, 2016
Born
Freeport, Bahamas
Age
34
Jersey
#8
Beyond the game

Raised in the Bahamas in a large family, Hield has become a source of national pride and invests in youth basketball back home. His journey from a small island to NBA sharpshooter is a point of inspiration he embraces publicly.

The person

An upbeat, ultra-confident shooter whose relentless work ethic and green-light mentality define his game.

ConfidentFires without hesitation from deep range
TirelessBuilt his shot through relentless daily repetition
Proud rootsCarries the flag for Bahamian basketball
Verified profiles & sources
WikipediaNBA.comBasketball-ReferenceESPN
FAQ

Buddy Hield — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Buddy Hield, answered.

What team does Buddy Hield play for?
Hield plays for the Atlanta Hawks, who acquired him in a February 2026 trade from the Golden State Warriors.
Has Buddy Hield won the Three-Point Contest?
Yes. Hield won the 2020 NBA Three-Point Contest, defeating Devin Booker in the final round in Chicago.
Where is Buddy Hield from?
He was born in the Bahamas and is one of the most accomplished NBA players from that country, having starred at the University of Oklahoma.
Buddy Hield 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.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
95%
10 seasons
Last 3 seasons
87%
31 games missed
Games missed
37
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Durable
declining
Availability by season
82
16-17
80
17-18
82
18-19
72
19-20
71
20-21
81
21-22
80
22-23
84
23-24
82
24-25
51
25-26

Durable. Availability trend is declining — 87% of games over the last three seasons, low of 62% in 2025-26.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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