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Caleb Martin Dallas Mavericks · #16

Forward · 6'5", 205 lb · Mocksville, NC · Age 31 · 8th season

Caleb Martin is a forward for the Dallas Mavericks who has played 369 games over 7 seasons, averaging 3.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 2025-26.

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Dallas Mavericks · #16 · Forward

Caleb Martin

Season avg3.9 pts · 2.5 reb · 1.4 ast · .450 fg

Career avg7.7 pts · 3.7 reb · 1.6 ast · .444 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

3.9pts

2.5reb

1.4ast

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Scouting report

Caleb Martin — the report card

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

Forward · Rotation piece · Impact 48

Caleb Martin is a forward for the Dallas Mavericks who has played 369 games over 7 seasons, averaging 3.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 2025

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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 Caleb Martin 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▬

43%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #427 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

48Impact index

20Star score

Career scoring average7.7 ppg

Seasons in the index8

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Caleb Martin — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

3.9 PPG

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Playmaking

1.4 APG

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Rebounding

2.5 RPG

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Shooting

.351 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Caleb Martin

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 71% confidence

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pts

1.6–5.0

2.2

reb

1.4–3.0

1.3

ast

0.6–2.0

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health

.440

fg%

~base

.348

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 7-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 3.9 → projected 3.3 PPG

Minutes / role

-0.5

Development (his trend)

-0.2

Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season-0.6 PPG

Everything it reads

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8 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 31 — 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: 31 / 14 / 58 → games & confidence

health

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

Caleb Martin career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2019-20	18	17.6	6.2	2.1	1.3	.440	.541
2020-21	53	15.4	5.0	2.7	1.3	.375	.248
2021-22	60	22.9	9.2	3.8	1.1	.507	.413
2022-23	71	29.3	9.6	4.8	1.6	.463	.356
2023-24	64	27.5	10.0	4.4	2.2	.431	.349
2024-25 (Philadelphia)	31	30.4	9.1	4.4	2.2	.435	.379
2024-25 (Dallas)	14	19.6	5.4	2.9	1.9	.389	.250
2025-26	58	14.8	3.9	2.5	1.4	.450	.351
Career	369	22.8	7.7	3.7	1.6

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 Dallas Mavericks built to win?

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

28–54proj record

#12conf seed

-5.1net rtg

110.4off rtg

115.4def rtg

1%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Daniel Gafford, Dereck Lively II.

How his role moves

Projected 28–54, 12th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

48 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Caleb Martin

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

1995-09-28

The beginning

Caleb Martin is a forward for the Dallas Mavericks.

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Caleb Martin is a forward for the Dallas Mavericks.

Chapter

He has played 369 games over 7 seasons (2019-26), averaging 22.8 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 58 games, averaging 3.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 14.8 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Martin goes from here.

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Martin's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 205 lbs
College: Nevada
Experience: 8th Season
NBA debut: 2019
Born: Mocksville, NC
Age: 31
Jersey: #16

Beyond the game

Caleb Martin is from Mocksville, NC, born 1995-09-28, listed at 6'5" and 205 lb. He has 8 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 forward on 22.8 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth14.8 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 35.1% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Caleb Martin — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Caleb Martin, answered.

What position does Caleb Martin play?

Caleb Martin is a forward for the Dallas Mavericks.

How many NBA games has Caleb Martin played?

369 regular-season games over 7 seasons, averaging 22.8 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Caleb Martin played?

7 seasons (2019-26).

How tall is Caleb Martin?

6'5", 205 lb

Caleb Martin 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.