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Cody Williams Minnesota Timberwolves · #9

Q: What position does Cody Williams play?

Cody Williams is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Q: How many NBA games has Cody Williams played?

117 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 23.0 minutes.

Forward · 6'8", 190 lb · Gilbert, AZ · Age 22 · 2nd season

Cody Williams is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves who has played 117 games over 2 seasons, averaging 8.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 2025-26.

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Minnesota Timberwolves · #9 · Forward

Cody Williams

Season avg8.8 pts · 3.0 reb · 2.0 ast · .468 fg

Career avg7.0 pts · 2.7 reb · 1.7 ast · .406 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

8.8pts

3.0reb

2.0ast

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Scouting report

Cody Williams — 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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Forward · Rotation piece · Impact 54

Cody Williams is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves who has played 117 games over 2 seasons, averaging 8.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists

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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 Cody Williams 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: #298 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

54Impact index

28Star score

Career scoring average7.0 ppg

Seasons in the index2

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Cody Williams — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

8.8 PPG

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Playmaking

2.0 APG

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Rebounding

3.0 RPG

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Shooting

.214 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Cody Williams

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 40% confidence

10.6

pts

6.9–14.3

3.4

reb

1.7–5.1

2.4

ast

1.0–3.8

26.2

min

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health

.429

fg%

~base

.226

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 8.8 → projected 10.6 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+1.8 PPG

Everything it reads

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2 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 22 — 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: 50 / 67 → games & confidence

health

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

Cody Williams career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2024-25	50	21.2	4.6	2.3	1.2	.323	.259
2025-26	67	24.3	8.8	3.0	2.0	.468	.214
Career	117	23.0	7.0	2.7	1.7

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

54 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Cody Williams

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

2004-11-20

The beginning

Cody Williams is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Turning pro

Drafted 10th overall, 2024 as a Forward.

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Cody Williams is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Chapter

He has played 117 games over 2 seasons (2024-26), averaging 23.0 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 67 games, averaging 8.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 24.3 minutes.

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Williams's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 190 lbs
College: Colorado
Experience: 3rd Season
Draft: 10th overall, 2024
Born: Gilbert, AZ
Age: 22
Jersey: #9

Beyond the game

Cody Williams is from Gilbert, AZ, born 2004-11-20, listed at 6'8" and 190 lb. He has 3 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 23.0 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular24.3 minutes a night in the rotation.

Floor spacerShooting 21.4% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Cody Williams — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Cody Williams, answered.

What position does Cody Williams play?

Cody Williams is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

How many NBA games has Cody Williams played?

117 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 23.0 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Cody Williams played?

2 seasons (2024-26).

How tall is Cody Williams?

6'8", 190 lb

Cody Williams 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.

Cody Williams Minnesota Timberwolves · #9

Cody Williams — the report card

Where Cody Williams stands

Cody Williams — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Cody Williams

Cody Williams career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Minnesota Timberwolves built to win?

The Ballad of Cody Williams

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Chapter

Off the court

Cody Williams — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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