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Craig Porter Jr. Cleveland Cavaliers · #9

Guard · 6'1", 180 lb · Terre Haute, IN · Age 26 · 3rd season

Craig Porter Jr. is a guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers who has played 166 games over 3 seasons, averaging 4.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 2025-26.

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MVP race · #306Guard rank · #167Balladex Impact · 52

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Cleveland Cavaliers · #9 · Guard

Craig Porter Jr.

Season avg4.5 pts · 3.4 reb · 3.2 ast · .450 fg

Career avg4.6 pts · 2.4 reb · 2.4 ast · .488 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

4.5pts

3.4reb

3.2ast

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Scouting report

Craig Porter Jr. — 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

Craig Porter Jr. is a guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers who has played 166 games over 3 seasons, averaging 4.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.2 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 Craig Porter Jr. 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: #345 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

52Impact index

21Star score

Career scoring average4.6 ppg

Seasons in the index3

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Craig Porter Jr. — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

4.5 PPG

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Playmaking

3.2 APG

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Rebounding

3.4 RPG

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Shooting

.355 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Craig Porter Jr.

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 57% confidence

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pts

1.9–6.9

3.9

reb

2.6–5.2

3.7

ast

2.6–4.8

19.6

min

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health

.478

fg%

~base

.379

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 4.5 → projected 4.4 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

-0.6

Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season-0.1 PPG

Everything it reads

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3 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 26 — 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: 51 / 51 / 64 → games & confidence

health

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

Craig Porter Jr. career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2023-24	51	12.7	5.6	2.1	2.3	.509	.353
2024-25	51	10.1	3.7	1.3	1.4	.514	.438
2025-26	64	17.9	4.5	3.4	3.2	.450	.355
Career	166	13.9	4.6	2.4	2.4

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

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 Cleveland Cavaliers built to win?

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

52–30proj record

#5conf seed

+4.4net rtg

118.5off rtg

113.9def rtg

96%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: Jarrett Allen, Peyton Watson.

How his role moves

Projected 52–30, 5th in the East. 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 Craig Porter Jr.

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

2000-02-26

The beginning

Craig Porter Jr.

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Craig Porter Jr. is a guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Chapter

He has played 166 games over 3 seasons (2023-26), averaging 13.9 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 64 games, averaging 4.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 17.9 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Jr.

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Jr.'s story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 180 lbs
College: Wichita State
Experience: 4th Season
Born: Terre Haute, IN
Age: 26
Jersey: #9

Beyond the game

Craig Porter Jr. is from Terre Haute, IN, born 2000-02-26, listed at 6'1" and 180 lb. He has 4 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 13.9 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth17.9 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 35.5% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Craig Porter Jr. — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Craig Porter Jr., answered.

What position does Craig Porter Jr. play?

Craig Porter Jr. is a guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

How many NBA games has Craig Porter Jr. played?

166 regular-season games over 3 seasons, averaging 13.9 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Craig Porter Jr. played?

3 seasons (2023-26).

How tall is Craig Porter Jr.?

6'1", 180 lb

Craig Porter Jr. 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.