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Dean Wade Philadelphia 76ers · #45

Forward · 6'9", 223 lb · Wichita, KS · Age 30 · 7th season

Dean Wade is a forward for the Philadelphia 76ers who has played 342 games over 7 seasons, averaging 5.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 2025-26.

MVP race · #286Forward rank · #111Balladex Impact · 54
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Dean Wade
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Philadelphia 76ers · #45 · Forward
Dean Wade
Season avg5.8 pts · 4.2 reb · 1.5 ast · .439 fg
Career avg5.3 pts · 3.6 reb · 1.1 ast · .437 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
5.8pts
4.2reb
1.5ast
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Scouting report

Dean Wade — 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
Dean Wade is a forward for the Philadelphia 76ers who has played 342 games over 7 seasons, averaging 5.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.5 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 Dean Wade 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▬
43%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
7%
5
Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #318 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
54Impact index
23Star score
Career scoring average5.3 ppg
Seasons in the index7
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Dean Wade — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
5.8 PPG
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Playmaking
1.5 APG
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Rebounding
4.2 RPG
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Shooting
.362 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Dean Wade

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  75% confidence
6.0
pts
4.4–7.6
4.3
reb
3.5–5.1
1.7
ast
1.1–2.3
22.7
min
proj
58
gp
health
.424
fg%
~base
.366
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 5.8 → projected 6.0 PPG
Minutes / role
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Development (his trend)
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Age curve
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Live context
+0.1
Net vs last season+0.2 PPG
Everything it reads
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7 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
auto
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
+dev
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Per-stat aging curves
age 30 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
+ctx
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 54 / 59 / 59 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Dean Wade career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2019-20125.91.71.60.2.692.500
2020-216319.26.03.41.2.431.366
2021-225119.25.32.91.0.456.359
2022-234420.34.73.40.8.412.354
2023-245420.55.44.00.8.414.391
2024-255921.25.44.21.3.413.360
2025-265922.35.84.21.5.439.362
Career34220.05.33.61.1
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.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Philadelphia 76ers built to win?

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

42–40proj record
#10conf seed
+0.3net rtg
114.5off rtg
114.2def rtg
46%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: Joel Embiid, Adem Bona.
How his role moves
Projected 42–40, 10th in the East. 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 Dean Wade

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

1996-11-20

The beginning

Dean Wade is a forward for the Philadelphia 76ers.

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Dean Wade is a forward for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Chapter

He has played 342 games over 7 seasons (2019-26), averaging 20.0 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 59 games, averaging 5.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 22.3 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Wade goes from here.

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Wade's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 9"
Weight
223 lbs
College
Kansas State
Experience
8th Season
NBA debut
2019
Born
Wichita, KS
Age
30
Jersey
#45
Beyond the game

Dean Wade is from Wichita, KS, born 1996-11-20, listed at 6'9" and 223 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 20.0 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular22.3 minutes a night in the rotation.
Floor spacerShooting 36.2% from three.
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FAQ

Dean Wade — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Dean Wade, answered.

What position does Dean Wade play?
Dean Wade is a forward for the Philadelphia 76ers.
How many NBA games has Dean Wade played?
342 regular-season games over 7 seasons, averaging 20.0 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has Dean Wade played?
7 seasons (2019-26).
How tall is Dean Wade?
6'9", 223 lb
Dean Wade 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
61%
7 seasons
Last 3 seasons
70%
74 games missed
Games missed
212
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
improving
Availability by season
12
19-20
63
20-21
51
21-22
44
22-23
54
23-24
59
24-25
59
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is improving — 70% of games over the last three seasons, low of 17% in 2019-20.

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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