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DeAndre Jordan New Orleans Pelicans · #6

Center · 6'11", 265 lb · Houston, TX · Age 38 · 20th season

DeAndre Jordan is a center for the New Orleans Pelicans who has played 1,123 games over 18 seasons, averaging 4.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 2025-26.

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MVP race · #295Center rank · #55Balladex Impact · 54

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Analysis by Beau Thoutt · Balladex

◆ Rated

New Orleans Pelicans · #6 · Center

DeAndre Jordan

Season avg4.4 pts · 6.3 reb · 0.9 ast · .656 fg

Career avg8.5 pts · 9.7 reb · 0.9 ast · .671 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

4.4pts

6.3reb

0.9ast

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Scouting report

DeAndre Jordan — 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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Center · Rotation piece · Impact 54

DeAndre Jordan is a center for the New Orleans Pelicans who has played 1,123 games over 18 seasons, averaging 4.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 0.9 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 DeAndre Jordan 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: #323 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

20Star score

Career scoring average8.5 ppg

Seasons in the index20

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

DeAndre Jordan — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

4.4 PPG

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Playmaking

0.9 APG

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Rebounding

6.3 RPG

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Shooting

.000 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees DeAndre Jordan

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 56% confidence

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pts

1.4–6.6

5.8

reb

4.4–7.2

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ast

-0.1–1.9

16.1

min

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health

.659

fg%

~base

.112

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 18-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 4.4 → projected 4.0 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-0.4 PPG

Everything it reads

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20 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 38 — 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: 36 / 56 / 12 → games & confidence

health

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

DeAndre Jordan career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2008-09	53	14.5	4.3	4.5	0.2	.633	.000
2009-10	70	16.2	4.8	5.0	0.3	.605	.000
2010-11	80	25.6	7.1	7.2	0.5	.686	.000
2011-12	66	27.2	7.4	8.3	0.3	.632	.000
2012-13	82	24.5	8.8	7.2	0.3	.643	.000
2013-14	82	35.0	10.4	13.6	0.9	.676	.000
2014-15	82	34.4	11.5	15.0	0.7	.710	.250
2015-16	77	33.7	12.7	13.8	1.2	.703	.000
2016-17	81	31.7	12.7	13.8	1.2	.714	.000
2017-18	77	31.5	12.0	15.2	1.5	.645	.000
2018-19 (Dallas)	50	31.1	11.0	13.7	2.0	.644	.000
2018-19 (New York)	19	25.9	10.9	11.4	3.0	.634	.000
2019-20	56	22.0	8.3	10.0	1.9	.666	.000
2020-21	57	21.9	7.5	7.5	1.6	.763	.000
2021-22 (LA Lakers)	32	12.8	4.1	5.4	0.4	.674	.000
2021-22 (Philadelphia)	16	13.4	4.6	5.8	0.5	.593	.000
2022-23	39	15.0	5.1	5.2	0.9	.765	1.000
2023-24	36	11.0	3.9	4.4	0.7	.624	.000
2024-25	56	12.3	3.7	5.1	0.9	.650	.000
2025-26	12	16.6	4.4	6.3	0.9	.656	.000
Career	1123	25.0	8.5	9.7	0.9

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 New Orleans Pelicans built to win?

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

31–51proj record

#11conf seed

-4net rtg

113.5off rtg

117.4def rtg

2%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: Herbert Jones, Derik Queen.

How his role moves

Projected 31–51, 11th 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 DeAndre Jordan

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

1988-07-21

The beginning

DeAndre Jordan is a center for the New Orleans Pelicans.

New Orleans Pelicans

Turning pro

Drafted 35th overall, 2008 as a Center.

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DeAndre Jordan is a center for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Chapter

He has played 1,123 games over 18 seasons (2008-26), averaging 25.0 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 12 games, averaging 4.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 16.6 minutes.

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Jordan's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 11"
Weight: 265 lbs
College: Texas A&M
Experience: 19th Season
NBA debut: 2008
Draft: 35th overall, 2008
Born: Houston, TX
Age: 38
Jersey: #6

Beyond the game

DeAndre Jordan is from Houston, TX, born 1988-07-21, listed at 6'11" and 265 lb. He has 19 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 center on 25.0 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth16.6 minutes a night; situational.

Active on the glass6.3 rebounds per game.

Floor spacerShooting 0.0% from three.

Veteran19 seasons of NBA service.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

DeAndre Jordan — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about DeAndre Jordan, answered.

What position does DeAndre Jordan play?

DeAndre Jordan is a center for the New Orleans Pelicans.

How many NBA games has DeAndre Jordan played?

1,123 regular-season games over 18 seasons, averaging 25.0 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has DeAndre Jordan played?

18 seasons (2008-26).

How tall is DeAndre Jordan?

6'11", 265 lb

DeAndre Jordan 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.