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Dillon Jones Philadelphia 76ers · #35

Forward · 6'5", 241 lb · Columbia, SC · Age 25 · 2nd season

Dillon Jones is a forward for the Philadelphia 76ers who has played 61 games over 2 seasons, averaging 1.3 points, 1.0 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 2025-26.

MVP race · #405Forward rank · #216Balladex Impact · 46
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Dillon Jones
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Philadelphia 76ers · #35 · Forward
Dillon Jones
Season avg1.3 pts · 1.0 reb · 0.6 ast · .222 fg
Career avg2.4 pts · 2.1 reb · 1.0 ast · .365 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
1.3pts
1.0reb
0.6ast
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Scouting report

Dillon Jones — 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 · Role player · Impact 46
Dillon Jones is a forward for the Philadelphia 76ers who has played 61 games over 2 seasons, averaging 1.3 points, 1.0 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 202
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
C-
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 Dillon Jones 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: #557 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
46Impact index
15Star score
Career scoring average2.4 ppg
Seasons in the index2
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Dillon Jones — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
1.3 PPG
drill in ↓
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Playmaking
0.6 APG
drill in ↓
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Rebounding
1.0 RPG
drill in ↓
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Shooting
.200 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Dillon Jones

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  49% confidence
1.9
pts
-1.0–4.8
1.3
reb
-0.1–2.7
0.9
ast
-0.3–2.1
8.0
min
proj
30
gp
health
.321
fg%
~base
.233
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 1.3 → projected 1.9 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.6
Development (his trend)
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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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2 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 25 — 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 / 7 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Dillon Jones career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2024-255410.22.52.21.1.383.254
2025-2675.61.31.00.6.222.200
Career619.72.42.11.0
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
46 of 99
Role player tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Dillon Jones

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

2001-10-29

The beginning

Dillon Jones is a forward for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Philadelphia 76ers

Turning pro

Drafted 26th overall, 2024 as a Forward.

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Dillon Jones is a forward for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Chapter

He has played 61 games over 2 seasons (2024-26), averaging 9.7 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 7 games, averaging 1.3 points, 1.0 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 5.6 minutes.

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

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 5"
Weight
241 lbs
College
Weber State
Experience
3rd Season
Draft
26th overall, 2024
Born
Columbia, SC
Age
25
Jersey
#35
Beyond the game

Dillon Jones is from Columbia, SC, born 2001-10-29, listed at 6'5" and 241 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 9.7 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth5.6 minutes a night; situational.
Floor spacerShooting 20.0% from three.
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FAQ

Dillon Jones — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Dillon Jones, answered.

What position does Dillon Jones play?
Dillon Jones is a forward for the Philadelphia 76ers.
How many NBA games has Dillon Jones played?
61 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 9.7 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has Dillon Jones played?
2 seasons (2024-26).
How tall is Dillon Jones?
6'5", 241 lb
Dillon Jones 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
37%
2 seasons
Last 3 seasons
37%
103 games missed
Games missed
103
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
54
24-25
7
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady — 37% of games over the last three seasons, low of 9% in 2025-26.

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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