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Dylan Cardwell Sacramento Kings · #32

Center · 6'10", 255 lb · Augusta, GA · Age 25 · 1st season

Dylan Cardwell is a center for the Sacramento Kings who has played 44 games over 1 season, averaging 5.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 2025-26.

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Sacramento Kings · #32 · Center

Dylan Cardwell

Season avg5.4 pts · 7.5 reb · 1.4 ast · .587 fg

Career avg5.4 pts · 7.5 reb · 1.4 ast · .587 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

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5.4pts

7.5reb

1.4ast

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Scouting report

Dylan Cardwell — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

Center · Solid starter · Impact 58

Dylan Cardwell is a center for the Sacramento Kings who has played 44 games over 1 season, averaging 5.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.4 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 Dylan Cardwell 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

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43%

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23%

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19%

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✦ Balladex Consensus: #276 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

58Impact index

22Star score

Career scoring average5.4 ppg

Seasons in the index1

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Dylan Cardwell — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

5.4 PPG

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Playmaking

1.4 APG

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Rebounding

7.5 RPG

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Shooting

.500 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Dylan Cardwell

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 confidence

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Everything it reads

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1 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 25 — 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: 44 → games & confidence

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

Dylan Cardwell career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2025-26	44	20.6	5.4	7.5	1.4	.587	.500
Career	44	20.6	5.4	7.5	1.4

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.

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Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Sacramento Kings built to win?

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

15–67proj record

#15conf seed

-10net rtg

110.4off rtg

120.5def rtg

1%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: Ben Simmons, Domantas Sabonis.

How his role moves

Projected 15–67, 15th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

58 of 99

Solid starter tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Dylan Cardwell

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

2001-12-16

The beginning

Dylan Cardwell is a center for the Sacramento Kings.

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Dylan Cardwell is a center for the Sacramento Kings.

Chapter

He has played 44 games over 1 season (2025-26), averaging 20.6 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 44 games, averaging 5.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 20.6 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Cardwell goes from here.

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Cardwell's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Out · INJURY_STATUS_OUTCardwell (calf) is expected to miss at least the first five or six games of the regular season, with a longer absence possible, Frankie Cartoscelli of KHTK Sactown Sports 1140 reports.

Height: 6' 10"
Weight: 255 lbs
College: Auburn
Experience: 2nd Season
Born: Augusta, GA
Age: 25
Jersey: #32

Beyond the game

Dylan Cardwell is from Augusta, GA, born 2001-12-16, listed at 6'10" and 255 lb. He has 2 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 20.6 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular20.6 minutes a night in the rotation.

Active on the glass7.5 rebounds per game.

Floor spacerShooting 50.0% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Dylan Cardwell — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Dylan Cardwell, answered.

What position does Dylan Cardwell play?

Dylan Cardwell is a center for the Sacramento Kings.

How many NBA games has Dylan Cardwell played?

44 regular-season games over 1 season, averaging 20.6 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Dylan Cardwell played?

1 season (2025-26).

How tall is Dylan Cardwell?

6'10", 255 lb

Dylan Cardwell 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.

Dylan Cardwell Sacramento Kings · #32

Dylan Cardwell — the report card

Where Dylan Cardwell stands

Dylan Cardwell — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Dylan Cardwell

Dylan Cardwell career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Sacramento Kings built to win?

The Ballad of Dylan Cardwell

The beginning

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Chapter

Chapter

Where things stand

Off the court

Dylan Cardwell — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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