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Elijah Harkless Detroit Pistons · #94

Guard · 6'3", 195 lb · San Bernardino, CA · Age 26 · 2nd season

Elijah Harkless is a guard for the Detroit Pistons who has played 36 games over 2 seasons, averaging 6.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 2025-26.

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Detroit Pistons · #94 · Guard

Elijah Harkless

Season avg6.8 pts · 2.0 reb · 2.9 ast · .335 fg

Career avg5.8 pts · 2.0 reb · 2.3 ast · .329 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

6.8pts

2.0reb

2.9ast

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Scouting report

Elijah Harkless — 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

Elijah Harkless is a guard for the Detroit Pistons who has played 36 games over 2 seasons, averaging 6.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.9 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 Elijah Harkless 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: #335 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

25Star score

Career scoring average5.8 ppg

Seasons in the index2

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Elijah Harkless — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

6.8 PPG

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Playmaking

2.9 APG

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Rebounding

2.0 RPG

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Shooting

.239 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Elijah Harkless

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 47% confidence

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pts

5.1–11.5

2.0

reb

0.5–3.5

3.6

ast

2.3–4.9

23.1

min

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health

.330

fg%

~base

.249

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 6.8 → projected 8.3 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+1.5 PPG

Everything it reads

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2 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: 10 / 26 → games & confidence

health

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

Elijah Harkless career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2024-25	10	13.8	3.2	2.1	0.8	.314	.280
2025-26	26	21.0	6.8	2.0	2.9	.335	.239
Career	36	19.0	5.8	2.0	2.3

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 Detroit Pistons built to win?

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

65–17proj record

#1conf seed

+9.2net rtg

117.7off rtg

108.5def rtg

99%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: Ausar Thompson, Javonte Green.

How his role moves

Projected 65–17, 1st 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 Elijah Harkless

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

2000-02-03

The beginning

Elijah Harkless is a guard for the Detroit Pistons.

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Elijah Harkless is a guard for the Detroit Pistons.

Chapter

He has played 36 games over 2 seasons (2024-26), averaging 19.0 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 26 games, averaging 6.8 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 21.0 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Harkless goes from here.

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Harkless's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 195 lbs
College: UNLV
Experience: 2nd Season
Born: San Bernardino, CA
Age: 26
Jersey: #94

Beyond the game

Elijah Harkless is from San Bernardino, CA, born 2000-02-03, listed at 6'3" and 195 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 guard on 19.0 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular21.0 minutes a night in the rotation.

Floor spacerShooting 23.9% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Elijah Harkless — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Elijah Harkless, answered.

What position does Elijah Harkless play?

Elijah Harkless is a guard for the Detroit Pistons.

How many NBA games has Elijah Harkless played?

36 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 19.0 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Elijah Harkless played?

2 seasons (2024-26).

How tall is Elijah Harkless?

6'3", 195 lb

Elijah Harkless 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.

Elijah Harkless Detroit Pistons · #94

Elijah Harkless — the report card

Where Elijah Harkless stands

Elijah Harkless — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Elijah Harkless

Elijah Harkless career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Detroit Pistons built to win?

The Ballad of Elijah Harkless

The beginning

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Chapter

Chapter

Where things stand

Off the court

Elijah Harkless — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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