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Grant Williams Charlotte Hornets · #2

Forward · 6'7", 236 lb · Charlotte, NC · Age 28 · 8th season

Grant Williams is a forward for the Charlotte Hornets who has played 416 games over 7 seasons, averaging 7.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 2025-26.

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Charlotte Hornets · #2 · Forward

Grant Williams

Season avg7.0 pts · 3.9 reb · 1.6 ast · .426 fg

Career avg7.1 pts · 3.7 reb · 1.5 ast · .444 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

7.0pts

3.9reb

1.6ast

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Scouting report

Grant Williams — 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 53

Grant Williams is a forward for the Charlotte Hornets who has played 416 games over 7 seasons, averaging 7.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 2

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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 Grant Williams 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: #320 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

53Impact index

25Star score

Career scoring average7.1 ppg

Seasons in the index8

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Grant Williams — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

7.0 PPG

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Playmaking

1.6 APG

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Rebounding

3.9 RPG

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Shooting

.388 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Grant Williams

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 69% confidence

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pts

4.9–8.9

3.8

reb

2.8–4.8

1.6

ast

0.9–2.3

18.9

min

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health

.440

fg%

~base

.382

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 7.0 → projected 6.9 PPG

Minutes / role

-0.3

Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season-0.1 PPG

Everything it reads

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8 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 28 — 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: 29 / 16 / 36 → games & confidence

health

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

Grant Williams career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2019-20	69	15.1	3.4	2.6	1.0	.412	.250
2020-21	63	18.1	4.7	2.8	1.0	.437	.372
2021-22	77	24.4	7.8	3.6	1.0	.475	.411
2022-23	79	25.9	8.1	4.6	1.7	.454	.395
2023-24 (Dallas)	47	26.4	8.1	3.6	1.7	.413	.376
2023-24 (Charlotte)	29	30.6	13.9	5.1	3.2	.503	.373
2024-25	16	29.9	10.4	5.1	2.3	.439	.365
2025-26	36	19.8	7.0	3.9	1.6	.426	.388
Career	416	22.7	7.1	3.7	1.5

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 Charlotte Hornets built to win?

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

56–26proj record

#4conf seed

+5.6net rtg

118.7off rtg

113.2def 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: Moussa Diabate, Naz Reid.

How his role moves

Projected 56–26, 4th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

53 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Grant Williams

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

1998-11-30

The beginning

Grant Williams is a forward for the Charlotte Hornets.

Charlotte Hornets

Turning pro

Drafted 22nd overall, 2019 as a Forward.

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Grant Williams is a forward for the Charlotte Hornets.

Chapter

He has played 416 games over 7 seasons (2019-26), averaging 22.7 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 36 games, averaging 7.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 19.8 minutes.

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Williams's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Highlights landing soon

Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Day-To-Day · INJURY_STATUS_DAYTODAYWilliams will miss the preseason after suffering a right hamstring injury, the Hornets announced Friday.

Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 236 lbs
College: Tennessee
Experience: 8th Season
NBA debut: 2019
Draft: 22nd overall, 2019
Born: Charlotte, NC
Age: 28
Jersey: #2

Beyond the game

Grant Williams is from Charlotte, NC, born 1998-11-30, listed at 6'7" and 236 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 22.7 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular19.8 minutes a night in the rotation.

Floor spacerShooting 38.8% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Grant Williams — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Grant Williams, answered.

What position does Grant Williams play?

Grant Williams is a forward for the Charlotte Hornets.

How many NBA games has Grant Williams played?

416 regular-season games over 7 seasons, averaging 22.7 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Grant Williams played?

7 seasons (2019-26).

How tall is Grant Williams?

6'7", 236 lb

Grant Williams 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.