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Hayden Gray Boston Celtics · #44

Guard · 6'4", 190 lb · San Diego, CA · Age 23 · 1st season

Hayden Gray is a guard for the Boston Celtics who has played 1 game over 1 season, averaging 6.0 points, 0.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 2025-26.

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Boston Celtics · #44 · Guard

Hayden Gray

Season avg6.0 pts · 0.0 reb · 1.0 ast · .667 fg

Career avg6.0 pts · 0.0 reb · 1.0 ast · .667 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

6.0pts

0.0reb

1.0ast

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Scouting report

Hayden Gray — 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 50

Hayden Gray is a guard for the Boston Celtics who has played 1 game over 1 season, averaging 6.0 points, 0.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 2025-26.

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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 Hayden Gray 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%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #378 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

50Impact index

23Star score

Career scoring average6.0 ppg

Seasons in the index1

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Hayden Gray — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

6.0 PPG

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Playmaking

1.0 APG

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Rebounding

0.0 RPG

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Shooting

.000 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Hayden Gray

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 23 — 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: 1 → games & confidence

health

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

Hayden Gray career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2025-26	1	25.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	.667	.000
Career	1	25.0	6.0	0.0	1.0

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.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

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

Context

Are the Boston Celtics built to win?

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

63–19proj record

#2conf seed

+8.4net rtg

120off rtg

111.7def rtg

99%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Mitchell Robinson, Derrick White.

How his role moves

Projected 63–19, 2nd in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Hayden Gray

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

2003-05-11

The beginning

Hayden Gray is a guard for the Boston Celtics.

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Hayden Gray is a guard for the Boston Celtics.

Chapter

He has played 1 game over 1 season (2025-26), 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 1 game, averaging 6.0 points, 0.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 25.0 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Gray goes from here.

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Gray's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 190 lbs
College: UC San Diego
Experience: 2nd Season
Born: San Diego, CA
Age: 23
Jersey: #44

Beyond the game

Hayden Gray is from San Diego, CA, born 2003-05-11, listed at 6'4" and 190 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 25.0 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular25.0 minutes a night in the rotation.

Floor spacerShooting 0.0% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Hayden Gray — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Hayden Gray, answered.

What position does Hayden Gray play?

Hayden Gray is a guard for the Boston Celtics.

How many NBA games has Hayden Gray played?

1 regular-season game over 1 season, averaging 25.0 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Hayden Gray played?

1 season (2025-26).

How tall is Hayden Gray?

6'4", 190 lb

Hayden Gray 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.

Hayden Gray Boston Celtics · #44

Hayden Gray — the report card

Where Hayden Gray stands

Hayden Gray — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Hayden Gray

Hayden Gray career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Boston Celtics built to win?

The Ballad of Hayden Gray

The beginning

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Chapter

Chapter

Where things stand

Off the court

Hayden Gray — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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