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Haywood Highsmith Phoenix Suns · #19

Forward · 6'5", 220 lb · Baltimore, MD · Age 30 · 6th season

Haywood Highsmith is a forward for the Phoenix Suns who has played 225 games over 6 seasons, averaging 5.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 2025-26.

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MVP race · #301Forward rank · #115Balladex Impact · 54

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Phoenix Suns · #19 · Forward

Haywood Highsmith

Season avg5.4 pts · 1.9 reb · 1.0 ast · .522 fg

Career avg5.4 pts · 3.1 reb · 1.1 ast · .445 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

5.4pts

1.9reb

1.0ast

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Scouting report

Haywood Highsmith — 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 54

Haywood Highsmith is a forward for the Phoenix Suns who has played 225 games over 6 seasons, averaging 5.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 202

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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 Haywood Highsmith 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: #329 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

54Impact index

22Star score

Career scoring average5.4 ppg

Seasons in the index6

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Haywood Highsmith — 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

1.0 APG

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Rebounding

1.9 RPG

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Shooting

.571 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Haywood Highsmith

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 70% confidence

5.6

pts

3.7–7.5

1.8

reb

0.9–2.7

1.1

ast

0.4–1.8

12.9

min

proj

health

.466

fg%

~base

.409

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 6-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 5.4 → projected 5.6 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+0.2 PPG

Everything it reads

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6 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 30 — 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: 66 / 74 / 7 → games & confidence

health

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

Haywood Highsmith career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2018-19	5	8.0	1.8	1.0	0.4	.400	.200
2021-22	19	8.6	2.3	1.4	0.3	.348	.321
2022-23	54	17.9	4.4	3.5	0.8	.431	.339
2023-24	66	20.7	6.1	3.2	1.1	.465	.396
2024-25	74	24.6	6.5	3.4	1.5	.458	.382
2025-26	7	13.0	5.4	1.9	1.0	.522	.571
Career	225	19.8	5.4	3.1	1.1

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 Phoenix Suns built to win?

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

47–35proj record

#7conf seed

+2.2net rtg

114.6off rtg

112.5def rtg

81%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: Mark Williams, Jordan Goodwin.

How his role moves

Projected 47–35, 7th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

54 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Haywood Highsmith

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

1996-12-09

The beginning

Haywood Highsmith is a forward for the Phoenix Suns.

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Haywood Highsmith is a forward for the Phoenix Suns.

Chapter

He has played 225 games over 6 seasons (2018-26), averaging 19.8 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 5.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 13.0 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Highsmith goes from here.

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Highsmith's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 220 lbs
College: Wheeling
Experience: 7th Season
NBA debut: 2018
Born: Baltimore, MD
Age: 30
Jersey: #19

Beyond the game

Haywood Highsmith is from Baltimore, MD, born 1996-12-09, listed at 6'5" and 220 lb. He has 7 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 19.8 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth13.0 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 57.1% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Haywood Highsmith — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Haywood Highsmith, answered.

What position does Haywood Highsmith play?

Haywood Highsmith is a forward for the Phoenix Suns.

How many NBA games has Haywood Highsmith played?

225 regular-season games over 6 seasons, averaging 19.8 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Haywood Highsmith played?

6 seasons (2018-26).

How tall is Haywood Highsmith?

6'5", 220 lb

Haywood Highsmith 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.