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Jalen Bridges Chicago Bulls · #20

Forward · 6'7", 225 lb · Fairmont, WV · Age 25 · 1st season

Jalen Bridges is a forward for the Chicago Bulls who has played 8 games over 1 season, averaging 1.1 points, 0.5 rebounds and 0.0 assists in 2024-25.

MVP race · #510Forward rank · #172Balladex Impact · 50
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Jalen Bridges
Season avg1.1 pts · 0.5 reb · 0.0 ast · .286 fg
Career avg1.1 pts · 0.5 reb · 0.0 ast · .286 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
1.1pts
0.5reb
0.0ast
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Scouting report

Jalen Bridges — 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 50
Jalen Bridges is a forward for the Chicago Bulls who has played 8 games over 1 season, averaging 1.1 points, 0.5 rebounds and 0.0 assists in 2024-25.
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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 Jalen Bridges 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
1
Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬
43%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
7%
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Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #465 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
14Star score
Career scoring average1.1 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Jalen Bridges — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
1.1 PPG
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Playmaking
0.0 APG
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Rebounding
0.5 RPG
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Shooting
.286 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Jalen Bridges

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 2025-26  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
real
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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
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: 8 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Jalen Bridges career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2024-2583.81.10.50.0.286.286
Career83.81.10.50.0
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.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Chicago Bulls built to win?

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

29–53proj record
#11conf seed
-4.7net rtg
112.4off rtg
117.1def 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 improving. Defensive anchors: Isaac Okoro, Nic Claxton.
How his role moves
Projected 29–53, 11th 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 Jalen Bridges

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

2001-05-14

The beginning

Jalen Bridges is a forward for the Chicago Bulls.

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Jalen Bridges is a forward for the Chicago Bulls.

Chapter

He has played 8 games over 1 season (2024-25), averaging 3.8 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2024-25 he played 8 games, averaging 1.1 points, 0.5 rebounds and 0.0 assists in 3.8 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Bridges goes from here.

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Bridges's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 7"
Weight
225 lbs
College
Baylor
Experience
2nd Season
Born
Fairmont, WV
Age
25
Jersey
#20
Beyond the game

Jalen Bridges is from Fairmont, WV, born 2001-05-14, listed at 6'7" and 225 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 forward on 3.8 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth3.8 minutes a night; situational.
Floor spacerShooting 28.6% from three.
Verified profiles & sources
FAQ

Jalen Bridges — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jalen Bridges, answered.

What position does Jalen Bridges play?
Jalen Bridges is a forward for the Chicago Bulls.
How many NBA games has Jalen Bridges played?
8 regular-season games over 1 season, averaging 3.8 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has Jalen Bridges played?
1 season (2024-25).
How tall is Jalen Bridges?
6'7", 225 lb
Jalen Bridges 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.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
10%
1 seasons
Last 3 seasons
10%
74 games missed
Games missed
74
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
8
24-25

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady — 10% of games over the last three seasons, low of 10% in 2024-25.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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