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Jalen Smith Chicago Bulls · #25

Q: What position does Jalen Smith play?

Jalen Smith is a forward for the Chicago Bulls.

Q: How many NBA games has Jalen Smith played?

324 regular-season games over 6 seasons, averaging 16.9 minutes.

Forward · 6'8", 215 lb · Baltimore, MD · Age 26 · 7th season

Jalen Smith is a forward for the Chicago Bulls who has played 324 games over 6 seasons, averaging 10.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 2025-26.

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Chicago Bulls · #25 · Forward

Jalen Smith

Season avg10.2 pts · 6.7 reb · 1.2 ast · .483 fg

Career avg8.7 pts · 5.5 reb · 0.9 ast · .496 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

10.2pts

6.7reb

1.2ast

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Scouting report

Jalen Smith — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

Forward · Solid starter · Impact 58

Jalen Smith is a forward for the Chicago Bulls who has played 324 games over 6 seasons, averaging 10.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 2025-26

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Offense

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Defense

C-

Feel / IQ

C-

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 Smith 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 DEN▬

29%

Luka Doncic LAL▬

19%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬

11%

Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬

Victor Wembanyama SAS▬

Anthony Edwards MIN▬

Tyrese Maxey PHI▬

Jamal Murray DEN▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #242 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

<1%MVP odds

58Impact index

31Star score

Career scoring average8.7 ppg

Seasons in the index7

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Jalen Smith — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

10.2 PPG

drill in ↓

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Playmaking

1.2 APG

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Rebounding

6.7 RPG

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Shooting

.373 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Jalen Smith

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 71% confidence

10.6

pts

8.6–12.6

7.0

reb

6.0–8.0

1.3

ast

0.6–2.0

21.4

min

proj

health

.499

fg%

~base

.357

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 10.2 → projected 10.6 PPG

Minutes / role

+0.4

Development (his trend)

-0.2

Age curve

+0.0

Live context

+0.2

Net vs last season+0.4 PPG

Everything it reads

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7 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

+ctx

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 61 / 64 / 53 → games & confidence

health

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

Jalen Smith career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2020-21	27	5.8	2.0	1.4	0.1	.440	.235
2021-22 (Phoenix)	29	13.3	6.0	4.8	0.2	.460	.231
2021-22 (Indiana)	22	24.7	13.4	7.6	0.8	.531	.373
2022-23	68	18.8	9.4	5.8	1.0	.476	.283
2023-24	61	17.2	9.9	5.5	1.0	.592	.424
2024-25	64	15.0	8.2	5.6	1.0	.466	.324
2025-26	53	20.7	10.2	6.7	1.2	.483	.373
Career	324	16.9	8.7	5.5	0.9

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 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

58 of 99

Solid starter tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Jalen Smith

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

2000-03-16

The beginning

Jalen Smith is a forward for the Chicago Bulls.

Chicago Bulls

Turning pro

Drafted 10th overall, 2020 as a Forward.

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Jalen Smith is a forward for the Chicago Bulls.

Chapter

He has played 324 games over 6 seasons (2020-26), averaging 16.9 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 53 games, averaging 10.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 20.7 minutes.

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Smith's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 215 lbs
College: Maryland
Experience: 7th Season
NBA debut: 2020
Draft: 10th overall, 2020
Born: Baltimore, MD
Age: 26
Jersey: #25

Beyond the game

Jalen Smith is from Baltimore, MD, born 2000-03-16, listed at 6'8" and 215 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 16.9 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular20.7 minutes a night in the rotation.

Active on the glass6.7 rebounds per game.

Floor spacerShooting 37.3% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Jalen Smith — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jalen Smith, answered.

What position does Jalen Smith play?

Jalen Smith is a forward for the Chicago Bulls.

How many NBA games has Jalen Smith played?

324 regular-season games over 6 seasons, averaging 16.9 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Jalen Smith played?

6 seasons (2020-26).

How tall is Jalen Smith?

6'8", 215 lb

Jalen Smith 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.