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Jase RichardsonOrlando Magic · #11
Jase Richardson is a guard the Orlando Magic selected 25th overall in the 2025 NBA draft out of Michigan State. A rookie building his NBA foundation in 2025-26 — full profile with projected role and outlook.
MVP race · #297Guard rank · #131Balladex Impact · 46
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Orlando Magic · #11 · Guard
Jase Richardson
Season avg4.4 pts · 1.2 reb · 1.1 ast · .473 fg
Career avg4.4 pts · 1.2 reb · 1.1 ast · .473 fg
Live win probabilityKnicks 64%
Balladex model · projected 119–115 · 98.4 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
9.9pts
3.7reb
4.1ast
36%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Jase Richardson
Orlando Magic · Guard
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OG Anunoby
New York Knicks · Strong defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report
Jase Richardson — 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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Young lead/combo guard · Impact 46
Jase Richardson is a guard the Orlando Magic selected 25th overall in the 2025 NBA draft out of Michigan State. A rookie building his NBA foundation i
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OffenseF
DefenseD
Feel / IQC-
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
Average tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II
Where Jase Richardson 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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Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬
44%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
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Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
6%
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Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks▬
3%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #301 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
46Impact index
85Star score
Career scoring average4.4 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file1
#25 2025 Draft pick
Stat explorer
Jase Richardson — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
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Scoring
4.4 PPG
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Playmaking
1.1 APG
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Rebounding
1.2 RPG
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Shooting
.354 3P%
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The engine
How the model sees Jase Richardson
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 — — 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: 54 → games & confidence
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The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified
Jase Richardson career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
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| 2025-26 | 54 | 10.9 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | .473 | .354 |
| Career | 54 | 10.9 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 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
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 Orlando Magic built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
44–38proj record
#9conf seed
+1net rtg
114.4off rtg
113.4def rtg
62%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Switch-heavy — Switches 1–4 (or 1–5) to erase actions and keep bodies in front. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Jalen Suggs, Jonathan Isaac.
How his role moves
Projected 44–38, 9th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
46 of 99
Role player tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
1 accolades
#25 2025 Draft pick
Act IV
The Ballad of Jase Richardson
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
Jase Richardson is a 2025 first-round rookie guard for the Orlando Magic.
Orlando Magic
Turning pro
Drafted 25th overall, 2025 as a Guard.
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Jase Richardson arrived in the NBA as the 25th pick of the 2025 draft, joining the Orlando Magic out of Michigan State.
Chapter
Year one is about carving a role: the ratings and stat line here are Balladex projections for a first-year guard still finding his footing.
Where things stand
A first-year guard finding his NBA footing.
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Richardson's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
Off the court
Measurables ESPN
Active
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 180 lbs
- College
- Michigan State
- Experience
- 1st Season
- Draft
- 25th overall, 2025
- Born
- Michigan State
- Jersey
- #11
Beyond the game
Richardson joins the Orlando Magic as part of the 2025 rookie class.
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The person
A 2025 first-round rookie guard out of Michigan State.
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Developing
Michigan State
Verified profiles & sources
FAQ
Jase Richardson — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Jase Richardson, answered.
Where was Jase Richardson drafted?
Jase Richardson was selected 25th overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2025 NBA draft, out of Michigan State.
Are Richardson's stats on this page real?
The identity and draft facts are real; the 2025-26 stat line and role ratings are Balladex projections, clearly labeled, since he is a first-year player.
Jase Richardson 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.
