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Javon SmallMemphis Grizzlies · #10

Guard · 6'4", 190 lb · West Virginia · 1st season

Javon Small is a guard the Memphis Grizzlies selected 48th overall (second round) in the 2025 NBA draft out of West Virginia. A young second-round pick — projected role, ratings and outlook.

MVP race · #227Guard rank · #145Balladex Impact · 35
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Memphis Grizzlies · #10 · Guard
Javon Small
Season avg9.7 pts · 3.1 reb · 3.7 ast · .465 fg
Career avg9.7 pts · 3.1 reb · 3.7 ast · .465 fg
Live win probabilityLakers 66%
Balladex model · projected 119–116 · 98.8 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
6.1pts
2.6reb
2.7ast
34%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Javon Small
Memphis Grizzlies · Guard
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Austin Reaves
Los Angeles Lakers · Average 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

Javon Small — 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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Depth guard prospect · Impact 35
Javon Small is a guard the Memphis Grizzlies selected 48th overall (second round) in the 2025 NBA draft out of West Virginia. A young second-round pic
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
F
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 Javon Small 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 DEN
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL
20%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
12%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
4%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI
2%
8
Jamal Murray DEN
2%
Balladex Consensus: #331 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
35Impact index
81Star score
Career scoring average9.7 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file1
#48 2025 Draft pick (R2)
Stat explorer

Javon Small — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
9.7 PPG
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Playmaking
3.7 APG
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Rebounding
3.1 RPG
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Shooting
.423 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Javon Small

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

Javon Small career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2025-264120.29.73.13.7.465.423
Career4120.29.73.13.7
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
in 2026 pace
why
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 Memphis Grizzlies built to win?

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

27–55proj record
#13conf seed
-5.4net rtg
112.7off rtg
118.1def rtg
1%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 improving. Defensive anchors: Zach Edey, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
How his role moves
Projected 27–55, 13th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
35 of 99
Role player tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
1 accolades
#48 2025 Draft pick (R2)
Act IV

The Ballad of Javon Small

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

The beginning

Javon Small is a 2025 second-round guard for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Memphis Grizzlies

Turning pro

Drafted 48th overall, 2025 as a Guard.

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Javon Small didn't get discovered — he got earned, one transfer at a time, from East Carolina to Oklahoma State to West Virginia, dragging his game up a level with every stop. The reward came late and low: the 48th pick of the 2025 draft, a second-rounder's ticket to Memphis.

Chapter

A guard who's had to reintroduce himself in three locker rooms learns something the lottery picks never do — how to survive on nerve. He plays with the edge of a man who's always had to prove he belongs.

Chapter

Which is the whole Grindhouse code. Memphis has never minded a long road or a late number. Small walks in carrying a chip the size of the Mississippi, and this is one town that knows exactly what to do with it.

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

Measurables ESPN
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Height
6' 1"
Weight
190 lbs
College
West Virginia
Experience
1st Season
Draft
48th overall, 2025
Born
West Virginia
Jersey
#10
Beyond the game

Small joins the Memphis Grizzlies as a 2025 second-round pick out of West Virginia.

The person

A 2025 second-round guard out of West Virginia.

Developing
Second round
West Virginia
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FAQ

Javon Small — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Javon Small, answered.

Where was Javon Small drafted?
Javon Small was selected 48th overall (second round) by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2025 NBA draft, out of West Virginia.
Does Small have NBA stats yet?
The identity and draft facts are real; the ratings and outlook are Balladex projections, since he has a limited NBA sample.
Javon Small 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
50%
1 seasons
Last 3 seasons
50%
41 games missed
Games missed
41
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
41
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady50% of games over the last three seasons, low of 50% in 2025-26.

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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