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Jayden QuaintanceSan Antonio Spurs · #22

Center · 7'0", 235 lb · Kentucky

Jayden Quaintance is a center the San Antonio Spurs selected 20th overall in the 2026 NBA draft out of Kentucky. An incoming rookie who makes his NBA debut in 2026-27 — projected role, ratings and outlook.

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San Antonio Spurs · #22 · Center

Jayden Quaintance

Season avg— · no NBA seasons yet — prospect

Career avg— · career line pending debut

Live win probabilitySpurs 66%

Balladex model · projected 118–115 · 98.8 pace

Tonight's projectionmodel

5.7pts

7.0reb

1.6ast

66%win

Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head

Jayden Quaintance

San Antonio Spurs · Center

Jakob Poeltl

Toronto Raptors · 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

Jayden Quaintance — the report card

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

Prospect big — rim runner / rprotect · Impact 46

Jayden Quaintance is a center the San Antonio Spurs selected 20th overall in the 2026 NBA draft out of Kentucky. An incoming rookie who makes his NBA

Offense

C-

Defense

Feel / IQ

Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

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

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 Jayden Quaintance 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▬

44%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #313 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

77Star score

Career scoring average0.0 ppg

Seasons in the index0

Accolades on file1

#20 2026 Draft pick

Stat explorer

Jayden Quaintance — every number, three levels deep

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

Scoring

0.0 PPG

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Playmaking

0.0 APG

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Rebounding

0.0 RPG

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Shooting

— 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Jayden Quaintance

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 next season confidence

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Everything it reads

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0 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

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: — → games & confidence

health

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

Jayden Quaintance career stats, season by season

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

Aday Mara 100%Thomas Sorber 100%Joan Beringer 99%Johni Broome 99%Khaman Maluach 98%

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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 San Antonio Spurs built to win?

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

63–19proj record

#2conf seed

+8.6net rtg

118.8off rtg

110.3def rtg

99%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 steady. Defensive anchors: Victor Wembanyama, Luke Kornet.

How his role moves

Projected 63–19, 2nd in the West. 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

#20 2026 Draft pick

Act IV

The Ballad of Jayden Quaintance

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

The beginning

Jayden Quaintance is an incoming 2026 first-round rookie center for the San Antonio Spurs.

San Antonio Spurs

Turning pro

Drafted 20th overall, 2026 as a Center.

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One of the youngest players in his entire draft class, a center out of Kentucky heard his name at pick 20 in 2026 — and landed with the franchise most willing to wait for a big man to grow into his frame.

Chapter

San Antonio has a long history with towering, unfinished centers — and an even longer history of teaching them footwork, timing, and the discipline that turns raw size into something that lasts. Patience is the house specialty.

Chapter

The rim protection is already real. The rest is the part the Spurs are famous for developing, quietly, over the years nobody else is watching.

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Quaintance's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Jayden Quaintance Highlights | Kentucky & Arizona State Mix | 2026 NBA Draft Prospects ▶ Kentucky Wildcats big man Jayden Quaintance | 30 in 30 | 2026 NBA Draft

Off the court

Measurables

Out · INJURY_STATUS_OUTQuaintance underwent right knee surgery Wednesday and has no timetable for a return, Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints.com reports.

Height: 7'0"
Weight: 235 lb
Draft: 20th overall, 2026
Born: Kentucky
Jersey: #22

Beyond the game

Quaintance joins the San Antonio Spurs as part of the 2026 rookie class, out of Kentucky.

The person

An incoming 2026 first-round center out of Kentucky.

Incoming

Unproven

Kentucky

FAQ

Jayden Quaintance — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jayden Quaintance, answered.

Where was Jayden Quaintance drafted?

Jayden Quaintance was selected 20th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2026 NBA draft, out of Kentucky.

Does Quaintance have NBA stats yet?

Not yet — he's an incoming rookie who debuts in the 2026-27 season. The ratings and outlook here are clearly-labeled Balladex projections until real box scores arrive.

Jayden Quaintance 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.

Jayden QuaintanceSan Antonio Spurs · #22

Jayden Quaintance — the report card

Where Jayden Quaintance stands

Jayden Quaintance — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Jayden Quaintance

Jayden Quaintance career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the San Antonio Spurs built to win?

The Ballad of Jayden Quaintance

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Chapter

Off the court

Jayden Quaintance — frequently asked

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