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Jett Howard Dallas Mavericks · #9

Guard · 6'8", 215 lb · Miami, FL · Age 23 · 3rd season

Jett Howard is a guard for the Dallas Mavericks who has played 133 games over 3 seasons, averaging 5.5 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 2025-26.

MVP race · #355Guard rank · #207Balladex Impact · 47
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Dallas Mavericks · #9 · Guard
Jett Howard
Season avg5.5 pts · 1.6 reb · 0.8 ast · .418 fg
Career avg4.5 pts · 1.3 reb · 0.7 ast · .387 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
5.5pts
1.6reb
0.8ast
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Scouting report

Jett Howard — 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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Guard · Role player · Impact 47
Jett Howard is a guard for the Dallas Mavericks who has played 133 games over 3 seasons, averaging 5.5 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 2025-26
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Offense
C-
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 Jett Howard 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%
5
Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #436 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
47Impact index
22Star score
Career scoring average4.5 ppg
Seasons in the index3
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Jett Howard — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
5.5 PPG
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Playmaking
0.8 APG
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Rebounding
1.6 RPG
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Shooting
.372 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Jett Howard

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  56% confidence
6.5
pts
3.8–9.2
1.9
reb
0.7–3.1
0.9
ast
-0.1–1.9
14.0
min
proj
51
gp
health
.396
fg%
~base
.336
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 5.5 → projected 6.5 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.6
Development (his trend)
+0.2
Age curve
+0.1
Live context
+0.1
Net vs last season+1.0 PPG
Everything it reads
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3 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
auto
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
+dev
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Per-stat aging curves
age 23 — 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: 18 / 60 / 55 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Jett Howard career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2023-24183.71.60.40.3.333.280
2024-256011.74.51.20.7.374.296
2025-265512.65.51.60.8.418.372
Career13311.04.51.30.7
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
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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 Dallas Mavericks built to win?

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

28–54proj record
#12conf seed
-5.1net rtg
110.4off rtg
115.4def 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 steady. Defensive anchors: Daniel Gafford, Dereck Lively II.
How his role moves
Projected 28–54, 12th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
47 of 99
Role player tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Jett Howard

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

2003-09-14

The beginning

Jett Howard is a guard for the Dallas Mavericks.

Dallas Mavericks

Turning pro

Drafted 11th overall, 2023 as a Guard.

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Jett Howard is a guard for the Dallas Mavericks.

Chapter

He has played 133 games over 3 seasons (2023-26), averaging 11.0 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 55 games, averaging 5.5 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 12.6 minutes.

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

Measurables ESPN
Day-To-Day · INJURY_STATUS_DAYTODAYHoward (illness) has been ruled out for Wednesday's preseason game against New Orleans, Grant Afseth of DallasHoopsJournal.com reports.
Height
6' 8"
Weight
215 lbs
College
Michigan
Experience
4th Season
Draft
11th overall, 2023
Born
Miami, FL
Age
23
Jersey
#9
Beyond the game

Jett Howard is from Miami, FL, born 2003-09-14, listed at 6'8" and 215 lb. He has 4 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 guard on 11.0 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth12.6 minutes a night; situational.
Floor spacerShooting 37.2% from three.
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FAQ

Jett Howard — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jett Howard, answered.

What position does Jett Howard play?
Jett Howard is a guard for the Dallas Mavericks.
How many NBA games has Jett Howard played?
133 regular-season games over 3 seasons, averaging 11.0 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has Jett Howard played?
3 seasons (2023-26).
How tall is Jett Howard?
6'8", 215 lb
Jett Howard 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
54%
3 seasons
Last 3 seasons
54%
113 games missed
Games missed
113
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
18
23-24
60
24-25
55
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady — 54% of games over the last three seasons, low of 22% in 2023-24.

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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