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Joan BeringerMinnesota Timberwolves · #19

Center · 7'0", 240 lb · France · 1st season

Joan Beringer is a center the Minnesota Timberwolves selected 17th overall in the 2025 NBA draft out of France. A rookie building his NBA foundation in 2025-26 — full profile with projected role and outlook.

MVP race · #310Center rank · #56Balladex Impact · 43
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Joan Beringer
◆ Rated
Minnesota Timberwolves · #19 · Center
Joan Beringer
Season avg3.9 pts · 2.3 reb · 0.3 ast · .663 fg
Career avg3.9 pts · 2.3 reb · 0.3 ast · .663 fg
Live win probabilityTimberwolves 70%
Balladex model · projected 121–117 · 99.8 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
7.1pts
7.0reb
1.5ast
70%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Joan Beringer
Minnesota Timberwolves · Center
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Derik Queen
New Orleans Pelicans · 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

Joan Beringer — 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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Developing rim-runner & rookie big · Impact 43
Joan Beringer is a center the Minnesota Timberwolves selected 17th overall in the 2025 NBA draft out of France. A rookie building his NBA foundation i
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Offense
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Defense
F
Feel / IQ
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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
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 Joan Beringer 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
44%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat
23%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers
6%
5
Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks
3%
Balladex Consensus: #315 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
43Impact index
81Star score
Career scoring average3.9 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file1
#17 2025 Draft pick
Stat explorer

Joan Beringer — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
3.9 PPG
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Playmaking
0.3 APG
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Rebounding
2.3 RPG
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Shooting
.000 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Joan Beringer

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

Joan Beringer career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2025-26407.93.92.30.3.663.000
Career407.93.92.30.3
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 Minnesota Timberwolves built to win?

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

51–31proj record
#6conf seed
+3.9net rtg
116off rtg
112.1def rtg
94%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: Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels.
How his role moves
Projected 51–31, 6th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
43 of 99
Role player tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
1 accolades
#17 2025 Draft pick
Act IV

The Ballad of Joan Beringer

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

The beginning

Joan Beringer is a 2025 first-round rookie center for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Turning pro

Drafted 17th overall, 2025 as a Center.

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Joan Beringer arrived in the NBA as the 17th pick of the 2025 draft, joining the Minnesota Timberwolves out of France.

Chapter

Year one is about carving a role: the ratings and stat line here are Balladex projections for a first-year center still finding his footing.

Where things stand

A first-year center finding his NBA footing.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 11"
Weight
230 lbs
Experience
1st Season
Draft
17th overall, 2025
Born
France
Jersey
#19
Beyond the game

Beringer joins the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of the 2025 rookie class.

The person

A 2025 first-round rookie center out of France.

Young
Developing
France
Verified profiles & sources
FAQ

Joan Beringer — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Joan Beringer, answered.

Where was Joan Beringer drafted?
Joan Beringer was selected 17th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2025 NBA draft, out of France.
Are Beringer'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.
Joan Beringer 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
49%
1 seasons
Last 3 seasons
49%
42 games missed
Games missed
42
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
40
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady49% of games over the last three seasons, low of 49% 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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