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John Tonje Portland Trail Blazers · #2

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

John Tonje is a guard the Utah Jazz selected 53rd overall (second round) in the 2025 NBA draft out of Wisconsin. A young second-round pick — projected role, ratings and outlook.

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John Tonje

Season avg2.5 pts · 1.0 reb · 0.3 ast · .286 fg

Career avg2.5 pts · 1.0 reb · 0.3 ast · .286 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

2.5pts

1.0reb

0.3ast

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Scouting report

John Tonje — the report card

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

Depth guard prospect · Impact 28

John Tonje is a guard the Utah Jazz selected 53rd overall (second round) in the 2025 NBA draft out of Wisconsin. A young second-round pick — projected

Offense

Defense

Feel / IQ

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 John Tonje 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▬

43%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #380 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

28Impact index

60Star score

Career scoring average2.5 ppg

Seasons in the index1

Accolades on file1

#53 2025 Draft pick (R2)

Stat explorer

John Tonje — every number, three levels deep

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

Scoring

2.5 PPG

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Playmaking

0.3 APG

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Rebounding

1.0 RPG

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Shooting

.300 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees John Tonje

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

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: 6 → games & confidence

health

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

John Tonje career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2025-26	6	7.0	2.5	1.0	0.3	.286	.300
Career	6	7.0	2.5	1.0	0.3

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

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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.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Portland Trail Blazers built to win?

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

43–39proj record

#9conf seed

+0.6net rtg

113.6off rtg

113def rtg

54%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: Donovan Clingan, Jrue Holiday.

How his role moves

Projected 43–39, 9th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

28 of 99

Role player tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

1 accolades

#53 2025 Draft pick (R2)

Act IV

The Ballad of John Tonje

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

The beginning

John Tonje is a 2025 second-round guard for the Utah Jazz.

Portland Trail Blazers

Turning pro

Drafted 53rd overall, 2025 as a Guard.

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John Tonje was a second-round pick (53rd overall) in the 2025 NBA draft, headed to the Utah Jazz out of Wisconsin.

Chapter

As a second-round pick with a limited NBA sample so far, this page carries Balladex projections rather than a full stat line.

Where things stand

A second-round guard carving out a role.

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Tonje's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ John Tonje EXPLODES With Career-High 42 PTS & 8 3PM For The Maine Celtics

Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 225 lbs
College: Wisconsin
Experience: 2nd Season
Draft: 53rd overall, 2025
Born: Wisconsin
Jersey: #2

Beyond the game

Tonje joins the Utah Jazz as a 2025 second-round pick out of Wisconsin.

The person

A 2025 second-round guard out of Wisconsin.

Developing

Second round

Wisconsin

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

John Tonje — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about John Tonje, answered.

Where was John Tonje drafted?

John Tonje was selected 53rd overall (second round) by the Utah Jazz in the 2025 NBA draft, out of Wisconsin.

Does Tonje 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.

John Tonje 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.

John Tonje Portland Trail Blazers · #2

John Tonje — the report card

Where John Tonje stands

John Tonje — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees John Tonje

John Tonje career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Portland Trail Blazers built to win?

The Ballad of John Tonje

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Where things stand

Off the court

John Tonje — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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