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Johnny Furphy Indiana Pacers · #12

Guard · 6'8", 200 lb · Melbourne, VIC, Australia · Age 22 · 2nd season

Johnny Furphy is a guard for the Indiana Pacers who has played 85 games over 2 seasons, averaging 5.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 2025-26.

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Indiana Pacers · #12 · Guard

Johnny Furphy

Season avg5.1 pts · 4.4 reb · 1.2 ast · .470 fg

Career avg3.3 pts · 2.6 reb · 0.7 ast · .417 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

5.1pts

4.4reb

1.2ast

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Scouting report

Johnny Furphy — 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 · Rotation piece · Impact 52

Johnny Furphy is a guard for the Indiana Pacers who has played 85 games over 2 seasons, averaging 5.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 2025-26.

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

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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 Johnny Furphy 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: #347 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

52Impact index

22Star score

Career scoring average3.3 ppg

Seasons in the index2

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Johnny Furphy — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

5.1 PPG

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Playmaking

1.2 APG

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Rebounding

4.4 RPG

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Shooting

.324 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Johnny Furphy

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 40% confidence

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pts

2.2–9.2

5.3

reb

3.5–7.1

1.5

ast

0.1–2.9

20.1

min

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health

.432

fg%

~base

.314

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 5.1 → projected 5.7 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season+0.6 PPG

Everything it reads

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2 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 22 — 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: 50 / 35 → games & confidence

health

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

Johnny Furphy career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2024-25	50	7.6	2.1	1.4	0.4	.380	.300
2025-26	35	18.4	5.1	4.4	1.2	.470	.324
Career	85	12.0	3.3	2.6	0.7

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.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

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

Context

Are the Indiana Pacers built to win?

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

22–60proj record

#13conf seed

-7.5net rtg

110.2off rtg

117.8def 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: Ivica Zubac, Andrew Nembhard.

How his role moves

Projected 22–60, 13th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

52 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Johnny Furphy

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

2004-12-07

The beginning

Johnny Furphy is a guard for the Indiana Pacers.

Indiana Pacers

Turning pro

Drafted 35th overall, 2024 as a Guard.

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Johnny Furphy is a guard for the Indiana Pacers.

Chapter

He has played 85 games over 2 seasons (2024-26), averaging 12.0 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 35 games, averaging 5.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 18.4 minutes.

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Furphy's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Highlights landing soon

Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Out · INJURY_STATUS_OUTFurphy was diagnosed with a torn right ACL on Monday and will miss the remainder of the season, Michael Scotto of USA Today reports.

Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 200 lbs
College: Kansas
Experience: 3rd Season
Draft: 35th overall, 2024
Born: Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Age: 22
Jersey: #12

Beyond the game

Johnny Furphy is from Melbourne, VIC, Australia, born 2004-12-07, listed at 6'8" and 200 lb. He has 3 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 12.0 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular18.4 minutes a night in the rotation.

Floor spacerShooting 32.4% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Johnny Furphy — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Johnny Furphy, answered.

What position does Johnny Furphy play?

Johnny Furphy is a guard for the Indiana Pacers.

How many NBA games has Johnny Furphy played?

85 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 12.0 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Johnny Furphy played?

2 seasons (2024-26).

How tall is Johnny Furphy?

6'8", 200 lb

Johnny Furphy 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.

Johnny Furphy Indiana Pacers · #12

Johnny Furphy — the report card

Where Johnny Furphy stands

Johnny Furphy — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Johnny Furphy

Johnny Furphy career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Indiana Pacers built to win?

The Ballad of Johnny Furphy

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

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Off the court

Johnny Furphy — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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