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Keshad Johnson Miami Heat · #16

Forward · 6'6", 230 lb · Oakland, CA · Age 25 · 2nd season

Keshad Johnson is a forward for the Miami Heat who has played 48 games over 2 seasons, averaging 4.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 2025-26.

MVP race · #382Forward rank · #204Balladex Impact · 46
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Keshad Johnson
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Miami Heat · #16 · Forward
Keshad Johnson
Season avg4.3 pts · 1.9 reb · 0.3 ast · .490 fg
Career avg3.8 pts · 1.9 reb · 0.3 ast · .557 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
4.3pts
1.9reb
0.3ast
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Scouting report

Keshad Johnson — 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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Forward · Role player · Impact 46
Keshad Johnson is a forward for the Miami Heat who has played 48 games over 2 seasons, averaging 4.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.3 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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C-
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 Keshad Johnson 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: #537 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
46Impact index
20Star score
Career scoring average3.8 ppg
Seasons in the index2
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Keshad Johnson — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
4.3 PPG
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C-
Playmaking
0.3 APG
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C-
Rebounding
1.9 RPG
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Shooting
.295 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Keshad Johnson

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  48% confidence
5.1
pts
2.0–8.2
1.9
reb
0.5–3.3
0.3
ast
-0.9–1.5
9.7
min
proj
30
gp
health
.532
fg%
~base
.323
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 4.3 → projected 5.1 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.5
Development (his trend)
+0.2
Age curve
+0.0
Live context
+0.1
Net vs last season+0.8 PPG
Everything it reads
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2 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
🕰
Per-stat aging curves
age 25 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
+ctx
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 16 / 32 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Keshad Johnson career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2024-25166.12.71.80.3.692.429
2025-26328.84.31.90.3.490.295
Career487.93.81.90.3
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
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 Miami Heat built to win?

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

48–34proj record
#8conf seed
+2.7net rtg
116.1off rtg
113.3def rtg
85%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: Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell.
How his role moves
Projected 48–34, 8th in the East. 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
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Keshad Johnson

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

2001-06-23

The beginning

Keshad Johnson is a forward for the Miami Heat.

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Keshad Johnson is a forward for the Miami Heat.

Chapter

He has played 48 games over 2 seasons (2024-26), averaging 7.9 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 32 games, averaging 4.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 8.8 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Johnson goes from here.

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

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 6"
Weight
230 lbs
College
Arizona
Experience
2nd Season
Born
Oakland, CA
Age
25
Jersey
#16
Beyond the game

Keshad Johnson is from Oakland, CA, born 2001-06-23, listed at 6'6" and 230 lb. He has 2 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 forward on 7.9 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth8.8 minutes a night; situational.
Floor spacerShooting 29.5% from three.
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FAQ

Keshad Johnson — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Keshad Johnson, answered.

What position does Keshad Johnson play?
Keshad Johnson is a forward for the Miami Heat.
How many NBA games has Keshad Johnson played?
48 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 7.9 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has Keshad Johnson played?
2 seasons (2024-26).
How tall is Keshad Johnson?
6'6", 230 lb
Keshad Johnson 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
29%
2 seasons
Last 3 seasons
29%
116 games missed
Games missed
116
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
16
24-25
32
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady — 29% of games over the last three seasons, low of 20% in 2024-25.

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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