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Kevin Huerter Detroit Pistons · #27

Guard · 6'6", 198 lb · Albany, NY · Age 28 · 10th season

Kevin Huerter is a guard for the Detroit Pistons who has played 551 games over 8 seasons, averaging 10.1 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 2025-26.

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Detroit Pistons · #27 · Guard

Kevin Huerter

Season avg8.6 pts · 2.8 reb · 2.5 ast · .443 fg

Career avg11.4 pts · 3.4 reb · 2.9 ast · .441 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

8.6pts

2.8reb

2.5ast

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Scouting report

Kevin Huerter — 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 53

Kevin Huerter is a guard for the Detroit Pistons who has played 551 games over 8 seasons, averaging 10.1 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 2025-

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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 Kevin Huerter 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: #384 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

53Impact index

28Star score

Career scoring average11.4 ppg

Seasons in the index10

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Kevin Huerter — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

8.6 PPG

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Playmaking

2.5 APG

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Rebounding

2.8 RPG

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Shooting

.294 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Kevin Huerter

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 74% confidence

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pts

8.1–11.7

3.4

reb

2.6–4.2

2.6

ast

1.9–3.3

21.9

min

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health

.444

fg%

~base

.334

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 8-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 10.1 → projected 9.9 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-0.2 PPG

Everything it reads

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10 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 28 — applied per stat

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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: 26 / 44 / 25 → games & confidence

health

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

Kevin Huerter career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2018-19	75	27.3	9.7	3.3	2.9	.419	.385
2019-20	56	31.4	12.2	4.1	3.8	.413	.380
2020-21	69	30.8	11.9	3.3	3.5	.432	.363
2021-22	74	29.6	12.1	3.4	2.7	.454	.389
2022-23	75	29.4	15.2	3.3	2.9	.485	.402
2023-24	64	24.4	10.2	3.5	2.6	.443	.361
2024-25 (Sacramento)	43	20.9	7.9	2.8	1.7	.413	.302
2024-25 (Chicago)	26	30.0	13.2	3.3	3.2	.439	.376
2025-26 (Chicago)	44	23.6	10.9	3.8	2.6	.455	.314
2025-26 (Detroit)	25	20.5	8.6	2.8	2.5	.443	.294
Career	551	27.4	11.4	3.4	2.9

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 Detroit Pistons built to win?

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

65–17proj record

#1conf seed

+9.2net rtg

117.7off rtg

108.5def rtg

99%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Ausar Thompson, Javonte Green.

How his role moves

Projected 65–17, 1st in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

53 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Kevin Huerter

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

1998-08-27

The beginning

Kevin Huerter is a guard for the Detroit Pistons.

Detroit Pistons

Turning pro

Drafted 19th overall, 2018 as a Guard.

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Kevin Huerter is a guard for the Detroit Pistons.

Chapter

He has played 551 games over 8 seasons (2018-26), averaging 27.4 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

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In 2025-26 he played 69 games across 2 teams, averaging 10.1 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 22.5 minutes.

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Huerter's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 198 lbs
College: Maryland
Experience: 9th Season
NBA debut: 2018
Draft: 19th overall, 2018
Born: Albany, NY
Age: 28
Jersey: #27

Beyond the game

Kevin Huerter is from Albany, NY, born 1998-08-27, listed at 6'6" and 198 lb. He has 9 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 27.4 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular22.5 minutes a night in the rotation.

Floor spacerShooting 29.4% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Kevin Huerter — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Kevin Huerter, answered.

What position does Kevin Huerter play?

Kevin Huerter is a guard for the Detroit Pistons.

How many NBA games has Kevin Huerter played?

551 regular-season games over 8 seasons, averaging 27.4 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Kevin Huerter played?

8 seasons (2018-26).

How tall is Kevin Huerter?

6'6", 198 lb

Kevin Huerter 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.

Kevin Huerter Detroit Pistons · #27

Kevin Huerter — the report card

Where Kevin Huerter stands

Kevin Huerter — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Kevin Huerter

Kevin Huerter career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Detroit Pistons built to win?

The Ballad of Kevin Huerter

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

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Off the court

Kevin Huerter — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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