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Kevon Looney Los Angeles Lakers · #55

Forward · 6'9", 222 lb · Milwaukee, WI · Age 30 · 11th season

Kevon Looney is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers who has played 620 games over 11 seasons, averaging 2.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 2025-26.

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Los Angeles Lakers · #55 · Forward

Kevon Looney

Season avg2.8 pts · 5.6 reb · 1.6 ast · .417 fg

Career avg4.9 pts · 5.7 reb · 1.6 ast · .565 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

2.8pts

5.6reb

1.6ast

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Scouting report

Kevon Looney — 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 · Rotation piece · Impact 53

Kevon Looney is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers who has played 620 games over 11 seasons, averaging 2.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 2

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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 Kevon Looney 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: #349 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

18Star score

Career scoring average4.9 ppg

Seasons in the index11

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Kevon Looney — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

2.8 PPG

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Playmaking

1.6 APG

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Rebounding

5.6 RPG

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Shooting

.154 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Kevon Looney

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 80% confidence

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pts

1.3–3.7

5.2

reb

4.5–5.9

1.5

ast

1.0–2.0

13.6

min

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health

.536

fg%

~base

.192

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 11-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 2.8 → projected 2.5 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-0.3 PPG

Everything it reads

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11 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 30 — 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: 74 / 76 / 21 → games & confidence

health

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

Kevon Looney career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2015-16	5	4.2	1.8	2.0	0.0	.571	.500
2016-17	53	8.4	2.5	2.3	0.5	.523	.222
2017-18	66	13.8	4.0	3.3	0.6	.580	.200
2018-19	80	18.5	6.3	5.2	1.5	.625	.100
2019-20	20	13.1	3.4	3.3	1.0	.367	.071
2020-21	61	19.0	4.1	5.3	2.0	.548	.235
2021-22	82	21.1	6.0	7.3	2.0	.571	.000
2022-23	82	23.9	7.0	9.3	2.5	.630	.000
2023-24	74	16.1	4.5	5.7	1.8	.597	.000
2024-25	76	15.0	4.5	6.1	1.6	.514	.400
2025-26	21	14.6	2.8	5.6	1.6	.417	.154
Career	620	17.1	4.9	5.7	1.6

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 Los Angeles Lakers built to win?

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

48–34proj record

#6conf seed

+2.8net rtg

117.6off rtg

114.9def rtg

85%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Austin Reaves, Luka Doncic.

How his role moves

Projected 48–34, 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

53 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Kevon Looney

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

1996-02-06

The beginning

Kevon Looney is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Los Angeles Lakers

Turning pro

Drafted 30th overall, 2015 as a Forward.

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Kevon Looney is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Chapter

He has played 620 games over 11 seasons (2015-26), averaging 17.1 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 21 games, averaging 2.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 14.6 minutes.

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Looney's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 222 lbs
College: UCLA
Experience: 12th Season
NBA debut: 2015
Draft: 30th overall, 2015
Born: Milwaukee, WI
Age: 30
Jersey: #55

Beyond the game

Kevon Looney is from Milwaukee, WI, born 1996-02-06, listed at 6'9" and 222 lb. He has 12 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 17.1 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth14.6 minutes a night; situational.

Active on the glass5.6 rebounds per game.

Floor spacerShooting 15.4% from three.

Veteran12 seasons of NBA service.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Kevon Looney — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Kevon Looney, answered.

What position does Kevon Looney play?

Kevon Looney is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers.

How many NBA games has Kevon Looney played?

620 regular-season games over 11 seasons, averaging 17.1 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Kevon Looney played?

11 seasons (2015-26).

How tall is Kevon Looney?

6'9", 222 lb

Kevon Looney 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.