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KJ Martin Minnesota Timberwolves · #99

Forward · 6'6", 215 lb · West Hills, CA · Age 25 · 7th season

KJ Martin is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves who has played 309 games over 5 seasons, averaging 6.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 2024-25.

MVP race · #545Forward rank · #143Balladex Impact · 52
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Minnesota Timberwolves · #99 · Forward
KJ Martin
Season avg6.3 pts · 2.8 reb · 1.5 ast · .490 fg
Career avg8.6 pts · 4.0 reb · 1.2 ast · .544 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
6.3pts
2.8reb
1.5ast
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Scouting report

KJ Martin — 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 52
KJ Martin is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves who has played 309 games over 5 seasons, averaging 6.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 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 KJ Martin 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: #400 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
24Star score
Career scoring average8.6 ppg
Seasons in the index7
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

KJ Martin — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
6.3 PPG
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Playmaking
1.5 APG
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Rebounding
2.8 RPG
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Shooting
.189 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees KJ Martin

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 2025-26  70% confidence
5.8
pts
3.9–7.7
2.7
reb
1.8–3.6
1.1
ast
0.4–1.8
20.6
min
proj
55
gp
health
.552
fg%
~base
.310
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 5-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 6.4 → projected 5.8 PPG
Minutes / role
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Development (his trend)
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Age curve
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Live context
+0.1
Net vs last season-0.5 PPG
Everything it reads
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7 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 25 — 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: 58 / 24 / 19 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

KJ Martin career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2020-214523.79.35.41.1.509.365
2021-227921.08.83.81.3.533.357
2022-238228.012.75.51.5.569.315
2023-24 (LA Clippers)216.05.01.50.5.400.200
2023-24 (Philadelphia)5812.33.72.20.9.544.304
2024-25 (Philadelphia)2419.86.43.00.8.616.381
2024-25 (Utah)1922.86.32.81.5.490.189
Career30921.68.64.01.2
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.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Minnesota Timberwolves built to win?

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

51–31proj record
#5conf seed
+3.8net rtg
116off rtg
112.1def rtg
94%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: Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels.
How his role moves
Projected 51–31, 5th in the West. 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 KJ Martin

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

2001-01-06

The beginning

KJ Martin is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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KJ Martin is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Chapter

He has played 309 games over 5 seasons (2020-25), averaging 21.6 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2024-25 he played 43 games across 2 teams, averaging 6.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 21.1 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Martin goes from here.

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

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 6"
Weight
215 lbs
Experience
5th Season
NBA debut
2020
Born
West Hills, CA
Age
25
Jersey
#99
Beyond the game

KJ Martin is from West Hills, CA, born 2001-01-06, listed at 6'6" and 215 lb. He has 5 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 21.6 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular21.1 minutes a night in the rotation.
Floor spacerShooting 18.9% from three.
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FAQ

KJ Martin — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about KJ Martin, answered.

What position does KJ Martin play?
KJ Martin is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
How many NBA games has KJ Martin played?
309 regular-season games over 5 seasons, averaging 21.6 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has KJ Martin played?
5 seasons (2020-25).
How tall is KJ Martin?
6'6", 215 lb
KJ Martin 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
84%
7 seasons
Last 3 seasons
76%
25 games missed
Games missed
55
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
steady
Availability by season
45
20-21
79
21-22
82
22-23
2
23-24 (LA Clippers)
58
23-24 (Philadelphia)
24
24-25 (Philadelphia)
19
24-25 (Utah)

Some risk. Availability trend is steady — 76% of games over the last three seasons, low of 51% in 2024-25 (Utah).

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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