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Kyshawn George Washington Wizards · #18

Forward · 6'8", 200 lb · Switzerland · Age 23 · 2nd season

Kyshawn George is a 6-foot-8 Swiss-Canadian wing for the Washington Wizards, drafted 24th in 2024 (by New York, traded to Washington). After one season at Miami, he became a floor-spacing 3-and-D forward who set Wizards rookie three-point records, then leaped in his second season to nearly 15 points a game before an elbow injury cut it short.

MVP race · #134Forward rank · #45Balladex Impact · 63
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Washington Wizards · #18 · Forward
Kyshawn George
Season avg14.8 pts · 5.1 reb · 4.5 ast · .438 fg
Career avg11.2 pts · 4.6 reb · 3.3 ast · .399 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
14.8pts
5.1reb
4.5ast
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Scouting report

Kyshawn George — 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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Point-Forward · All-Around · Impact 63
Kyshawn George is a 6-foot-8 Swiss-Canadian wing for the Washington Wizards, drafted 24th in 2024 (by New York, traded to Washington). After one seaso
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
C-
Playmaking
Average creator
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Scoring
Average scorer
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Rebounding
Average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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Perimeter D
Strong on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Kyshawn George 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 DEN▬
31%
2
Luka Doncic LAL▬
19%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬
8%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬
5%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS▬
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN▬
3%
7
Jamal Murray DEN▬
2%
8
Tyrese Maxey PHI▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #113 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
63Impact index
124Star score
Career scoring average11.2 ppg
Seasons in the index2
Accolades on file1
24th Draft pick (2024)
Stat explorer

Kyshawn George — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
14.8 PPG
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Playmaking
4.5 APG
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Rebounding
5.1 RPG
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Shooting
.381 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Kyshawn George

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  53% confidence
17.4
pts
14.1–20.7
5.7
reb
4.3–7.2
5.3
ast
4.1–6.5
30.7
min
proj
55
gp
health
.411
fg%
~base
.357
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 14.8 → projected 17.4 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.9
Development (his trend)
+1.3
Age curve
+0.2
Live context
+0.3
Net vs last season+2.6 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 23 — 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: 68 / 48 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Kyshawn George career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2024-256826.58.74.22.5.372.322
2025-264829.014.85.14.5.438.381
Career11627.511.24.63.3
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
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—in 2026 pace
why
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 Washington Wizards built to win?

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

15–67proj record
#15conf seed
-11net rtg
110.1off rtg
121.1def rtg
1%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: Deandre Ayton, Alex Sarr.
How his role moves
Projected 15–67, 15th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
63 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
1 accolades
24th Draft pick (2024)
Act IV

The Ballad of Kyshawn George

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

Dec 12, 2003

The beginning

A 6-foot-8 Swiss-Canadian 3-and-D wing — size, shooting, and a big second-season leap.

Washington Wizards

Turning pro

Drafted 24th overall, 2024 as a Forward.

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A 6-foot-8 Swiss-Canadian 3-and-D wing — size, shooting, and a big second-season leap.

Chapter

Born in Switzerland to a Canadian pro player, George played at Miami before the Knicks drafted him 24th and traded him to Washington.

Chapter

He set Wizards rookie three-point records as a floor-spacing wing.

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George's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 8"
Weight
200 lbs
College
Miami
Experience
3rd Season
Draft
24th overall, 2024
Born
Switzerland
Age
23
Jersey
#18
Beyond the game

George is a true international — born in Switzerland to a Canadian father who played professionally there, and schooled in France before American college basketball — giving him a Swiss-Canadian identity and a well-traveled path to the NBA. A major high-school growth spurt turned a guard into a 6-foot-8 wing, adding to his positional versatility.

His on-court identity is 3-and-D size with rising offense — a big wing who spaces the floor and defends multiple positions, whose second-season leap (nearly 15 points a game on much-improved shooting, plus 4.5 assists) suggests he is outgrowing the pure role-player label. Health, after a 2026 elbow (UCL) injury, is the main watch item.

The person

A big 3-and-D wing with rising offense — size, shooting, and improving playmaking.

3-and-D wingA 6-foot-8 forward who spaces the floor and defends multiple spots.
Year-two leaperNearly doubled his scoring on much-improved shooting.
InternationalA Swiss-Canadian who took a well-traveled path to the NBA.
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FAQ

Kyshawn George — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Kyshawn George, answered.

What kind of player is Kyshawn George?
A 6-foot-8 Swiss-Canadian 3-and-D wing who spaces the floor and defends multiple positions, with a rising offensive game.
How did Kyshawn George develop in his second season?
He nearly doubled his scoring to almost 15 points a game on much-improved shooting and added playmaking, before a March 2026 elbow injury ended his season.
Where is Kyshawn George from?
He was born in Switzerland to a Canadian father who played pro basketball there, giving him a Swiss-Canadian background.
Kyshawn George 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
71%
2 seasons
Last 3 seasons
71%
48 games missed
Games missed
48
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
steady
Availability by season
68
24-25
48
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is steady — 71% of games over the last three seasons, low of 59% in 2025-26.

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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