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Lachlan OlbrichLos Angeles Lakers · #38

Forward · 6'8", 210 lb · Australia

Lachlan Olbrich is a forward the Los Angeles Lakers selected 55th overall (second round) in the 2025 NBA draft out of Australia. A young second-round pick — projected role, ratings and outlook.

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Lachlan Olbrich
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Los Angeles Lakers · #38 · Forward
Lachlan Olbrich
Season avg— · no NBA seasons yet — prospect
Career avg— · career line pending debut
Live win probabilityLakers 66%
Balladex model · projected 119–116 · 98.8 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
5.9pts
4.0reb
1.7ast
66%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Lachlan Olbrich
Los Angeles Lakers · Forward
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Memphis Grizzlies · Strong defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Lachlan Olbrich — 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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Depth wing prospect · Impact 31
Lachlan Olbrich is a forward the Los Angeles Lakers selected 55th overall (second round) in the 2025 NBA draft out of Australia. A young second-round
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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 Lachlan Olbrich 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
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Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬
44%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
6%
5
Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks▬
3%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #375 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
31Impact index
61Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file1
#55 2025 Draft pick (R2)
Stat explorer

Lachlan Olbrich — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
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Playmaking
0.0 APG
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Rebounding
0.0 RPG
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Shooting
— 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Lachlan Olbrich

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 next season  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
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0 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 — — 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: — → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Lachlan Olbrich career stats, season by season

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
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 Los Angeles Lakers 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
+3.9net rtg
118.2off rtg
114.3def rtg
94%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 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
31 of 99
Role player tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
1 accolades
#55 2025 Draft pick (R2)
Act IV

The Ballad of Lachlan Olbrich

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

The beginning

Lachlan Olbrich is a 2025 second-round forward for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Los Angeles Lakers

Turning pro

Drafted 55th overall, 2025 as a Forward.

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Lachlan Olbrich was a second-round pick (55th overall) in the 2025 NBA draft, headed to the Los Angeles Lakers out of Australia.

Chapter

As a second-round pick with a limited NBA sample so far, this page carries Balladex projections rather than a full stat line.

Where things stand

A second-round forward carving out a role.

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Olbrich's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the court

Measurables
Active
Height
6'8"
Weight
210 lb
Draft
55th overall, 2025
Born
Australia
Jersey
#38
Beyond the game

Olbrich joins the Los Angeles Lakers as a 2025 second-round pick out of Australia.

The person

A 2025 second-round forward out of Australia.

Developing
Second round
Australia
FAQ

Lachlan Olbrich — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Lachlan Olbrich, answered.

Where was Lachlan Olbrich drafted?
Lachlan Olbrich was selected 55th overall (second round) by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2025 NBA draft, out of Australia.
Does Olbrich have NBA stats yet?
The identity and draft facts are real; the ratings and outlook are Balladex projections, since he has a limited NBA sample.
Lachlan Olbrich 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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