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Lachlan Olbrich Los Angeles Lakers · #38

Forward · 6'8", 210 lb · Australia · 1st season

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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Los Angeles Lakers · #38 · Forward

Lachlan Olbrich

Season avg2.4 pts · 3.0 reb · 1.1 ast · .468 fg

Career avg2.4 pts · 3.0 reb · 1.1 ast · .468 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

2.4pts

3.0reb

1.1ast

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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.

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

Offense

Defense

Feel / IQ

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

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: #369 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

65Star score

Career scoring average2.4 ppg

Seasons in the index1

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.

Scoring

2.4 PPG

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Playmaking

1.1 APG

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Rebounding

3.0 RPG

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Shooting

.105 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 2026-27 confidence

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Everything it reads

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1 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: 37 → games & confidence

health

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

Lachlan Olbrich career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2025-26	37	9.3	2.4	3.0	1.1	.468	.105
Career	37	9.3	2.4	3.0	1.1

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

Brooks Barnhizer 100%Maliq Brown 100%Narcisse Ngoy 100%Tyler Nickel 100%Alex Toohey 99%

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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.

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

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 236 lbs
College: UC Riverside
Experience: Rookie
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.

Lachlan Olbrich Los Angeles Lakers · #38

Lachlan Olbrich — the report card

Where Lachlan Olbrich stands

Lachlan Olbrich — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Lachlan Olbrich

Lachlan Olbrich career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Los Angeles Lakers built to win?

The Ballad of Lachlan Olbrich

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Where things stand

Off the court

Lachlan Olbrich — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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