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Lajae JonesGolden State Warriors · #36

Guard · 6'4", 190 lb · Florida State

Lajae Jones is a guard the Golden State Warriors selected 54th overall (second round) in the 2026 NBA draft out of Florida State. An incoming rookie for 2026-27 — projected role, ratings and outlook.

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Lajae Jones
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Golden State Warriors · #36 · Guard
Lajae Jones
Season avg— · no NBA seasons yet — prospect
Career avg— · career line pending debut
Live win probabilityWarriors 53%
Balladex model · projected 117–117 · 98.1 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
5.7pts
2.7reb
2.7ast
53%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Lajae Jones
Golden State Warriors · Guard
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Amen Thompson
Houston Rockets · 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

Lajae Jones — 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 guard prospect · Impact 33
Lajae Jones is a guard the Golden State Warriors selected 54th overall (second round) in the 2026 NBA draft out of Florida State. An incoming rookie f
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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 Lajae Jones 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%
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Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
6%
5
Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks▬
3%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #370 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
33Impact index
61Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file1
#54 2026 Draft pick (R2)
Stat explorer

Lajae Jones — 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
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Rebounding
0.0 RPG
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Shooting
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The engine

How the model sees Lajae Jones

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
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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

Lajae Jones 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 Golden State Warriors built to win?

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

40–42proj record
#10conf seed
-0.5net rtg
113.8off rtg
114.4def rtg
31%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: Draymond Green, De'Anthony Melton.
How his role moves
Projected 40–42, 10th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
33 of 99
Role player tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
1 accolades
#54 2026 Draft pick (R2)
Act IV

The Ballad of Lajae Jones

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

The beginning

Lajae Jones is a 2026 second-round guard for the Golden State Warriors.

Golden State Warriors

Turning pro

Drafted 54th overall, 2026 as a Guard.

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Lajae Jones was a second-round pick (54th overall) in the 2026 NBA draft, headed to the Golden State Warriors out of Florida State.

Chapter

He has not played an NBA game yet — his debut comes in 2026-27, so this page carries projections only.

Where things stand

A second-round guard who debuts in 2026-27.

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Jones's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the court

Measurables
Active
Height
6'4"
Weight
190 lb
Draft
54th overall, 2026
Born
Florida State
Jersey
#36
Beyond the game

Jones joins the Golden State Warriors as a 2026 second-round pick out of Florida State.

The person

A 2026 second-round guard out of Florida State.

Incoming
Second round
Florida State
FAQ

Lajae Jones — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Lajae Jones, answered.

Where was Lajae Jones drafted?
Lajae Jones was selected 54th overall (second round) by the Golden State Warriors in the 2026 NBA draft, out of Florida State.
Does Jones have NBA stats yet?
The identity and draft facts are real; the ratings and outlook are Balladex projections, since he debuts in 2026-27.
Lajae Jones 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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