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Leaky Black Sacramento Kings · #19

Forward · 6'6", 209 lb · Concord, NC · Age 27 · 2nd season

Leaky Black is a forward for the Sacramento Kings who has played 41 games over 2 seasons, averaging 7.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 2025-26.

MVP race · #241Forward rank · #92Balladex Impact · 58
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Sacramento Kings · #19 · Forward
Leaky Black
Season avg7.1 pts · 5.0 reb · 1.5 ast · .388 fg
Career avg4.3 pts · 3.0 reb · 1.1 ast · .447 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
7.1pts
5.0reb
1.5ast
LADDER#241 in the Balladex MVP raceIMPACTBalladex Impact 58 — Solid starter tierINDEXLeaky Black · Sacramento KingsLADDER#241 in the Balladex MVP raceIMPACTBalladex Impact 58 — Solid starter tierINDEXLeaky Black · Sacramento Kings
Scouting report

Leaky Black — 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 · Solid starter · Impact 58
Leaky Black is a forward for the Sacramento Kings who has played 41 games over 2 seasons, averaging 7.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 2025-2
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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 Leaky Black 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: #267 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
58Impact index
25Star score
Career scoring average4.3 ppg
Seasons in the index2
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Leaky Black — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
7.1 PPG
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Playmaking
1.5 APG
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Rebounding
5.0 RPG
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Shooting
.345 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Leaky Black

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  47% confidence
7.8
pts
4.6–11.0
5.5
reb
3.9–7.1
1.5
ast
0.3–2.7
31.3
min
proj
30
gp
health
.428
fg%
~base
.391
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 7.1 → projected 7.8 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.6
Development (his trend)
+0.0
Age curve
+0.0
Live context
+0.2
Net vs last season+0.7 PPG
Everything it reads
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2 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
auto
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
+dev
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Per-stat aging curves
age 27 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
+ctx
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 26 / 15 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Leaky Black career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2023-242610.92.71.80.9.481.450
2025-261528.97.15.01.5.388.345
Career4117.54.33.01.1
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
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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 Sacramento Kings 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
-10net rtg
110.4off rtg
120.5def 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 steady. Defensive anchors: Ben Simmons, Domantas Sabonis.
How his role moves
Projected 15–67, 15th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
58 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Leaky Black

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

1999-06-14

The beginning

Leaky Black is a forward for the Sacramento Kings.

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Leaky Black is a forward for the Sacramento Kings.

Chapter

He has played 41 games over 2 seasons (2023-26), averaging 17.5 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2025-26 he played 15 games, averaging 7.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 28.9 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Black goes from here.

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

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 6"
Weight
209 lbs
College
North Carolina
Experience
3rd Season
Born
Concord, NC
Age
27
Jersey
#19
Beyond the game

Leaky Black is from Concord, NC, born 1999-06-14, listed at 6'6" and 209 lb. He has 3 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 17.5 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular28.9 minutes a night in the rotation.
Floor spacerShooting 34.5% from three.
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FAQ

Leaky Black — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Leaky Black, answered.

What position does Leaky Black play?
Leaky Black is a forward for the Sacramento Kings.
How many NBA games has Leaky Black played?
41 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 17.5 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has Leaky Black played?
2 seasons (2023-26).
How tall is Leaky Black?
6'6", 209 lb
Leaky Black 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
25%
2 seasons
Last 3 seasons
25%
123 games missed
Games missed
123
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
26
23-24
15
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady — 25% of games over the last three seasons, low of 18% 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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