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Liam McNeeleyCharlotte Hornets · #33
Liam McNeeley is a forward the Charlotte Hornets selected 29th overall in the 2025 NBA draft out of UConn. A rookie building his NBA foundation in 2025-26 — full profile with projected role and outlook.
MVP race · #311Forward rank · #113Balladex Impact · 42
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Charlotte Hornets · #33 · Forward
Liam McNeeley
Season avg4.3 pts · 2.4 reb · 0.8 ast · .400 fg
Career avg4.3 pts · 2.4 reb · 0.8 ast · .400 fg
Live win probabilityNets 54%
Balladex model · projected 117–116 · 97.3 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
7.8pts
5.4reb
2.7ast
46%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Liam McNeeley
Charlotte Hornets · Forward
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Terance Mann
Brooklyn Nets · 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
Liam McNeeley — 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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Two-way wing prospect · Impact 42
Liam McNeeley is a forward the Charlotte Hornets selected 29th overall in the 2025 NBA draft out of UConn. A rookie building his NBA foundation in 202
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OffenseF
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Feel / IQF
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 Liam McNeeley 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▬
44%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
6%
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Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks▬
3%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #317 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
42Impact index
82Star score
Career scoring average4.3 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file1
#29 2025 Draft pick
Stat explorer
Liam McNeeley — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
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Scoring
4.3 PPG
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Playmaking
0.8 APG
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Rebounding
2.4 RPG
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Shooting
.400 3P%
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The engine
How the model sees Liam McNeeley
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
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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: 31 → games & confidence
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The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified
Liam McNeeley career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
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| 2025-26 | 31 | 11.9 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | .400 | .400 |
| Career | 31 | 11.9 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 |
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 Charlotte Hornets built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
56–26proj record
#4conf seed
+5.9net rtg
118.9off rtg
113def rtg
99%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: Moussa Diabate, Naz Reid.
How his role moves
Projected 56–26, 4th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
42 of 99
Role player tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
1 accolades
#29 2025 Draft pick
Act IV
The Ballad of Liam McNeeley
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
Liam McNeeley is a 2025 first-round rookie forward for the Charlotte Hornets.
Charlotte Hornets
Turning pro
Drafted 29th overall, 2025 as a Forward.
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Liam McNeeley arrived in the NBA as the 29th pick of the 2025 draft, joining the Charlotte Hornets out of UConn.
Chapter
Year one is about carving a role: the ratings and stat line here are Balladex projections for a first-year forward still finding his footing.
Where things stand
A first-year forward finding his NBA footing.
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McNeeley's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
Off the court
Measurables ESPN
Active
- Height
- 6' 7"
- Weight
- 210 lbs
- College
- UConn
- Experience
- 1st Season
- Draft
- 29th overall, 2025
- Born
- UConn
- Jersey
- #33
Beyond the game
McNeeley joins the Charlotte Hornets as part of the 2025 rookie class.
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The person
A 2025 first-round rookie forward out of UConn.
Young
Developing
UConn
Verified profiles & sources
FAQ
Liam McNeeley — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Liam McNeeley, answered.
Where was Liam McNeeley drafted?
Liam McNeeley was selected 29th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2025 NBA draft, out of UConn.
Are McNeeley's stats on this page real?
The identity and draft facts are real; the 2025-26 stat line and role ratings are Balladex projections, clearly labeled, since he is a first-year player.
Liam McNeeley 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.
