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LJ Cryer Golden State Warriors · #18

Q: What position does LJ Cryer play?

LJ Cryer is a guard for the Golden State Warriors.

Q: How many NBA games has LJ Cryer played?

18 regular-season games over 1 season, averaging 16.2 minutes.

Guard · 6'0", 200 lb · Katy, TX · Age 25 · 1st season

LJ Cryer is a guard for the Golden State Warriors who has played 18 games over 1 season, averaging 8.2 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 2025-26.

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Golden State Warriors · #18 · Guard

LJ Cryer

Season avg8.2 pts · 1.6 reb · 1.0 ast · .402 fg

Career avg8.2 pts · 1.6 reb · 1.0 ast · .402 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

8.2pts

1.6reb

1.0ast

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Scouting report

LJ Cryer — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

Guard · Rotation piece · Impact 49

LJ Cryer is a guard for the Golden State Warriors who has played 18 games over 1 season, averaging 8.2 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 2025-26

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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 LJ Cryer 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 DEN▬

29%

Luka Doncic LAL▬

19%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬

11%

Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬

Victor Wembanyama SAS▬

Anthony Edwards MIN▬

Tyrese Maxey PHI▬

Jamal Murray DEN▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #368 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

<1%MVP odds

49Impact index

27Star score

Career scoring average8.2 ppg

Seasons in the index1

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

LJ Cryer — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

8.2 PPG

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Playmaking

1.0 APG

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Rebounding

1.6 RPG

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Shooting

.394 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees LJ Cryer

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 25 — 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: 18 → games & confidence

health

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

LJ Cryer career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2025-26	18	16.2	8.2	1.6	1.0	.402	.394
Career	18	16.2	8.2	1.6	1.0

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.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

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

-0.4net 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

49 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of LJ Cryer

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

2001-10-09

The beginning

LJ Cryer is a guard for the Golden State Warriors.

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LJ Cryer is a guard for the Golden State Warriors.

Chapter

He has played 18 games over 1 season (2025-26), averaging 16.2 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 18 games, averaging 8.2 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 16.2 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Cryer goes from here.

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Cryer's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 200 lbs
College: Houston
Experience: 2nd Season
Born: Katy, TX
Age: 25
Jersey: #18

Beyond the game

LJ Cryer is from Katy, TX, born 2001-10-09, listed at 6'0" and 200 lb. He has 2 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 guard on 16.2 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth16.2 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 39.4% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

LJ Cryer — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about LJ Cryer, answered.

What position does LJ Cryer play?

LJ Cryer is a guard for the Golden State Warriors.

How many NBA games has LJ Cryer played?

18 regular-season games over 1 season, averaging 16.2 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has LJ Cryer played?

1 season (2025-26).

How tall is LJ Cryer?

6'0", 200 lb

LJ Cryer 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.

LJ Cryer Golden State Warriors · #18

LJ Cryer — the report card

Where LJ Cryer stands

LJ Cryer — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees LJ Cryer

LJ Cryer career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Golden State Warriors built to win?

The Ballad of LJ Cryer

The beginning

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Chapter

Chapter

Where things stand

Off the court

LJ Cryer — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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