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Lonnie Walker IV Denver Nuggets · #4

Guard · 6'4", 205 lb · Reading, PA · Age 28 · 7th season

Lonnie Walker IV is a guard for the Denver Nuggets who has played 342 games over 7 seasons, averaging 12.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 2024-25.

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MVP race · #557Guard rank · #165Balladex Impact · 56

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◆ Rated

Denver Nuggets · #4 · Guard

Lonnie Walker IV

Season avg12.4 pts · 3.2 reb · 2.5 ast · .420 fg

Career avg10.0 pts · 2.3 reb · 1.5 ast · .420 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

12.4pts

3.2reb

2.5ast

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Scouting report

Lonnie Walker IV — 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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Guard · Rotation piece · Impact 56

Lonnie Walker IV is a guard for the Denver Nuggets who has played 342 games over 7 seasons, averaging 12.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 202

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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 Lonnie Walker IV 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: #341 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

56Impact index

35Star score

Career scoring average10.0 ppg

Seasons in the index7

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Lonnie Walker IV — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

12.4 PPG

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Playmaking

2.5 APG

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Rebounding

3.2 RPG

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Shooting

.354 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Lonnie Walker IV

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 2025-26 69% confidence

12.7

pts

10.5–14.9

3.3

reb

2.4–4.2

2.7

ast

1.9–3.5

23.8

min

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health

.426

fg%

~base

.363

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 7-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 12.4 → projected 12.7 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season+0.3 PPG

Everything it reads

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7 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 28 — 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: 56 / 58 / 20 → games & confidence

health

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

Lonnie Walker IV career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2018-19	17	6.9	2.6	1.0	0.5	.348	.385
2019-20	61	16.2	6.4	2.3	1.1	.426	.406
2020-21	60	25.4	11.2	2.6	1.7	.420	.355
2021-22	70	23.0	12.1	2.6	2.2	.407	.314
2022-23	56	23.2	11.7	1.9	1.1	.448	.365
2023-24	58	17.4	9.7	2.2	1.3	.423	.384
2024-25	20	23.9	12.4	3.2	2.5	.420	.354
Career	342	20.5	10.0	2.3	1.5

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 Denver Nuggets built to win?

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

55–27proj record

#4conf seed

+5.2net rtg

121.2off rtg

116def rtg

98%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: Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun.

How his role moves

Projected 55–27, 4th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

56 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Lonnie Walker IV

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

1998-12-14

The beginning

Lonnie Walker IV is a guard for the Denver Nuggets.

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Lonnie Walker IV is a guard for the Denver Nuggets.

Chapter

He has played 342 games over 7 seasons (2018-25), averaging 20.5 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

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In 2024-25 he played 20 games, averaging 12.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 23.9 minutes.

Where things stand

Where IV goes from here.

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IV's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 205 lbs
College: Miami
Experience: 8th Season
NBA debut: 2018
Born: Reading, PA
Age: 28
Jersey: #4

Beyond the game

Lonnie Walker IV is from Reading, PA, born 1998-12-14, listed at 6'4" and 205 lb. He has 8 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 20.5 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular23.9 minutes a night in the rotation.

Scoring threat12.4 points per game.

Floor spacerShooting 35.4% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Lonnie Walker IV — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Lonnie Walker IV, answered.

What position does Lonnie Walker IV play?

Lonnie Walker IV is a guard for the Denver Nuggets.

How many NBA games has Lonnie Walker IV played?

342 regular-season games over 7 seasons, averaging 20.5 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Lonnie Walker IV played?

7 seasons (2018-25).

How tall is Lonnie Walker IV?

6'4", 205 lb

Lonnie Walker IV 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.