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Mario Hezonja Cleveland Cavaliers · #33

Forward · 6'8", 220 lb · Croatia · Age 31 · 5th season

Mario Hezonja is a forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers who has played 330 games over 5 seasons, averaging 4.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 2019-20.

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MVP race · #561Forward rank · #167Balladex Impact · 50

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Cleveland Cavaliers · #33 · Forward

Mario Hezonja

Season avg4.8 pts · 3.5 reb · 0.9 ast · .422 fg

Career avg6.9 pts · 3.1 reb · 1.3 ast · .414 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

4.8pts

3.5reb

0.9ast

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Scouting report

Mario Hezonja — 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 · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Mario Hezonja is a forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers who has played 330 games over 5 seasons, averaging 4.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.9 assists in

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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 Mario Hezonja 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: #452 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

50Impact index

21Star score

Career scoring average6.9 ppg

Seasons in the index5

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Mario Hezonja — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

4.8 PPG

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Playmaking

0.9 APG

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Rebounding

3.5 RPG

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Shooting

.308 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Mario Hezonja

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 2020-21 67% confidence

4.6

pts

2.6–6.6

3.5

reb

2.5–4.5

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ast

0.1–1.7

16.2

min

proj

health

.416

fg%

~base

.304

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 5-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 4.8 → projected 4.6 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-0.2 PPG

Everything it reads

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5 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 31 — applied per stat

curve

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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: 75 / 58 / 53 → games & confidence

health

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

Mario Hezonja career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2015-16	79	17.9	6.1	2.2	1.4	.433	.349
2016-17	65	14.8	4.9	2.2	1.0	.355	.299
2017-18	75	22.1	9.6	3.7	1.4	.442	.337
2018-19	58	20.8	8.8	4.1	1.5	.412	.276
2019-20	53	16.4	4.8	3.5	0.9	.422	.308
Career	330	18.5	6.9	3.1	1.3

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 Cleveland Cavaliers built to win?

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

52–30proj record

#5conf seed

+4.4net rtg

118.5off rtg

113.9def rtg

96%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: Jarrett Allen, Peyton Watson.

How his role moves

Projected 52–30, 5th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Mario Hezonja

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

1995-02-25

The beginning

Mario Hezonja is a forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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Mario Hezonja is a forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Chapter

He has played 330 games over 5 seasons (2015-20), averaging 18.5 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2019-20 he played 53 games, averaging 4.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 16.4 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Hezonja goes from here.

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Hezonja's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Highlights landing soon

Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 220 lbs
Experience: 6th Season
NBA debut: 2015
Born: Croatia
Age: 31
Jersey: #33

Beyond the game

Mario Hezonja is from Croatia, born 1995-02-25, listed at 6'8" and 220 lb. He has 6 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 18.5 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth16.4 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 30.8% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Mario Hezonja — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Mario Hezonja, answered.

What position does Mario Hezonja play?

Mario Hezonja is a forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

How many NBA games has Mario Hezonja played?

330 regular-season games over 5 seasons, averaging 18.5 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Mario Hezonja played?

5 seasons (2015-20).

How tall is Mario Hezonja?

6'8", 220 lb

Mario Hezonja 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.