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Mark PriceCleveland Cavaliers · #25
Mark Price is a retired guard best known with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Elite shooter and free-throw ace. Career averages: 15.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game.
Balladex Impact · 63
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Cleveland Cavaliers · #25 · Guard
Mark Price
Season avg9.5 pts · 2.0 reb · 4.7 ast · .431 fg
Career avg15.2 pts · 2.6 reb · 6.7 ast · .467 fg
IMPACTBalladex Impact 63 — Solid starter tierINDEXMark Price · Cleveland CavaliersIMPACTBalladex Impact 63 — Solid starter tierINDEXMark Price · Cleveland Cavaliers
Scouting report
Mark Price — 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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retired standout · guard · Impact 63
Mark Price is a retired guard best known with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Elite shooter and free-throw ace. Career averages: 15.2 points, 2.6 rebounds an
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OffenseF
DefenseC
Feel / IQC+
Playmaking
Average creator
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B-
Scoring
Strong scorer
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D
Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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C
3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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Perimeter D
Below average on the perimeter
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F
Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Average tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II
Where Mark Price 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
✦ Balladex Consensus: Solid starter tier — a blend of Impact, production and résumé.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
63Impact index
233Star score
Career scoring average15.2 ppg
Seasons in the index12
Accolades on file1
4× NBA All-Star
Stat explorer
Mark Price — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
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Scoring
9.5 PPG
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Playmaking
4.7 APG
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Rebounding
2.0 RPG
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Shooting
.335 3P%
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The engine
How the model sees Mark Price
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 1998-99 72% confidence
9.2
pts
7.3–11.1
2.0
reb
1.2–2.8
4.8
ast
4.0–5.6
22.3
min
proj
56
gp
health
.427
fg%
~base
.364
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 12-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 9.5 → projected 9.2 PPG
Minutes / role
-0.2
Development (his trend)
-0.4
Age curve
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Live context
+0.2
Net vs last season-0.3 PPG
Everything it reads
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12 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
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Per-stat aging curves
age — — 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: 7 / 70 / 63 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified
Mark Price career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-87 | 67 | 18.2 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 3.0 | .408 | .329 |
| 1987-88 | 80 | 32.8 | 16.0 | 2.3 | 6.0 | .506 | .486 |
| 1988-89 | 75 | 36.4 | 18.9 | 3.0 | 8.4 | .526 | .441 |
| 1989-90 | 73 | 37.1 | 19.6 | 3.4 | 9.1 | .459 | .406 |
| 1990-91 | 16 | 35.7 | 16.9 | 2.8 | 10.4 | .497 | .340 |
| 1991-92 | 72 | 29.7 | 17.3 | 2.4 | 7.4 | .488 | .387 |
| 1992-93 | 75 | 31.7 | 18.2 | 2.7 | 8.0 | .484 | .416 |
| 1993-94 | 76 | 31.4 | 17.3 | 3.0 | 7.8 | .478 | .397 |
| 1994-95 | 48 | 28.6 | 15.8 | 2.3 | 7.0 | .413 | .407 |
| 1995-96 | 7 | 18.1 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 2.6 | .300 | .333 |
| 1996-97 | 70 | 26.8 | 11.3 | 2.6 | 4.9 | .447 | .396 |
| 1997-98 | 63 | 22.7 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 4.7 | .431 | .335 |
| Career | 722 | 29.9 | 15.2 | 2.6 | 6.7 |
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 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
118.4off rtg
114def 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, Evan Mobley.
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
63 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
1 accolades
4× NBA All-Star
Act IV
The Ballad of Mark Price
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
Cleveland Cavaliers
Turning pro
Drafted 1986 as a Guard.
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Mark Price is a retired retired standout. Elite shooter and free-throw ace.
Chapter
He averaged 15.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 6.7 assists over his career.
Where things stand
A retired standout and Cleveland Cavaliers name.
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Price's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
▶ Highlights landing soon
Off the court
Measurables ESPN
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 180 lbs
- College
- Georgia Tech
- Experience
- 12th Season
- NBA debut
- 1986
- Draft
- 1986
- Jersey
- #25
Legacy
Elite shooter and free-throw ace.
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The person
A retired retired standout and Cleveland Cavaliers name.
Retired
Cleveland Cavaliers
Standout
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FAQ
Mark Price — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Mark Price, answered.
What were Mark Price's career averages?
Mark Price averaged 15.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game.
Is Mark Price retired?
Yes — Mark Price is a retired guard.
Mark Price 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.
