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Mo Bamba Utah Jazz · #44

Center · 7'0", 231 lb · Harlem, NY · Age 28 · 11th season

Mo Bamba is a center for the Utah Jazz who has played 368 games over 8 seasons, averaging 2.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 2025-26.

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Utah Jazz · #44 · Center

Mo Bamba

Season avg5.0 pts · 10.0 reb · 0.5 ast · .556 fg

Career avg6.7 pts · 5.5 reb · 0.8 ast · .474 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

5.0pts

10.0reb

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Scouting report

Mo Bamba — 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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Center · Rotation piece · Impact 51

Mo Bamba is a center for the Utah Jazz who has played 368 games over 8 seasons, averaging 2.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.3 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 Mo Bamba 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: #426 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

51Impact index

22Star score

Career scoring average6.7 ppg

Seasons in the index11

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Mo Bamba — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

5.0 PPG

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Playmaking

0.5 APG

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Rebounding

10.0 RPG

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Shooting

.000 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Mo Bamba

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 67% confidence

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pts

0.3–4.1

5.6

reb

4.5–6.7

0.2

ast

-0.5–0.9

10.5

min

proj

health

.436

fg%

~base

.271

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 8-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 2.5 → projected 2.2 PPG

Minutes / role

-0.1

Development (his trend)

-0.3

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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11 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

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: 4 / 2 / 2 → games & confidence

health

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

Mo Bamba career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2018-19	47	16.3	6.2	5.0	0.8	.481	.300
2019-20	62	14.2	5.4	4.9	0.7	.462	.346
2020-21	46	15.8	8.0	5.8	0.8	.472	.322
2021-22	71	25.7	10.6	8.1	1.2	.480	.381
2022-23 (Orlando)	40	17.1	7.3	4.6	1.1	.495	.398
2022-23 (LA Lakers)	9	9.7	3.7	4.6	0.4	.407	.313
2023-24	57	13.0	4.4	4.2	0.7	.490	.391
2024-25 (LA Clippers)	28	12.6	4.6	4.3	0.6	.466	.300
2024-25 (New Orleans)	4	15.3	2.5	6.3	0.5	.444	.000
2025-26 (Toronto)	2	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	.000	.000
2025-26 (Utah)	2	19.0	5.0	10.0	0.5	.556	.000
Career	368	16.8	6.7	5.5	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

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 Utah Jazz built to win?

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

22–60proj record

#14conf seed

-7.3net rtg

113.1off rtg

120.4def rtg

1%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Jusuf Nurkic, Jaren Jackson Jr..

How his role moves

Projected 22–60, 14th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

51 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Mo Bamba

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

1998-05-12

The beginning

Mo Bamba is a center for the Utah Jazz.

Utah Jazz

Turning pro

Drafted 6th overall, 2018 as a Center.

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Mo Bamba is a center for the Utah Jazz.

Chapter

He has played 368 games over 8 seasons (2018-26), averaging 16.8 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 4 games across 2 teams, averaging 2.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 11.0 minutes.

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Bamba's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 7' 0"
Weight: 231 lbs
College: Texas
Experience: 9th Season
NBA debut: 2018
Draft: 6th overall, 2018
Born: Harlem, NY
Age: 28
Jersey: #44

Beyond the game

Mo Bamba is from Harlem, NY, born 1998-05-12, listed at 7'0" and 231 lb. He has 9 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 center on 16.8 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth11.0 minutes a night; situational.

Active on the glass5.5 rebounds per game.

Floor spacerShooting 0.0% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Mo Bamba — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Mo Bamba, answered.

What position does Mo Bamba play?

Mo Bamba is a center for the Utah Jazz.

How many NBA games has Mo Bamba played?

368 regular-season games over 8 seasons, averaging 16.8 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Mo Bamba played?

8 seasons (2018-26).

How tall is Mo Bamba?

7'0", 231 lb

Mo Bamba 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.