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Neemias Queta Boston Celtics · #88

Center · 7'0", 260 lb · Barreiro, Portugal · Age 27 · 5th season

Neemias Queta is a center for the Boston Celtics who has played 186 games over 5 seasons, averaging 10.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 2025-26.

MVP race · #192Center rank · #39Balladex Impact · 61
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Boston Celtics · #88 · Center
Neemias Queta
Season avg10.2 pts · 8.4 reb · 1.7 ast · .653 fg
Career avg7.0 pts · 5.6 reb · 1.1 ast · .634 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
10.2pts
8.4reb
1.7ast
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Scouting report

Neemias Queta — 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 · Solid starter · Impact 61
Neemias Queta is a center for the Boston Celtics who has played 186 games over 5 seasons, averaging 10.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 2025-
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
C-
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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A+
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Neemias Queta 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
1
Nikola Jokić DEN▬
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL▬
19%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬
11%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬
5%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS▬
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN▬
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI▬
2%
8
Jamal Murray DEN▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #203 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
61Impact index
31Star score
Career scoring average7.0 ppg
Seasons in the index5
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Neemias Queta — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
10.2 PPG
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Playmaking
1.7 APG
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Rebounding
8.4 RPG
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Shooting
.125 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Neemias Queta

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  66% confidence
11.2
pts
8.9–13.5
9.1
reb
7.9–10.3
2.0
ast
1.2–2.8
27.5
min
proj
63
gp
health
.651
fg%
~base
.064
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 10.2 → projected 11.2 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.9
Development (his trend)
-0.1
Age curve
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Live context
+0.2
Net vs last season+1.0 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
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 27 — 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: 28 / 62 / 76 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Neemias Queta career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2021-22158.03.02.10.4.447.000
2022-2355.82.42.20.2.667.000
2023-242811.95.54.40.7.644.000
2024-256213.95.03.80.7.650.000
2025-267625.310.28.41.7.653.125
Career18617.67.05.61.1
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.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Boston Celtics built to win?

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

63–19proj record
#2conf seed
+8.4net rtg
120off rtg
111.7def rtg
99%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 steady. Defensive anchors: Mitchell Robinson, Derrick White.
How his role moves
Projected 63–19, 2nd in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
61 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Neemias Queta

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

1999-07-13

The beginning

Neemias Queta is a center for the Boston Celtics.

Boston Celtics

Turning pro

Drafted 39th overall, 2021 as a Center.

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Neemias Queta is a center for the Boston Celtics.

Chapter

He has played 186 games over 5 seasons (2021-26), averaging 17.6 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 76 games, averaging 10.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 25.3 minutes.

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Queta's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the court

Measurables ESPN
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Height
7' 0"
Weight
260 lbs
College
Utah State
Experience
6th Season
Draft
39th overall, 2021
Born
Barreiro, Portugal
Age
27
Jersey
#88
Beyond the game

Neemias Queta is from Barreiro, Portugal, born 1999-07-13, listed at 7'0" and 260 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 center on 17.6 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular25.3 minutes a night in the rotation.
Active on the glass8.4 rebounds per game.
Floor spacerShooting 12.5% from three.
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FAQ

Neemias Queta — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Neemias Queta, answered.

What position does Neemias Queta play?
Neemias Queta is a center for the Boston Celtics.
How many NBA games has Neemias Queta played?
186 regular-season games over 5 seasons, averaging 17.6 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has Neemias Queta played?
5 seasons (2021-26).
How tall is Neemias Queta?
7'0", 260 lb
Neemias Queta 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.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
45%
5 seasons
Last 3 seasons
67%
80 games missed
Games missed
224
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
improving
Availability by season
15
21-22
5
22-23
28
23-24
62
24-25
76
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is improving — 67% of games over the last three seasons, low of 6% in 2022-23.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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