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Neil JohnstonGolden State Warriors · #6
Neil Johnston is a retired center and Basketball Hall of Famer, most associated with the Golden State Warriors. A hook-shot scoring champion. Career averages: 19.4 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
Balladex Impact · 74
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⬢ Rare
Golden State Warriors · #6 · Center
Neil Johnston
Season avg6.3 pts · 5.0 reb · 0.8 ast · .329 fg
Career avg19.4 pts · 11.4 reb · 2.4 ast · .443 fg
IMPACTBalladex Impact 74 — Star starter tierINDEXNeil Johnston · Golden State WarriorsIMPACTBalladex Impact 74 — Star starter tierINDEXNeil Johnston · Golden State Warriors
Scouting report
Neil Johnston — 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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Hall of Fame center · Impact 74
Neil Johnston is a retired center and Basketball Hall of Famer, most associated with the Golden State Warriors. A hook-shot scoring champion. Career a
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OffenseC-
DefenseC-
Feel / IQD
Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Excellent scorer
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Rebounding
Strong 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
Average at the rim
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C
Clutch
Average late
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C+
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 Neil Johnston 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: Star starter tier — a blend of Impact, production and résumé.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
74Impact index
544Star score
Career scoring average19.4 ppg
Seasons in the index8
Accolades on file4
1× NBA Champion · 3× Scoring champion
Stat explorer
Neil Johnston — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
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Scoring
6.3 PPG
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Playmaking
0.8 APG
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Rebounding
5.0 RPG
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Shooting
— 3P%
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The engine
How the model sees Neil Johnston
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 1959-60 71% confidence
4.9
pts
3.1–6.7
4.0
reb
3.1–4.9
0.6
ast
-0.1–1.3
11.2
min
proj
49
gp
health
.416
fg%
~base
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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 6.3 → projected 4.9 PPG
Minutes / role
-1.3
Development (his trend)
-0.3
Age curve
+0.0
Live context
+0.1
Net vs last season-1.4 PPG
Everything it reads
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8 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 — — 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: 69 / 71 / 28 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified
Neil Johnston career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-52 | 64 | 15.5 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 0.6 | .472 | |
| 1952-53 | 70 | 45.2 | 22.3 | 13.9 | 2.8 | .452 | |
| 1953-54 | 72 | 45.8 | 24.4 | 11.1 | 2.8 | .449 | |
| 1954-55 | 72 | 40.5 | 22.7 | 15.1 | 3.0 | .440 | |
| 1955-56 CHIP | 70 | 37.1 | 22.1 | 12.5 | 3.2 | .457 | |
| 1956-57 | 69 | 36.7 | 22.8 | 12.4 | 2.9 | .447 | |
| 1957-58 | 71 | 33.9 | 19.5 | 11.1 | 2.3 | .429 | |
| 1958-59 | 28 | 14.0 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 0.8 | .329 | |
| Career | 516 | 35.5 | 19.4 | 11.4 | 2.4 |
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 Golden State Warriors built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
40–42proj record
#10conf seed
-0.5net rtg
113.8off rtg
114.4def rtg
31%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: Draymond Green, De'Anthony Melton.
How his role moves
Projected 40–42, 10th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
74 of 99
Star starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rare
Rank #57 of 715 in NBA.
Résumé
4 accolades
1× NBA Champion · 3× Scoring champion · 6× NBA All-Star
Act IV
The Ballad of Neil Johnston
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
Golden State Warriors
Turning pro
Drafted 1951 as a Center.
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Neil Johnston is a Basketball Hall of Famer. A hook-shot scoring champion.
Chapter
He averaged 19.4 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists and won 1 title over his career.
Where things stand
A Hall of Fame center and Golden State Warriors name.
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Johnston's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
▶ Highlights landing soon
Off the court
Measurables ESPN
- Height
- 6' 8"
- Weight
- 218 lbs
- Draft
- 1951
- Jersey
- #6
Legacy
A hook-shot scoring champion.
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The person
A Hall of Fame center and Golden State Warriors name.
Hall of Fame
Golden State Warriors
Champion
Verified profiles & sources
FAQ
Neil Johnston — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Neil Johnston, answered.
What were Neil Johnston's career averages?
Neil Johnston averaged 19.4 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
Is Neil Johnston in the Hall of Fame?
Yes — Neil Johnston is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Neil Johnston 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.
