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Ochai Agbaji New York Knicks · #30

Guard · 6'5", 215 lb · Kansas City, MO · Age 26 · 6th season

Ochai Agbaji is a guard for the New York Knicks who has played 263 games over 4 seasons, averaging 5.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 2025-26.

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New York Knicks · #30 · Guard

Ochai Agbaji

Season avg6.7 pts · 2.3 reb · 0.9 ast · .455 fg

Career avg7.2 pts · 2.8 reb · 1.1 ast · .442 fg

Live win probabilityKnicks 61%

Balladex model · projected 117–115 · 97.9 pace

Tonight's projectionmodel

6.9pts

2.1reb

0.9ast

61%win

Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head

Ochai Agbaji

New York Knicks · Guard

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Jamal Shead

Toronto Raptors · Strong defender

Category breakout

Head-to-head history

Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.

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Scouting report

Ochai Agbaji — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

Guard · Rotation piece · Impact 49

Ochai Agbaji is a guard for the New York Knicks who has played 263 games over 4 seasons, averaging 5.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.8 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 Ochai Agbaji 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: #534 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

49Impact index

25Star score

Career scoring average7.2 ppg

Seasons in the index6

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Ochai Agbaji — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

6.7 PPG

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Playmaking

0.9 APG

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Rebounding

2.3 RPG

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Shooting

.349 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Ochai Agbaji

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 64% confidence

4.9

pts

2.7–7.1

2.3

reb

1.3–3.3

0.8

ast

-0.0–1.6

15.0

min

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health

.448

fg%

~base

.309

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 4-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 5.1 → projected 4.9 PPG

Minutes / role

-0.2

Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season-0.1 PPG

Everything it reads

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6 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 26 — applied per stat

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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: 64 / 42 / 20 → games & confidence

health

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

Ochai Agbaji career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2022-23	59	20.5	7.9	2.1	1.1	.427	.355
2023-24 (Utah)	51	19.6	5.4	2.5	0.9	.426	.331
2023-24 (Toronto)	27	23.7	6.7	3.3	1.3	.391	.217
2024-25	64	27.2	10.4	3.8	1.5	.498	.399
2025-26 (Toronto)	42	15.5	4.3	2.3	0.7	.424	.185
2025-26 (Brooklyn)	20	16.2	6.7	2.3	0.9	.455	.349
Career	263	21.2	7.2	2.8	1.1

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.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the New York Knicks built to win?

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

57–25proj record

#3conf seed

+6.3net rtg

118.7off rtg

112.3def 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: Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby.

How his role moves

Projected 57–25, 3rd in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

49 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Ochai Agbaji

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

2000-04-20

The beginning

Ochai Agbaji is a guard for the New York Knicks.

New York Knicks

Turning pro

Drafted 14th overall, 2022 as a Guard.

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Ochai Agbaji is a guard for the New York Knicks.

Chapter

He has played 263 games over 4 seasons (2022-26), averaging 21.2 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 62 games across 2 teams, averaging 5.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 15.7 minutes.

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Agbaji's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 215 lbs
College: Kansas
Experience: 5th Season
Draft: 14th overall, 2022
Born: Kansas City, MO
Age: 26
Jersey: #30

Beyond the game

Ochai Agbaji is from Kansas City, MO, born 2000-04-20, listed at 6'5" and 215 lb. He has 5 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 guard on 21.2 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth15.7 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 34.9% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Ochai Agbaji — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Ochai Agbaji, answered.

What position does Ochai Agbaji play?

Ochai Agbaji is a guard for the New York Knicks.

How many NBA games has Ochai Agbaji played?

263 regular-season games over 4 seasons, averaging 21.2 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Ochai Agbaji played?

4 seasons (2022-26).

How tall is Ochai Agbaji?

6'5", 215 lb

Ochai Agbaji 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.