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Oscar Tshiebwe Houston Rockets · #9

Center · 6'8", 255 lb · Lubumbashi, Congo · Age 27 · 3rd season

Oscar Tshiebwe is a center for the Houston Rockets who has played 49 games over 3 seasons, averaging 7.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 2025-26.

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MVP race · #249Center rank · #51Balladex Impact · 56

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◆ Rated

Houston Rockets · #9 · Center

Oscar Tshiebwe

Season avg7.8 pts · 6.6 reb · 1.2 ast · .634 fg

Career avg7.0 pts · 6.4 reb · 0.9 ast · .602 fg

Live win probabilityRockets 54%

Balladex model · projected 116–116 · 98.2 pace

Tonight's projectionmodel

6.5pts

5.4reb

1.3ast

54%win

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

Oscar Tshiebwe

Houston Rockets · Center

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Chet Holmgren

Oklahoma City Thunder · Elite stopper

Category breakout

Head-to-head history

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

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Scouting report

Oscar Tshiebwe — 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 56

Oscar Tshiebwe is a center for the Houston Rockets who has played 49 games over 3 seasons, averaging 7.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 2025-

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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 Oscar Tshiebwe 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: #284 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

56Impact index

27Star score

Career scoring average7.0 ppg

Seasons in the index3

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Oscar Tshiebwe — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

7.8 PPG

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Playmaking

1.2 APG

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Rebounding

6.6 RPG

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Shooting

.000 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Oscar Tshiebwe

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 51% confidence

8.4

pts

5.4–11.4

7.2

reb

5.6–8.8

1.5

ast

0.4–2.6

18.3

min

proj

health

.608

fg%

~base

.000

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 7.8 → projected 8.4 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

-0.4

Age curve

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Live context

+0.2

Net vs last season+0.6 PPG

Everything it reads

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3 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 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: 8 / 14 / 27 → games & confidence

health

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

Oscar Tshiebwe career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2023-24	8	5.3	3.3	2.0	0.3	.500	.000
2024-25	14	18.2	7.6	8.7	0.6	.600	.000
2025-26	27	16.6	7.8	6.6	1.2	.634	.000
Career	49	15.2	7.0	6.4	0.9

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 Houston Rockets built to win?

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

55–27proj record

#3conf seed

+5.5net rtg

117.6off rtg

112def rtg

98%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Switch-heavy — Switches 1–4 (or 1–5) to erase actions and keep bodies in front. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Amen Thompson, Fred VanVleet.

How his role moves

Projected 55–27, 3rd in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

56 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Oscar Tshiebwe

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

1999-11-27

The beginning

Oscar Tshiebwe is a center for the Houston Rockets.

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Oscar Tshiebwe is a center for the Houston Rockets.

Chapter

He has played 49 games over 3 seasons (2023-26), averaging 15.2 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 27 games, averaging 7.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 16.6 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Tshiebwe goes from here.

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Tshiebwe's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 255 lbs
College: Kentucky
Experience: 4th Season
Born: Lubumbashi, Congo
Age: 27
Jersey: #9

Beyond the game

Oscar Tshiebwe is from Lubumbashi, Congo, born 1999-11-27, listed at 6'8" and 255 lb. He has 4 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 15.2 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth16.6 minutes a night; situational.

Active on the glass6.6 rebounds per game.

Floor spacerShooting 0.0% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Oscar Tshiebwe — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Oscar Tshiebwe, answered.

What position does Oscar Tshiebwe play?

Oscar Tshiebwe is a center for the Houston Rockets.

How many NBA games has Oscar Tshiebwe played?

49 regular-season games over 3 seasons, averaging 15.2 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Oscar Tshiebwe played?

3 seasons (2023-26).

How tall is Oscar Tshiebwe?

6'8", 255 lb

Oscar Tshiebwe 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.