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Quentin Grimes Los Angeles Lakers · #5

Q: What position does Quentin Grimes play?

Quentin Grimes is a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Q: How many NBA games has Quentin Grimes played?

318 regular-season games over 5 seasons, averaging 25.6 minutes.

Guard · 6'4", 210 lb · The Woodlands, TX · Age 26 · 7th season

Quentin Grimes is a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers who has played 318 games over 5 seasons, averaging 13.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 2025-26.

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Los Angeles Lakers · #5 · Guard

Quentin Grimes

Season avg13.4 pts · 3.6 reb · 3.3 ast · .450 fg

Career avg11.1 pts · 3.2 reb · 2.3 ast · .439 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

13.4pts

3.6reb

3.3ast

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Scouting report

Quentin Grimes — the report card

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

Guard · Solid starter · Impact 60

Quentin Grimes is a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers who has played 318 games over 5 seasons, averaging 13.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 2

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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 Quentin Grimes 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 DEN▬

29%

Luka Doncic LAL▬

19%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬

11%

Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬

Victor Wembanyama SAS▬

Anthony Edwards MIN▬

Tyrese Maxey PHI▬

Jamal Murray DEN▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #198 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

60Impact index

37Star score

Career scoring average11.1 ppg

Seasons in the index7

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Quentin Grimes — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

13.4 PPG

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Playmaking

3.3 APG

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Rebounding

3.6 RPG

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Shooting

.334 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Quentin Grimes

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 68% confidence

14.7

pts

12.4–17.0

3.8

reb

2.8–4.8

3.8

ast

2.9–4.7

30.5

min

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health

.445

fg%

~base

.357

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 13.4 → projected 14.7 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season+1.3 PPG

Everything it reads

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7 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: 47 / 28 / 75 → games & confidence

health

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

Quentin Grimes career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2021-22	46	17.1	6.0	2.0	1.0	.404	.381
2022-23	71	29.9	11.3	3.2	2.1	.468	.386
2023-24 (New York)	45	20.2	7.3	2.0	1.2	.395	.363
2023-24 (Detroit)	6	19.0	5.3	2.0	2.3	.214	.143
2024-25 (Dallas)	47	22.8	10.2	3.8	2.1	.463	.398
2024-25 (Philadelphia)	28	33.7	21.9	5.2	4.5	.469	.373
2025-26	75	29.4	13.4	3.6	3.3	.450	.334
Career	318	25.6	11.1	3.2	2.3

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 Los Angeles Lakers built to win?

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

48–34proj record

#6conf seed

+2.8net rtg

117.6off rtg

114.9def rtg

85%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: Austin Reaves, Luka Doncic.

How his role moves

Projected 48–34, 6th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

60 of 99

Solid starter tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Quentin Grimes

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

2000-05-08

The beginning

Quentin Grimes is a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Los Angeles Lakers

Turning pro

Drafted 25th overall, 2021 as a Guard.

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Quentin Grimes is a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Chapter

He has played 318 games over 5 seasons (2021-26), averaging 25.6 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 75 games, averaging 13.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 29.4 minutes.

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Grimes's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 210 lbs
College: Houston
Experience: 6th Season
Draft: 25th overall, 2021
Born: The Woodlands, TX
Age: 26
Jersey: #5

Beyond the game

Quentin Grimes is from The Woodlands, TX, born 2000-05-08, listed at 6'4" and 210 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.

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The person

A guard on 25.6 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular29.4 minutes a night in the rotation.

Scoring threat13.4 points per game.

Floor spacerShooting 33.4% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Quentin Grimes — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Quentin Grimes, answered.

What position does Quentin Grimes play?

Quentin Grimes is a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers.

How many NBA games has Quentin Grimes played?

318 regular-season games over 5 seasons, averaging 25.6 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Quentin Grimes played?

5 seasons (2021-26).

How tall is Quentin Grimes?

6'4", 210 lb

Quentin Grimes 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.

Quentin Grimes Los Angeles Lakers · #5

Quentin Grimes — the report card

Where Quentin Grimes stands

Quentin Grimes — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Quentin Grimes

Quentin Grimes career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Los Angeles Lakers built to win?

The Ballad of Quentin Grimes

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Chapter

Off the court

Quentin Grimes — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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