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RayJ Dennis Atlanta Hawks · #10

Guard · 6'2", 180 lb · Plainfield, IL · Age 25 · 4th season

RayJ Dennis is a guard for the Atlanta Hawks who has played 28 games over 2 seasons, averaging 4.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 2025-26.

MVP race · #584Guard rank · #252Balladex Impact · 48
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Atlanta Hawks · #10 · Guard
RayJ Dennis
Season avg3.3 pts · 1.0 reb · 2.3 ast · .364 fg
Career avg3.7 pts · 1.4 reb · 1.7 ast · .312 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
3.3pts
1.0reb
2.3ast
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Scouting report

RayJ Dennis — 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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Guard · Rotation piece · Impact 48
RayJ Dennis is a guard for the Atlanta Hawks who has played 28 games over 2 seasons, averaging 4.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 2025-26.
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Offense
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Defense
C-
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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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where RayJ Dennis 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 Denver Nuggets▬
43%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
7%
5
Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #547 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
48Impact index
18Star score
Career scoring average3.7 ppg
Seasons in the index4
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

RayJ Dennis — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
3.3 PPG
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Playmaking
2.3 APG
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Rebounding
1.0 RPG
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Shooting
.286 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees RayJ Dennis

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  46% confidence
4.5
pts
1.3–7.7
1.5
reb
0.0–3.0
2.0
ast
0.7–3.3
13.3
min
proj
30
gp
health
.310
fg%
~base
.290
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 4.3 → projected 4.5 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.4
Development (his trend)
-0.4
Age curve
+0.0
Live context
+0.1
Net vs last season+0.2 PPG
Everything it reads
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4 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
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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
+dev
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Per-stat aging curves
age 25 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
+ctx
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 13 / 1 / 3 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

RayJ Dennis career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2024-25116.42.71.11.3.333.286
2025-26 (Indiana)1312.84.91.62.0.306.316
2025-26 (LA Clippers)14.00.02.00.0.000.000
2025-26 (Atlanta)311.73.31.02.3.364.286
Career289.93.71.41.7
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 Atlanta Hawks built to win?

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

49–33proj record
#6conf seed
+3net rtg
115.4off rtg
112.5def rtg
89%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: Dyson Daniels, Luguentz Dort.
How his role moves
Projected 49–33, 6th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
48 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of RayJ Dennis

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

2001-03-30

The beginning

RayJ Dennis is a guard for the Atlanta Hawks.

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RayJ Dennis is a guard for the Atlanta Hawks.

Chapter

He has played 28 games over 2 seasons (2024-26), averaging 9.9 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 17 games across 3 teams, averaging 4.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 12.1 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Dennis goes from here.

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

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 2"
Weight
180 lbs
College
Baylor
Experience
3rd Season
Born
Plainfield, IL
Age
25
Jersey
#10
Beyond the game

RayJ Dennis is from Plainfield, IL, born 2001-03-30, listed at 6'2" and 180 lb. He has 3 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 9.9 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth12.1 minutes a night; situational.
Floor spacerShooting 28.6% from three.
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FAQ

RayJ Dennis — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about RayJ Dennis, answered.

What position does RayJ Dennis play?
RayJ Dennis is a guard for the Atlanta Hawks.
How many NBA games has RayJ Dennis played?
28 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 9.9 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has RayJ Dennis played?
2 seasons (2024-26).
How tall is RayJ Dennis?
6'2", 180 lb
RayJ Dennis 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
14%
4 seasons
Last 3 seasons
14%
111 games missed
Games missed
182
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
11
24-25
13
25-26 (Indiana)
1
25-26 (LA Clippers)
3
25-26 (Atlanta)

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady — 14% of games over the last three seasons, low of 2% in 2025-26 (LA Clippers).

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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