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Robert Williams III Portland Trail Blazers · #35

Center · 6'9", 249 lb · Shreveport, LA · Age 29 · 8th season

Robert Williams III is a center for the Portland Trail Blazers who has played 294 games over 8 seasons, averaging 6.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 2025-26.

MVP race · #251Center rank · #49Balladex Impact · 57
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Portland Trail Blazers · #35 · Center
Robert Williams III
Season avg6.7 pts · 7.0 reb · 1.0 ast · .708 fg
Career avg7.1 pts · 6.8 reb · 1.3 ast · .717 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
6.7pts
7.0reb
1.0ast
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Scouting report

Robert Williams III — 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 57
Robert Williams III is a center for the Portland Trail Blazers who has played 294 games over 8 seasons, averaging 6.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.0 ass
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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 Robert Williams III 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: #277 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
57Impact index
25Star score
Career scoring average7.1 ppg
Seasons in the index8
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Robert Williams III — 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
1.0 APG
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Rebounding
7.0 RPG
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Shooting
.391 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Robert Williams III

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  67% confidence
6.7
pts
4.6–8.8
6.9
reb
5.8–8.0
1.0
ast
0.2–1.8
16.5
min
proj
37
gp
health
.696
fg%
~base
.308
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 6.7 → projected 6.7 PPG
Minutes / role
-0.2
Development (his trend)
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Age curve
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Live context
+0.1
Net vs last season+0.0 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 29 — 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: 6 / 20 / 59 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Robert Williams III career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2018-19328.82.52.50.2.706.000
2019-202913.45.24.40.9.727.000
2020-215218.98.06.91.8.721.000
2021-226129.610.09.62.0.736.000
2022-233523.58.08.31.4.747.000
2023-24619.86.86.30.8.654.000
2024-252017.65.85.91.1.641.333
2025-265917.16.77.01.0.708.391
Career29419.67.16.81.3
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.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Portland Trail Blazers built to win?

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

43–39proj record
#9conf seed
+0.6net rtg
113.6off rtg
113def rtg
54%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 improving. Defensive anchors: Donovan Clingan, Jrue Holiday.
How his role moves
Projected 43–39, 9th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
57 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Robert Williams III

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

1997-10-17

The beginning

Robert Williams III is a center for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Portland Trail Blazers

Turning pro

Drafted 27th overall, 2018 as a Center.

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Robert Williams III is a center for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Chapter

He has played 294 games over 8 seasons (2018-26), averaging 19.6 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 59 games, averaging 6.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 17.1 minutes.

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

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 9"
Weight
249 lbs
College
Texas A&M
Experience
9th Season
NBA debut
2018
Draft
27th overall, 2018
Born
Shreveport, LA
Age
29
Jersey
#35
Beyond the game

Robert Williams III is from Shreveport, LA, born 1997-10-17, listed at 6'9" and 249 lb. He has 9 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 19.6 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth17.1 minutes a night; situational.
Active on the glass7.0 rebounds per game.
Floor spacerShooting 39.1% from three.
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FAQ

Robert Williams III — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Robert Williams III, answered.

What position does Robert Williams III play?
Robert Williams III is a center for the Portland Trail Blazers.
How many NBA games has Robert Williams III played?
294 regular-season games over 8 seasons, averaging 19.6 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has Robert Williams III played?
8 seasons (2018-26).
How tall is Robert Williams III?
6'9", 249 lb
Robert Williams III 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
47%
8 seasons
Last 3 seasons
35%
161 games missed
Games missed
342
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
declining
Availability by season
32
18-19
29
19-20
52
20-21
61
21-22
35
22-23
6
23-24
20
24-25
59
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is declining — 35% of games over the last three seasons, low of 7% in 2023-24.

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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