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Ryan Rollins Milwaukee Bucks · #13

Guard · 6'3", 180 lb · Macomb, Michigan · Age 24 · 5th season

Ryan Rollins is a breakout two-way point guard for the Milwaukee Bucks. A Detroit-area native drafted 44th in 2022 (by Atlanta, traded to Golden State), he ground through two-way deals in Golden State, Washington, and Milwaukee before a 2025-26 breakout: he took over as the Bucks' starting point guard after Damian Lillard's departure, averaging 17.3 points and 5.6 assists on 41% from three.

MVP race · #115Guard rank · #46Balladex Impact · 62
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Milwaukee Bucks · #13 · Guard
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Season avg17.3 pts · 4.6 reb · 5.6 ast · .472 fg
Career avg10.9 pts · 3.0 reb · 3.5 ast · .472 fg
Live win probabilityBucks 61%
Balladex model · projected 121–119 · 99.4 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
20.6pts
4.1reb
6.1ast
61%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Ryan Rollins
Milwaukee Bucks · Guard
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Isaac Okoro
Chicago Bulls · 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

Ryan Rollins — 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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Two-Way Guard · Breakout PG · Impact 62
Ryan Rollins is a breakout two-way point guard for the Milwaukee Bucks. A Detroit-area native drafted 44th in 2022 (by Atlanta, traded to Golden State
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Offense
D
Defense
C
Feel / IQ
C+
Playmaking
Average creator
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C+
Scoring
Average scorer
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D
Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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C+
3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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C+
Perimeter D
Strong on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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C
Clutch
Average late
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C+
Athleticism
Strong tools
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C
Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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A+
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Ryan Rollins 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 DEN▬
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL▬
19%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬
11%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬
5%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS▬
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN▬
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI▬
2%
8
Jamal Murray DEN▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #97 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
62Impact index
186Star score
Career scoring average10.9 ppg
Seasons in the index5
Accolades on file1
1× NBA Cup champion (2024)
Stat explorer

Ryan Rollins — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
17.3 PPG
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Playmaking
5.6 APG
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Rebounding
4.6 RPG
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C+
Shooting
.406 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Ryan Rollins

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  61% confidence
20.2
pts
17.2–23.2
4.9
reb
3.7–6.1
6.7
ast
5.6–7.8
34.9
min
proj
58
gp
health
.476
fg%
~base
.428
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 17.3 → projected 20.2 PPG
Minutes / role
+1.5
Development (his trend)
+0.8
Age curve
+0.2
Live context
+0.4
Net vs last season+2.9 PPG
Everything it reads
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5 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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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
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Per-stat aging curves
age 24 — 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: 3 / 56 / 74 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Ryan Rollins career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2022-23125.21.91.00.5.350.333
2023-24 (Washington)106.54.11.11.1.520.667
2023-24 (Milwaukee)34.01.00.71.0.5001.000
2024-255614.66.21.91.9.487.408
2025-267432.117.34.65.6.472.406
Career15521.510.93.03.5
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
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 Milwaukee Bucks built to win?

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

28–54proj record
#12conf seed
-5.1net rtg
112.7off rtg
117.8def rtg
1%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: Myles Turner, Kel'el Ware.
How his role moves
Projected 28–54, 12th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
62 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
1 accolades
1× NBA Cup champion (2024)
Act IV

The Ballad of Ryan Rollins

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

Jul 3, 2002

The beginning

The two-way-contract grinder who broke out as Milwaukee's starting point guard.

Milwaukee Bucks

Turning pro

Drafted 44th overall, 2022 as a Guard.

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A second-round grinder on two-way deals — who seized the Bucks' point-guard job and broke out at 17 a game.

Chapter

A Detroit-area kid and Toledo star, Rollins was drafted 44th in 2022 (Atlanta, traded to Golden State), then battled a foot injury and bounced through three teams.

Chapter

Milwaukee signed him to a two-way deal in 2024; he earned a standard contract in 2025.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Day-To-Day · INJURY_STATUS_DAYTODAYRollins (rest) won't play in Wednesday's preseason game against Chicago, Cameron Ezeir of CBS58 reports.
Height
6' 3"
Weight
180 lbs
College
Toledo
Experience
5th Season
Draft
44th overall, 2022
Born
Macomb, Michigan
Age
24
Jersey
#13
Beyond the game

Rollins's rise is a grinder's story: a mid-major star at Toledo, a second-round pick, a foot surgery, and three organizations before he found a foothold — the kind of patient, two-way-contract climb that rarely ends in a starting job. His breakthrough came when opportunity (Lillard's departure) met readiness, and he seized the Bucks' point-guard keys.

Raised in the Detroit metro area, he's part of a basketball family (his brother Christopher played college ball at Davenport). His 2025-26 leap — from 6.2 points a game to 17.3 — is one of the quieter breakout stories in the league, the payoff for years spent proving he belonged.

The person

A patient, efficient two-way guard who seized his breakout — a grinder turned starting point guard.

Two-way guardScores, creates (5.6 assists), and defends at the point of attack.
Efficient shooter41% from three in his 2025-26 breakout season.
GrinderFrom two-way deals across three teams to a starting job.
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FAQ

Ryan Rollins — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Ryan Rollins, answered.

How did Ryan Rollins become a starter?
After Milwaukee waived Damian Lillard, Rollins took over as the starting point guard in 2025-26 and broke out at 17.3 points and 5.6 assists per game.
Where was Ryan Rollins drafted?
44th overall in 2022 by Atlanta, who traded him to Golden State; he later reached Milwaukee via a two-way contract.
Where did Ryan Rollins go to college?
Toledo, where he was MAC Freshman of the Year and a first-team All-MAC guard.
Ryan Rollins 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
59%
5 seasons
Last 3 seasons
86%
34 games missed
Games missed
139
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Durable
improving
Availability by season
12
22-23
10
23-24 (Washington)
3
23-24 (Milwaukee)
56
24-25
74
25-26

Durable. Availability trend is improving — 86% of games over the last three seasons, low of 15% in 2022-23.

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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