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Taelon PeterIndiana Pacers · #16
Taelon Peter is a guard the Indiana Pacers selected 54th overall (second round) in the 2025 NBA draft out of Liberty. A young second-round pick — projected role, ratings and outlook.
MVP race · #363Guard rank · #162Balladex Impact · 30
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Indiana Pacers · #16 · Guard
Taelon Peter
Season avg4.5 pts · 1.6 reb · 1.1 ast · .380 fg
Career avg4.5 pts · 1.6 reb · 1.1 ast · .380 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
4.5pts
1.6reb
1.1ast
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Scouting report
Taelon Peter — 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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Depth guard prospect · Impact 30
Taelon Peter is a guard the Indiana Pacers selected 54th overall (second round) in the 2025 NBA draft out of Liberty. A young second-round pick — proj
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OffenseF
DefenseF
Feel / IQF
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 Taelon Peter 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
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Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬
44%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
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Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
6%
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Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks▬
3%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #369 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
30Impact index
66Star score
Career scoring average4.5 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file1
#54 2025 Draft pick (R2)
Stat explorer
Taelon Peter — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
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Scoring
4.5 PPG
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Playmaking
1.1 APG
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Rebounding
1.6 RPG
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Shooting
.328 3P%
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The engine
How the model sees Taelon Peter
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 confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
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1 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 — — 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: 38 → games & confidence
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The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified
Taelon Peter career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
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| 2025-26 | 38 | 12.9 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | .380 | .328 |
| Career | 38 | 12.9 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
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
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 Indiana Pacers built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
22–60proj record
#13conf seed
-7.5net rtg
110.2off 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: Ivica Zubac, Andrew Nembhard.
How his role moves
Projected 22–60, 13th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
30 of 99
Role player tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
1 accolades
#54 2025 Draft pick (R2)
Act IV
The Ballad of Taelon Peter
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
Taelon Peter is a 2025 second-round guard for the Indiana Pacers.
Indiana Pacers
Turning pro
Drafted 54th overall, 2025 as a Guard.
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Taelon Peter was a second-round pick (54th overall) in the 2025 NBA draft, headed to the Indiana Pacers out of Liberty.
Chapter
As a second-round pick with a limited NBA sample so far, this page carries Balladex projections rather than a full stat line.
Where things stand
A second-round guard carving out a role.
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Peter's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
Off the court
Measurables ESPN
Active
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 185 lbs
- College
- Liberty
- Experience
- 1st Season
- Draft
- 54th overall, 2025
- Born
- Liberty
- Jersey
- #16
Beyond the game
Peter joins the Indiana Pacers as a 2025 second-round pick out of Liberty.
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The person
A 2025 second-round guard out of Liberty.
Developing
Second round
Liberty
Verified profiles & sources
FAQ
Taelon Peter — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Taelon Peter, answered.
Where was Taelon Peter drafted?
Taelon Peter was selected 54th overall (second round) by the Indiana Pacers in the 2025 NBA draft, out of Liberty.
Does Peter have NBA stats yet?
The identity and draft facts are real; the ratings and outlook are Balladex projections, since he has a limited NBA sample.
Taelon Peter 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.
