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Taylor Hendricks Memphis Grizzlies · #22

Forward · 6'9", 215 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Age 23 · 4th season

Taylor Hendricks is a forward for the Memphis Grizzlies who has played 102 games over 3 seasons, averaging 7.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 2025-26.

MVP race · #600Forward rank · #116Balladex Impact · 57
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Memphis Grizzlies · #22 · Forward
Taylor Hendricks
Season avg10.6 pts · 4.7 reb · 1.2 ast · .463 fg
Career avg7.3 pts · 4.1 reb · 0.9 ast · .448 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
10.6pts
4.7reb
1.2ast
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Scouting report

Taylor Hendricks — 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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Forward · Rotation piece · Impact 57
Taylor Hendricks is a forward for the Memphis Grizzlies who has played 102 games over 3 seasons, averaging 7.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.9 assists in
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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 Taylor Hendricks 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%
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Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #331 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
32Star score
Career scoring average7.3 ppg
Seasons in the index4
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Taylor Hendricks — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
10.6 PPG
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Playmaking
1.2 APG
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Rebounding
4.7 RPG
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Shooting
.342 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Taylor Hendricks

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  54% confidence
7.9
pts
5.1–10.7
3.6
reb
2.3–4.9
1.0
ast
-0.1–2.1
18.6
min
proj
37
gp
health
.424
fg%
~base
.336
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 7.4 → projected 7.9 PPG
Minutes / role
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Development (his trend)
+0.4
Age curve
+0.1
Live context
+0.1
Net vs last season+0.4 PPG
Everything it reads
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4 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 23 — 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 / 33 / 26 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Taylor Hendricks career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2023-244021.47.34.60.8.450.379
2024-25325.04.75.00.7.222.250
2025-26 (Utah)3315.04.93.00.7.453.343
2025-26 (Memphis)2624.210.64.71.2.463.342
Career10220.17.34.10.9
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 Memphis Grizzlies built to win?

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

27–55proj record
#13conf seed
-5.2net rtg
112.8off rtg
118def 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: Zach Edey, Jaylen Wells.
How his role moves
Projected 27–55, 13th 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 Taylor Hendricks

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

2003-11-22

The beginning

Taylor Hendricks is a forward for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Memphis Grizzlies

Turning pro

Drafted 9th overall, 2023 as a Forward.

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Taylor Hendricks is a forward for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Chapter

He has played 102 games over 3 seasons (2023-26), averaging 20.1 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 across 2 teams, averaging 7.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 19.1 minutes.

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

Measurables ESPN
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Height
6' 9"
Weight
215 lbs
College
UCF
Experience
4th Season
Draft
9th overall, 2023
Born
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Age
23
Jersey
#22
Beyond the game

Taylor Hendricks is from Fort Lauderdale, FL, born 2003-11-22, listed at 6'9" and 215 lb. He has 4 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 forward on 20.1 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular19.1 minutes a night in the rotation.
Floor spacerShooting 34.2% from three.
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FAQ

Taylor Hendricks — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Taylor Hendricks, answered.

What position does Taylor Hendricks play?
Taylor Hendricks is a forward for the Memphis Grizzlies.
How many NBA games has Taylor Hendricks played?
102 regular-season games over 3 seasons, averaging 20.1 minutes.
How many NBA seasons has Taylor Hendricks played?
3 seasons (2023-26).
How tall is Taylor Hendricks?
6'9", 215 lb
Taylor Hendricks 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
46%
4 seasons
Last 3 seasons
45%
110 games missed
Games missed
152
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
40
23-24
3
24-25
33
25-26 (Utah)
26
25-26 (Memphis)

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady — 45% of games over the last three seasons, low of 4% in 2024-25.

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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