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Thomas Bryant Cleveland Cavaliers · #3

Center · 6'9", 248 lb · Rochester, NY · Age 29 · 11th season

Thomas Bryant is a center for the Cleveland Cavaliers who has played 393 games over 9 seasons, averaging 6.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 2025-26.

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Cleveland Cavaliers · #3 · Center

Thomas Bryant

Season avg6.2 pts · 3.4 reb · 0.6 ast · .506 fg

Career avg8.5 pts · 4.8 reb · 0.9 ast · .555 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

6.2pts

3.4reb

0.6ast

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Scouting report

Thomas Bryant — 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 51

Thomas Bryant is a center for the Cleveland Cavaliers who has played 393 games over 9 seasons, averaging 6.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 2

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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 Thomas Bryant 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

Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬

43%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #363 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

51Impact index

24Star score

Career scoring average8.5 ppg

Seasons in the index11

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Thomas Bryant — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

6.2 PPG

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Playmaking

0.6 APG

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Rebounding

3.4 RPG

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Shooting

.359 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Thomas Bryant

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 87% confidence

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pts

5.0–7.0

3.2

reb

2.7–3.7

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ast

0.3–0.9

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health

.524

fg%

~base

.333

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 9-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 6.2 → projected 6.0 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season-0.2 PPG

Everything it reads

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11 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

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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: 10 / 56 / 60 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Thomas Bryant career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2017-18	15	4.8	1.5	1.1	0.4	.381	.100
2018-19	72	20.8	10.5	6.3	1.3	.616	.333
2019-20	46	24.9	13.2	7.2	1.8	.581	.407
2020-21	10	27.1	14.3	6.1	1.5	.648	.429
2021-22	27	16.3	7.4	4.0	0.9	.520	.286
2022-23 (LA Lakers)	41	21.4	12.1	6.8	0.7	.654	.440
2022-23 (Denver)	18	11.4	4.6	3.3	0.1	.485	.444
2023-24	38	11.6	5.7	3.7	0.6	.577	.182
2024-25 (Miami)	10	11.5	4.1	3.2	0.4	.429	.353
2024-25 (Indiana)	56	15.2	6.9	3.9	0.9	.515	.321
2025-26	60	12.2	6.2	3.4	0.6	.506	.359
Career	393	16.9	8.5	4.8	0.9

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.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Cleveland Cavaliers built to win?

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

52–30proj record

#5conf seed

+4.4net rtg

118.5off rtg

113.9def rtg

96%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Jarrett Allen, Peyton Watson.

How his role moves

Projected 52–30, 5th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

51 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Thomas Bryant

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

1997-07-31

The beginning

Thomas Bryant is a center for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Turning pro

Drafted 42nd overall, 2017 as a Center.

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Thomas Bryant is a center for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Chapter

He has played 393 games over 9 seasons (2017-26), averaging 16.9 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 60 games, averaging 6.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 12.2 minutes.

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Bryant's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 248 lbs
College: Indiana
Experience: 10th Season
NBA debut: 2017
Draft: 42nd overall, 2017
Born: Rochester, NY
Age: 29
Jersey: #3

Beyond the game

Thomas Bryant is from Rochester, NY, born 1997-07-31, listed at 6'9" and 248 lb. He has 10 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 16.9 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth12.2 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 35.9% from three.

Veteran10 seasons of NBA service.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Thomas Bryant — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Thomas Bryant, answered.

What position does Thomas Bryant play?

Thomas Bryant is a center for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

How many NBA games has Thomas Bryant played?

393 regular-season games over 9 seasons, averaging 16.9 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Thomas Bryant played?

9 seasons (2017-26).

How tall is Thomas Bryant?

6'9", 248 lb

Thomas Bryant 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.