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Toumani CamaraPortland Trail Blazers · #33

Forward · 6'7", 230 lb · Brussels, Belgium · Age 26 · 3rd season

Toumani Camara is a Belgian 3-and-D forward for the Portland Trail Blazers and one of the league's premier young perimeter defenders. Drafted 52nd in 2023 (by Phoenix, traded to Portland) out of Dayton, he made the 2025 All-Defensive Second Team in just his second season and signed a four-year, $82 million extension — a remarkable rise for a former second-round pick.

MVP race · #60Forward rank · #43Balladex Impact · 64
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Portland Trail Blazers · #33 · Forward
Toumani Camara
Season avg13.4 pts · 5.1 reb · 2.5 ast · .440 fg
Career avg10.9 pts · 5.3 reb · 2.0 ast · .449 fg
Live win probabilityBlazers 76%
Balladex model · projected 123–117 · 99.3 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
17.2pts
5.5reb
3.5ast
76%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Toumani Camara
Portland Trail Blazers · Forward
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De'Andre Hunter
Sacramento Kings · Solid 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

Toumani Camara — 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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3-and-D Wing · Elite Defender · Impact 64
Toumani Camara is a Belgian 3-and-D forward for the Portland Trail Blazers and one of the league's premier young perimeter defenders. Drafted 52nd in
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Offense
C
Defense
C-
Feel / IQ
D
Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Average scorer
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C
Rebounding
Average on the glass
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C+
3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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B+
Perimeter D
Excellent on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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C+
Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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A+
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Toumani Camara 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
20%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
12%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
4%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI
2%
8
Jamal Murray DEN
2%
Balladex Consensus: #115 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
64Impact index
156Star score
Career scoring average10.9 ppg
Seasons in the index3
Accolades on file2
1× All-Defensive Second Team (2025) · 52nd Draft pick (2023)
Stat explorer

Toumani Camara — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
13.4 PPG
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Playmaking
2.5 APG
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Rebounding
5.1 RPG
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Shooting
.370 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Toumani Camara

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
15.4
pts
12.6–18.2
5.1
reb
3.9–6.3
3.0
ast
2.0–4.0
35.4
min
proj
79
gp
health
.448
fg%
~base
.366
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 13.4 → projected 15.4 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.8
Development (his trend)
+0.8
Age curve
+0.1
Live context
+0.3
Net vs last season+2.0 PPG
Everything it reads
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3 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
+dev
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Per-stat aging curves
age 26 — applied per stat
curve
🔌
Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
+ctx
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 70 / 78 / 82 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Toumani Camara career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2023-247024.87.54.91.2.450.337
2024-257832.711.35.82.2.458.375
2025-268233.313.45.12.5.440.370
Career23030.510.95.32.0
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
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 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
64 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
1× All-Defensive Second Team (2025) · 52nd Draft pick (2023)
Act IV

The Ballad of Toumani Camara

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

May 8, 2000

The beginning

A Belgian 3-and-D forward and elite young defender — perimeter defense and toughness for the Blazers.

Portland Trail Blazers

Turning pro

Drafted 52nd overall, 2023 as a Forward.

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A Belgian 3-and-D forward and elite young defender — perimeter defense and toughness for the Blazers.

Chapter

From Brussels via Georgia and Dayton, Camara was drafted 52nd in 2023 and traded to Portland.

Chapter

He made the 2025 All-Defensive Second Team in just his second season.

Camara's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 7"
Weight
230 lbs
College
Dayton
Experience
3rd Season
Draft
52nd overall, 2023
Born
Brussels, Belgium
Age
26
Jersey
#33
Beyond the game

Camara's background is rich and international — born in Brussels to a Belgian-Haitian mother and a Malian father, raised largely by his mother and older brother after age five, and marked by family loss (he wears four butterfly tattoos honoring family members). That resilience shows in his relentless, defense-first game.

His on-court identity is elite, versatile perimeter defense — a strong, 6-foot-7 forward who guards multiple positions and disrupts, earning an All-Defensive nod and a Defensive Player of the Month award in just his second season. His improved three-point shooting (a strong stretch in 2025) rounds out a genuine 3-and-D profile, making him a core piece of Portland's future.

The person

An elite young 3-and-D forward — versatile perimeter defense, toughness, and improving shooting.

Elite defender2025 All-Defensive Second Team in just his second season.
VersatileGuards multiple positions with strength and length.
Rising 3-and-DImproved shooting rounds out his two-way game.
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FAQ

Toumani Camara — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Toumani Camara, answered.

What is Toumani Camara known for?
Elite, versatile perimeter defense — he made the 2025 All-Defensive Second Team and won a Defensive Player of the Month award in just his second season.
Where is Toumani Camara from?
Brussels, Belgium — of Belgian-Haitian and Malian heritage — before playing college ball at Georgia and Dayton.
How notable is Toumani Camara's rise?
Very — a former 52nd overall pick who became an All-Defensive selection and signed a four-year, $82 million extension by his second season.
Toumani Camara 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
93%
3 seasons
Last 3 seasons
93%
16 games missed
Games missed
16
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Iron man
steady
Availability by season
70
23-24
78
24-25
82
25-26

Iron man. Availability trend is steady93% of games over the last three seasons, low of 85% 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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