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Trendon Watford New Orleans Pelicans · #9

Forward · 6'8", 237 lb · Birmingham, AL · Age 26 · 5th season

Trendon Watford is a forward for the New Orleans Pelicans who has played 270 games over 5 seasons, averaging 6.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 2025-26.

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New Orleans Pelicans · #9 · Forward

Trendon Watford

Season avg6.5 pts · 3.3 reb · 2.5 ast · .515 fg

Career avg7.6 pts · 3.6 reb · 2.0 ast · .524 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

6.5pts

3.3reb

2.5ast

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Scouting report

Trendon Watford — 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 52

Trendon Watford is a forward for the New Orleans Pelicans who has played 270 games over 5 seasons, averaging 6.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists

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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 Trendon Watford 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: #336 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

52Impact index

24Star score

Career scoring average7.6 ppg

Seasons in the index5

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Trendon Watford — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

6.5 PPG

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Playmaking

2.5 APG

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Rebounding

3.3 RPG

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Shooting

.200 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Trendon Watford

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 83% confidence

6.6

pts

5.4–7.8

3.3

reb

2.7–3.9

2.8

ast

2.3–3.3

16.5

min

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health

.512

fg%

~base

.301

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 5-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 6.5 → projected 6.6 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+0.1 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

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age 26 — 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: 63 / 44 / 53 → games & confidence

health

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

Trendon Watford career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2021-22	48	18.1	7.6	4.1	1.7	.532	.237
2022-23	62	19.1	7.4	3.8	2.1	.560	.391
2023-24	63	13.6	6.9	3.1	1.3	.527	.397
2024-25	44	20.8	10.2	3.6	2.6	.469	.330
2025-26	53	16.3	6.5	3.3	2.5	.515	.200
Career	270	17.4	7.6	3.6	2.0

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

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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 New Orleans Pelicans built to win?

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

31–51proj record

#11conf seed

-4net rtg

113.5off rtg

117.4def rtg

2%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: Herbert Jones, Derik Queen.

How his role moves

Projected 31–51, 11th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

52 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Trendon Watford

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

2000-11-09

The beginning

Trendon Watford is a forward for the New Orleans Pelicans.

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Trendon Watford is a forward for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Chapter

He has played 270 games over 5 seasons (2021-26), averaging 17.4 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 53 games, averaging 6.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 16.3 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Watford goes from here.

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Watford's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Highlights landing soon

Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 237 lbs
College: LSU
Experience: 6th Season
Born: Birmingham, AL
Age: 26
Jersey: #9

Beyond the game

Trendon Watford is from Birmingham, AL, born 2000-11-09, listed at 6'8" and 237 lb. He has 6 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 17.4 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth16.3 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 20.0% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Trendon Watford — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Trendon Watford, answered.

What position does Trendon Watford play?

Trendon Watford is a forward for the New Orleans Pelicans.

How many NBA games has Trendon Watford played?

270 regular-season games over 5 seasons, averaging 17.4 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Trendon Watford played?

5 seasons (2021-26).

How tall is Trendon Watford?

6'8", 237 lb

Trendon Watford 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.