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Trey Lyles Minnesota Timberwolves · #41

Forward · 6'9", 234 lb · Indianapolis, IN · Age 31 · 11th season

Trey Lyles is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves who has played 650 games over 10 seasons, averaging 6.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 2024-25.

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Minnesota Timberwolves · #41 · Forward

Trey Lyles

Season avg6.5 pts · 4.6 reb · 1.2 ast · .420 fg

Career avg7.6 pts · 4.3 reb · 1.1 ast · .440 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

6.5pts

4.6reb

1.2ast

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Scouting report

Trey Lyles — 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 54

Trey Lyles is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves who has played 650 games over 10 seasons, averaging 6.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.2 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 Trey Lyles 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: #371 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

54Impact index

24Star score

Career scoring average7.6 ppg

Seasons in the index11

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Trey Lyles — 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

1.2 APG

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Rebounding

4.6 RPG

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Shooting

.340 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Trey Lyles

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 2025-26 76% confidence

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pts

4.6–7.8

4.6

reb

3.8–5.4

1.3

ast

0.7–1.9

19.8

min

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health

.440

fg%

~base

.355

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 10-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 6.5 → projected 6.2 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-0.3 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 31 — 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: 74 / 58 / 69 → games & confidence

health

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

Trey Lyles career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2015-16	80	17.3	6.1	3.7	0.7	.438	.383
2016-17	71	16.3	6.2	3.3	1.0	.362	.319
2017-18	73	19.1	9.9	4.8	1.2	.491	.381
2018-19	64	17.5	8.5	3.8	1.4	.418	.255
2019-20	63	20.2	6.4	5.7	1.1	.446	.387
2020-21	23	15.6	5.0	3.7	0.6	.478	.350
2021-22 (Detroit)	51	19.4	10.4	4.8	1.1	.456	.301
2021-22 (Sacramento)	24	22.8	10.6	5.6	1.3	.489	.365
2022-23	74	16.9	7.6	4.1	0.9	.458	.363
2023-24	58	20.0	7.2	4.4	1.2	.445	.384
2024-25	69	19.6	6.5	4.6	1.2	.420	.340
Career	650	18.4	7.6	4.3	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

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 Minnesota Timberwolves built to win?

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

51–31proj record

#5conf seed

+3.8net rtg

116off rtg

112.1def rtg

94%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: Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels.

How his role moves

Projected 51–31, 5th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

54 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Trey Lyles

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

1995-11-05

The beginning

Trey Lyles is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Trey Lyles is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Chapter

He has played 650 games over 10 seasons (2015-25), averaging 18.4 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2024-25 he played 69 games, averaging 6.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 19.6 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Lyles goes from here.

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Lyles's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 234 lbs
College: Kentucky
Experience: 11th Season
NBA debut: 2015
Born: Indianapolis, IN
Age: 31
Jersey: #41

Beyond the game

Trey Lyles is from Indianapolis, IN, born 1995-11-05, listed at 6'9" and 234 lb. He has 11 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 18.4 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular19.6 minutes a night in the rotation.

Floor spacerShooting 34.0% from three.

Veteran11 seasons of NBA service.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Trey Lyles — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Trey Lyles, answered.

What position does Trey Lyles play?

Trey Lyles is a forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

How many NBA games has Trey Lyles played?

650 regular-season games over 10 seasons, averaging 18.4 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Trey Lyles played?

10 seasons (2015-25).

How tall is Trey Lyles?

6'9", 234 lb

Trey Lyles 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.