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Tristen Newton Sacramento Kings · #00

Q: What position does Tristen Newton play?

Tristen Newton is a guard for the Sacramento Kings.

Q: How many NBA games has Tristen Newton played?

9 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 3.1 minutes.

Guard · 6'5", 202 lb · El Paso, TX · Age 25 · 3rd season

Tristen Newton is a guard for the Sacramento Kings who has played 9 games over 2 seasons, averaging 12.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.0 assists in 2025-26.

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Tristen Newton

Season avg12.0 pts · 3.0 reb · 0.0 ast · .444 fg

Career avg1.7 pts · 0.8 reb · 0.2 ast · .142 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

12.0pts

3.0reb

0.0ast

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Scouting report

Tristen Newton — 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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Guard · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Tristen Newton is a guard for the Sacramento Kings who has played 9 games over 2 seasons, averaging 12.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.0 assists in 2025-

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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 Tristen Newton 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 DEN▬

29%

Luka Doncic LAL▬

19%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬

11%

Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬

Victor Wembanyama SAS▬

Anthony Edwards MIN▬

Tyrese Maxey PHI▬

Jamal Murray DEN▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #326 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

<1%MVP odds

50Impact index

34Star score

Career scoring average1.7 ppg

Seasons in the index3

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Tristen Newton — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

12.0 PPG

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Playmaking

0.0 APG

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Rebounding

3.0 RPG

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Shooting

.400 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Tristen Newton

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 45% confidence

14.3

pts

10.7–17.9

3.3

reb

1.7–4.9

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ast

-1.2–1.2

13.0

min

proj

health

.331

fg%

~base

.267

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 12.0 → projected 14.3 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

+0.9

Age curve

+0.1

Live context

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Net vs last season+2.3 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

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age 25 — 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: 5 / 3 / 1 → games & confidence

health

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

Tristen Newton career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2024-25 (Indiana)	5	1.6	0.6	0.0	0.2	.167	.000
2024-25 (Minnesota)	3	2.7	0.0	1.3	0.3	.000	.000
2025-26	1	12.0	12.0	3.0	0.0	.444	.400
Career	9	3.1	1.7	0.8	0.2

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 Sacramento Kings built to win?

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

15–67proj record

#15conf seed

-10net rtg

110.4off rtg

120.5def rtg

1%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Ben Simmons, Domantas Sabonis.

How his role moves

Projected 15–67, 15th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Tristen Newton

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

2001-04-26

The beginning

Tristen Newton is a guard for the Sacramento Kings.

Sacramento Kings

Turning pro

Drafted 49th overall, 2024 as a Guard.

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Tristen Newton is a guard for the Sacramento Kings.

Chapter

He has played 9 games over 2 seasons (2024-26), averaging 3.1 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

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In 2025-26 he played 1 game, averaging 12.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.0 assists in 12.0 minutes.

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Newton's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 202 lbs
College: UConn
Experience: 3rd Season
Draft: 49th overall, 2024
Born: El Paso, TX
Age: 25
Jersey: #00

Beyond the game

Tristen Newton is from El Paso, TX, born 2001-04-26, listed at 6'5" and 202 lb. He has 3 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 guard on 3.1 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth12.0 minutes a night; situational.

Scoring threat12.0 points per game.

Floor spacerShooting 40.0% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Tristen Newton — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Tristen Newton, answered.

What position does Tristen Newton play?

Tristen Newton is a guard for the Sacramento Kings.

How many NBA games has Tristen Newton played?

9 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 3.1 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Tristen Newton played?

2 seasons (2024-26).

How tall is Tristen Newton?

6'5", 202 lb

Tristen Newton 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.

Tristen Newton Sacramento Kings · #00

Tristen Newton — the report card

Where Tristen Newton stands

Tristen Newton — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Tristen Newton

Tristen Newton career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Sacramento Kings built to win?

The Ballad of Tristen Newton

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

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Off the court

Tristen Newton — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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