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Will RichardGolden State Warriors · #3

Guard · 6'4", 190 lb · Florida · 1st season

Will Richard is a guard the Memphis Grizzlies selected 56th overall (second round) in the 2025 NBA draft out of Florida. A young second-round pick — projected role, ratings and outlook.

MVP race · #328Guard rank · #152Balladex Impact · 35
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Golden State Warriors · #3 · Guard
Will Richard
Season avg6.4 pts · 2.5 reb · 1.3 ast · .468 fg
Career avg6.4 pts · 2.5 reb · 1.3 ast · .468 fg
Live win probabilityWarriors 53%
Balladex model · projected 117–117 · 98.1 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
6.2pts
3.0reb
2.9ast
53%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Will Richard
Golden State Warriors · Guard
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Amen Thompson
Houston Rockets · Strong 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

Will Richard — 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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Depth guard prospect · Impact 35
Will Richard is a guard the Memphis Grizzlies selected 56th overall (second round) in the 2025 NBA draft out of Florida. A young second-round pick — p
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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 Will Richard 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
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Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets
44%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat
23%
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers
6%
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Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks
3%
Balladex Consensus: #347 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
MVP odds
35Impact index
76Star score
Career scoring average6.4 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file1
#56 2025 Draft pick (R2)
Stat explorer

Will Richard — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
6.4 PPG
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Playmaking
1.3 APG
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Rebounding
2.5 RPG
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Shooting
.335 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Will Richard

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  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
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1 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 — — 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: 69 → games & confidence
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The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Will Richard career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2025-266920.06.42.51.3.468.335
Career6920.06.42.51.3
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 Golden State Warriors built to win?

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

40–42proj record
#10conf seed
-0.5net rtg
113.8off rtg
114.4def rtg
31%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: Draymond Green, De'Anthony Melton.
How his role moves
Projected 40–42, 10th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
35 of 99
Role player tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
1 accolades
#56 2025 Draft pick (R2)
Act IV

The Ballad of Will Richard

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

The beginning

Will Richard is a 2025 second-round guard for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Golden State Warriors

Turning pro

Drafted 56th overall, 2025 as a Guard.

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In April 2025, Will Richard climbed the ladder as a national champion, a key guard on Florida's title team. Two months later he heard his name called 56th — near the very bottom of the draft. From cutting down nets to almost going uncalled: that's the kind of whiplash that leaves a chip.

Chapter

A player who's already stood on college basketball's biggest stage and then had to wait out 55 names ahead of him knows something about being doubted. He plays like a man who remembers every one of them.

Chapter

Memphis doesn't check where you were drafted — it checks whether you'll fight. A late second-rounder with a ring and a grudge is exactly the raw material the Grindhouse was built to forge.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
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Height
6' 3"
Weight
206 lbs
College
Florida
Experience
1st Season
Draft
56th overall, 2025
Born
Florida
Jersey
#3
Beyond the game

Richard joins the Memphis Grizzlies as a 2025 second-round pick out of Florida.

The person

A 2025 second-round guard out of Florida.

Developing
Second round
Florida
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FAQ

Will Richard — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Will Richard, answered.

Where was Will Richard drafted?
Will Richard was selected 56th overall (second round) by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2025 NBA draft, out of Florida.
Does Richard have NBA stats yet?
The identity and draft facts are real; the ratings and outlook are Balladex projections, since he has a limited NBA sample.
Will Richard 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
84%
1 seasons
Last 3 seasons
84%
13 games missed
Games missed
13
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Durable
steady
Availability by season
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25-26

Durable. Availability trend is steady84% of games over the last three seasons, low of 84% in 2025-26.

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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