FORECAST · NBA

Scenarios

Change one forecast input — a player's minutes or availability — and see what the model expects. Conditional, not causal.

Season2026-27Update statusNot currentdata as of 20 Sept· last recalculation 20 Sept

What do you want to ask

What happens if this player sits out, returns or changes minutes?

3 · Set the change

Conditional forecast

Player reference

C · NOP

18.6

min/game if active

82 %

availability

expected games 61.7

929

season minutes

-1.89

projected impact

range -4.59 to +0.81 · confidence medium

New Orleans Pelicans · expected wins 35.32 · 80 % band 24–47 · seed 10 · Western Conference · Reference forecast as of 20 Sept 2026

Change minutes · change per gameor new minutes

Who gives up (or gets) those minutes? Optional: if you do not say, the team's unallocated pool absorbs the difference.

The engine allocates between 4 and 40 minutes per game; 0–48 is the physical limit. Outside that the scenario is not executed, and says so.