Collin Gillespie

Phoenix Suns

PG 6-1 195 lb 2 yr exp Villanova
6.3 Predictability score 61 games started, 2025-26
Season 2025-26 season backtest

Projected vs actual profile

Season averages, axes scaled to an elite starter level.

Model vs naive baseline

The naive forecaster projects the average of season and last-5 games. We publish the comparison for every stat, whichever side wins.

StatAvgModel MAENaive MAESkill
Points 13.16 5.59 5.89 +10.5%
Rebounds 4.26 1.51 1.56 +2.1%
Assists 4.72 1.92 2.03 +3.5%
3PM 3.05 1.56 1.63 +2.9%

Skill = CRPS improvement of the full probability distribution over a Poisson naive, per game. Points and rebounds drive the headline score; assists and threes are shown for transparency.

Game by game: predicted vs actual

The shaded band is the model's 10th to 90th percentile before tip-off. Dots are what he actually did.

Every game he started

DateOpponent PointsReboundsAssists3PM
2026-04-27 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 20 (10.4) 2 (4.7) 2 (4.2) 6 (2.4)
2026-04-25 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 7 (10.5) 10 (4.3) 5 (3.8) 1 (2.6)
2026-04-22 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 7 (10.0) 6 (3.3) 6 (3.1) 1 (2.5)
2026-04-10 @ Los Angeles Lakers 5 (12.4) 5 (3.1) 3 (4.1) 1 (2.7)
2026-04-02 @ Charlotte Hornets 6 (12.6) 3 (3.4) 3 (4.1) 2 (2.7)
2026-03-31 @ Orlando Magic 11 (13.3) 2 (3.5) 3 (4.4) 2 (2.9)
2026-03-30 @ Memphis Grizzlies 11 (14.2) 5 (3.9) 10 (4.6) 3 (3.0)
2026-03-28 vs Utah Jazz 0 (15.9) 3 (3.8) 7 (6.0) 0 (3.3)
2026-03-24 vs Denver Nuggets 11 (13.2) 3 (3.5) 1 (4.9) 2 (3.1)
2026-03-22 vs Toronto Raptors 16 (13.3) 4 (3.5) 3 (5.1) 4 (2.9)
2026-03-21 vs Milwaukee Bucks 18 (13.2) 4 (4.0) 6 (4.6) 4 (2.7)
2026-03-19 @ San Antonio Spurs 24 (11.7) 2 (3.8) 6 (4.2) 6 (2.5)
2026-03-17 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 12 (12.4) 4 (4.0) 7 (4.0) 3 (2.8)
2026-03-16 @ Boston Celtics 3 (11.7) 3 (4.1) 1 (4.2) 1 (2.7)
2026-03-13 @ Toronto Raptors 0 (12.8) 3 (4.1) 2 (4.7) 0 (2.9)
2026-03-12 @ Indiana Pacers 4 (13.5) 7 (4.1) 5 (5.1) 0 (3.0)
2026-03-10 @ Milwaukee Bucks 12 (13.5) 9 (3.7) 9 (4.6) 4 (3.1)
2026-03-08 vs Charlotte Hornets 24 (12.9) 5 (3.7) 4 (4.8) 5 (3.0)
2026-03-06 vs New Orleans Pelicans 12 (14.1) 6 (3.5) 6 (5.4) 4 (2.9)
2026-03-05 vs Chicago Bulls 5 (14.4) 2 (4.3) 5 (5.2) 1 (3.1)
2026-03-03 @ Sacramento Kings 17 (14.1) 5 (3.3) 9 (5.4) 5 (2.9)
2026-02-26 vs Los Angeles Lakers 21 (13.1) 3 (3.5) 3 (5.5) 6 (2.7)
2026-02-24 vs Boston Celtics 15 (12.4) 3 (4.1) 3 (5.2) 3 (2.5)
2026-02-22 vs Portland Trail Blazers 18 (13.1) 3 (4.2) 3 (5.1) 4 (2.7)
2026-02-21 vs Orlando Magic 19 (12.5) 5 (3.8) 6 (5.3) 3 (2.7)
2026-02-19 @ San Antonio Spurs 8 (13.4) 2 (4.4) 8 (4.5) 2 (2.9)
2026-02-11 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 6 (13.0) 5 (3.8) 3 (4.4) 2 (3.0)
2026-02-10 vs Dallas Mavericks 5 (14.7) 8 (4.2) 8 (5.0) 1 (3.3)
2026-02-07 vs Philadelphia 76ers 6 (15.1) 4 (4.1) 2 (5.2) 2 (3.2)
2026-02-05 vs Golden State Warriors 11 (15.2) 3 (4.1) 4 (4.8) 3 (3.4)
2026-02-03 @ Portland Trail Blazers 30 (13.0) 4 (4.0) 10 (4.1) 8 (3.0)
2026-02-01 vs Los Angeles Clippers 12 (13.4) 4 (3.8) 2 (4.6) 4 (3.0)
2026-01-30 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 16 (12.7) 2 (4.0) 5 (4.6) 4 (2.8)
2026-01-29 vs Detroit Pistons 16 (13.3) 5 (3.8) 2 (4.4) 5 (2.7)
2026-01-25 vs Miami Heat 11 (14.5) 4 (4.5) 0 (5.7) 3 (2.9)
2026-01-23 @ Atlanta Hawks 16 (12.8) 6 (3.9) 4 (4.7) 3 (3.1)
2026-01-20 @ Philadelphia 76ers 12 (12.8) 4 (3.8) 4 (4.4) 3 (2.7)
2026-01-19 @ Brooklyn Nets 22 (12.3) 5 (3.6) 5 (4.5) 5 (2.8)
2026-01-17 @ New York Knicks 11 (11.4) 3 (3.9) 6 (4.4) 2 (2.8)
2026-01-15 @ Detroit Pistons 18 (10.7) 2 (3.4) 6 (3.5) 4 (2.4)
2026-01-13 @ Miami Heat 13 (11.8) 5 (4.0) 1 (4.3) 3 (2.7)
2026-01-11 vs Washington Wizards 2 (13.8) 6 (3.9) 5 (4.5) 0 (2.5)
2026-01-09 vs New York Knicks 6 (12.6) 2 (4.1) 2 (4.7) 2 (2.8)
2026-01-07 @ Memphis Grizzlies 10 (14.6) 8 (4.0) 3 (5.1) 2 (2.8)
2026-01-05 @ Houston Rockets 11 (13.2) 6 (3.4) 4 (4.6) 3 (2.9)
2026-01-04 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 8 (13.8) 3 (3.7) 3 (5.2) 1 (3.0)
2026-01-02 vs Sacramento Kings 15 (14.9) 2 (4.2) 5 (6.5) 3 (3.1)
2025-12-31 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 17 (14.9) 6 (3.9) 5 (5.6) 5 (2.8)
2025-12-29 @ Washington Wizards 25 (15.8) 4 (4.4) 6 (5.4) 5 (2.9)
2025-12-27 @ New Orleans Pelicans 17 (15.9) 7 (3.8) 7 (5.9) 5 (3.0)
2025-12-26 @ New Orleans Pelicans 16 (15.6) 3 (4.3) 9 (5.4) 4 (2.8)
2025-12-23 vs Los Angeles Lakers 16 (15.3) 4 (4.3) 8 (5.4) 4 (2.7)
2025-12-20 @ Golden State Warriors 16 (14.0) 5 (4.2) 4 (4.8) 2 (2.4)
2025-12-18 vs Golden State Warriors 16 (15.0) 6 (4.6) 5 (5.2) 1 (2.8)
2025-12-14 vs Los Angeles Lakers 10 (15.8) 3 (4.0) 6 (5.0) 2 (3.0)
2025-12-10 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 2 (14.2) 4 (3.4) 3 (4.0) 0 (3.1)
2025-12-08 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 19 (15.5) 6 (3.6) 4 (4.4) 3 (3.0)
2025-12-05 @ Houston Rockets 13 (15.2) 2 (3.1) 3 (4.5) 1 (3.1)
2025-12-01 @ Los Angeles Lakers 28 (14.7) 4 (3.2) 5 (5.4) 8 (3.1)
2025-11-28 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 24 (13.7) 3 (3.7) 4 (4.6) 6 (2.9)
2025-11-26 @ Sacramento Kings 21 (14.6) 3 (4.2) 9 (5.3) 4 (2.7)

Bold = actual, in brackets = model projection before the game. Only games he started are shown: our projections assume the starting five, so a scratch is not a model miss.

About this data

The 2025-26 season is a holdout backtest: the models were trained and validated only on seasons up to 2024-25, then predicted every 2025-26 game. The season is fully out-of-sample, with one caveat: historical features use realized lineups, while live production predicts from the expected starting five, so live accuracy can run marginally lower. Projections and full distributions for today's games are on the NBA player projections page, and the methodology behind every model is on the methodology page.