Jarace Walker

Indiana Pacers

PF 6-8 240 lb 2 yr exp Houston
5.4 Predictability score 38 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 13.97 4.31 4.41 +2.7%
Rebounds 6.32 2.28 2.52 +8.1%
Assists 3.32 1.79 1.83 +4.4%
3PM 1.84 1.05 1.05 -0.1%

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
2026-04-10 vs Philadelphia 76ers 17 (15.8) 4 (5.8) 2 (4.5) 4 (1.9)
2026-04-09 @ Brooklyn Nets 14 (15.3) 9 (6.1) 8 (4.0) 1 (1.8)
2026-04-07 vs Minnesota Timberwolves 11 (10.7) 6 (4.5) 5 (3.0) 1 (1.5)
2026-03-27 vs Los Angeles Clippers 5 (14.4) 1 (5.8) 1 (3.3) 1 (2.0)
2026-03-25 vs Los Angeles Lakers 15 (14.5) 6 (5.3) 4 (3.8) 4 (2.1)
2026-03-23 @ Orlando Magic 20 (13.3) 5 (5.5) 2 (3.4) 2 (1.9)
2026-03-21 @ San Antonio Spurs 21 (13.1) 4 (5.6) 4 (3.3) 5 (1.7)
2026-03-18 vs Portland Trail Blazers 10 (13.9) 7 (6.2) 2 (3.4) 2 (1.8)
2026-03-17 @ New York Knicks 16 (12.1) 5 (5.5) 5 (3.1) 2 (1.9)
2026-03-15 @ Milwaukee Bucks 14 (13.8) 8 (6.3) 6 (3.1) 2 (1.8)
2026-03-13 vs New York Knicks 18 (12.2) 9 (5.5) 3 (3.4) 3 (1.7)
2026-03-12 vs Phoenix Suns 12 (14.0) 6 (6.2) 2 (3.7) 1 (1.8)
2026-03-10 @ Sacramento Kings 8 (14.7) 9 (5.5) 2 (3.8) 1 (1.8)
2026-03-08 @ Portland Trail Blazers 14 (13.5) 3 (5.4) 1 (3.9) 2 (1.9)
2026-03-06 @ Los Angeles Lakers 10 (14.4) 9 (5.6) 5 (3.7) 1 (2.0)
2026-03-04 @ Los Angeles Clippers 17 (13.9) 5 (5.9) 5 (3.4) 1 (2.0)
2026-03-01 vs Memphis Grizzlies 21 (15.7) 3 (7.4) 2 (4.0) 4 (1.9)
2026-02-26 vs Charlotte Hornets 16 (14.9) 6 (6.6) 1 (4.0) 2 (1.9)
2026-02-24 vs Philadelphia 76ers 8 (15.6) 10 (6.9) 6 (4.3) 0 (2.0)
2026-02-22 vs Dallas Mavericks 18 (15.6) 9 (6.8) 6 (3.7) 4 (1.9)
2026-02-20 @ Washington Wizards 12 (15.1) 12 (6.7) 6 (3.0) 3 (1.7)
2026-02-19 @ Washington Wizards 19 (15.8) 14 (6.3) 7 (2.9) 1 (1.8)
2026-02-11 @ Brooklyn Nets 23 (14.2) 5 (5.6) 3 (2.8) 2 (1.7)
2026-02-03 vs Utah Jazz 24 (13.6) 6 (4.9) 4 (2.7) 1 (2.1)
2026-01-31 vs Atlanta Hawks 11 (13.5) 10 (5.4) 4 (2.5) 1 (1.9)
2026-01-28 vs Chicago Bulls 16 (13.9) 0 (5.8) 0 (2.7) 2 (1.9)
2026-01-26 @ Atlanta Hawks 12 (12.9) 7 (5.5) 3 (2.5) 2 (2.0)
2026-01-23 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 26 (10.8) 4 (4.3) 3 (2.1) 3 (1.8)
2026-01-17 @ Detroit Pistons 13 (9.4) 5 (3.8) 2 (1.9) 2 (1.8)
2025-12-01 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 7 (11.5) 5 (5.8) 3 (2.3) 0 (1.9)
2025-11-28 vs Washington Wizards 10 (13.2) 7 (5.9) 1 (3.2) 0 (1.9)
2025-11-26 @ Toronto Raptors 13 (11.4) 9 (4.7) 2 (3.1) 3 (2.1)
2025-11-17 @ Detroit Pistons 8 (12.4) 3 (4.4) 1 (3.5) 1 (1.9)
2025-11-15 vs Toronto Raptors 8 (13.0) 8 (4.4) 2 (3.8) 0 (2.0)
2025-11-09 @ Golden State Warriors 12 (12.4) 2 (5.5) 0 (4.1) 3 (1.9)
2025-11-08 @ Denver Nuggets 8 (14.0) 5 (5.2) 2 (4.3) 1 (2.0)
2025-11-05 vs Brooklyn Nets 6 (15.5) 6 (5.7) 6 (5.8) 0 (2.4)
2025-11-03 vs Milwaukee Bucks 18 (12.8) 8 (5.6) 5 (4.1) 2 (2.3)

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.