John Collins

Los Angeles Clippers

PF 6-9 235 lb 8 yr exp Wake Forest
2.0 Predictability score 56 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 13.71 4.78 4.62 +0.4%
Rebounds 5.48 2.3 2.36 +3.6%
Assists 1.04 1.08 0.92 -8.0%
3PM 1.3 1.08 1.07 +0.8%

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
2026-04-12 vs Golden State Warriors 18 (13.8) 9 (5.7) 0 (1.6) 0 (1.2)
2026-04-08 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 12 (14.0) 9 (5.3) 3 (1.4) 1 (1.2)
2026-04-02 vs San Antonio Spurs 15 (11.7) 6 (5.3) 0 (1.3) 0 (1.3)
2026-03-31 vs Portland Trail Blazers 17 (11.5) 6 (5.2) 1 (1.3) 3 (1.2)
2026-03-29 @ Milwaukee Bucks 22 (11.8) 3 (5.9) 3 (1.2) 0 (1.4)
2026-03-27 @ Indiana Pacers 5 (13.6) 6 (6.3) 1 (1.3) 1 (1.6)
2026-03-25 vs Toronto Raptors 0 (14.7) 5 (6.3) 0 (1.6) 0 (1.5)
2026-03-21 @ Dallas Mavericks 8 (14.9) 3 (6.4) 0 (1.7) 1 (1.3)
2026-03-19 @ New Orleans Pelicans 18 (15.2) 8 (6.0) 1 (1.9) 3 (1.2)
2026-03-18 @ New Orleans Pelicans 18 (14.0) 7 (6.0) 2 (1.7) 0 (1.3)
2026-03-16 vs San Antonio Spurs 11 (12.1) 9 (5.2) 4 (1.2) 0 (1.4)
2026-03-01 vs New Orleans Pelicans 15 (14.4) 7 (6.0) 1 (1.8) 1 (1.2)
2026-02-20 @ Los Angeles Lakers 12 (13.7) 1 (5.9) 0 (1.4) 1 (1.0)
2026-02-19 vs Denver Nuggets 11 (14.9) 12 (6.1) 4 (1.3) 1 (1.4)
2026-02-11 @ Houston Rockets 12 (13.9) 6 (5.6) 1 (1.4) 0 (1.3)
2026-02-10 @ Houston Rockets 17 (13.5) 8 (5.5) 1 (1.3) 0 (1.3)
2026-02-08 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 15 (14.3) 4 (5.7) 0 (1.5) 3 (1.5)
2026-02-06 @ Sacramento Kings 22 (14.6) 7 (5.7) 1 (1.7) 1 (1.4)
2026-02-04 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 19 (14.2) 7 (5.6) 0 (1.8) 0 (1.4)
2026-02-02 vs Philadelphia 76ers 15 (13.7) 7 (5.3) 2 (1.7) 2 (1.4)
2026-02-01 @ Phoenix Suns 16 (13.8) 9 (5.0) 2 (1.6) 1 (1.5)
2026-01-30 @ Denver Nuggets 18 (12.1) 6 (4.2) 4 (1.3) 4 (1.6)
2026-01-27 @ Utah Jazz 11 (13.8) 2 (4.6) 1 (1.5) 2 (1.7)
2026-01-25 vs Brooklyn Nets 18 (12.5) 5 (4.9) 1 (1.4) 2 (1.5)
2026-01-22 vs Los Angeles Lakers 13 (12.5) 5 (4.6) 1 (1.5) 1 (1.6)
2026-01-20 @ Chicago Bulls 23 (12.5) 0 (5.6) 1 (1.3) 5 (1.7)
2026-01-19 @ Washington Wizards 11 (12.9) 4 (5.9) 0 (1.3) 1 (1.6)
2026-01-12 vs Charlotte Hornets 3 (14.5) 5 (5.9) 1 (1.4) 1 (1.5)
2026-01-10 @ Detroit Pistons 25 (12.3) 7 (5.6) 1 (1.2) 5 (1.4)
2026-01-09 @ Brooklyn Nets 16 (13.7) 4 (6.0) 0 (1.3) 2 (1.4)
2026-01-07 @ New York Knicks 18 (13.4) 10 (5.9) 0 (1.3) 3 (1.5)
2026-01-05 vs Golden State Warriors 18 (13.4) 4 (6.0) 1 (1.3) 3 (1.3)
2026-01-03 vs Boston Celtics 22 (12.1) 2 (5.9) 0 (1.3) 3 (1.3)
2026-01-01 vs Utah Jazz 8 (13.8) 11 (5.8) 0 (1.7) 0 (1.7)
2025-12-30 vs Sacramento Kings 16 (13.9) 5 (5.4) 1 (1.9) 2 (1.5)
2025-12-26 @ Portland Trail Blazers 8 (14.0) 3 (5.2) 1 (1.5) 2 (1.3)
2025-12-23 vs Houston Rockets 13 (13.7) 5 (4.7) 5 (1.4) 3 (1.4)
2025-12-20 vs Los Angeles Lakers 17 (14.6) 12 (4.3) 1 (1.9) 2 (1.5)
2025-12-18 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 20 (12.6) 4 (4.5) 2 (1.3) 1 (1.4)
2025-12-15 vs Memphis Grizzlies 10 (14.2) 2 (5.2) 1 (1.5) 0 (1.3)
2025-12-11 @ Houston Rockets 9 (13.8) 0 (4.6) 2 (1.3) 0 (1.3)
2025-12-06 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 12 (14.0) 2 (5.2) 0 (1.3) 2 (1.1)
2025-12-05 @ Memphis Grizzlies 16 (13.9) 2 (6.0) 2 (1.4) 2 (1.2)
2025-12-03 @ Atlanta Hawks 15 (13.1) 9 (5.4) 1 (1.6) 0 (1.1)
2025-12-01 @ Miami Heat 10 (13.7) 6 (5.3) 2 (1.4) 0 (1.4)
2025-11-29 vs Dallas Mavericks 21 (13.6) 4 (5.8) 1 (1.2) 1 (1.3)
2025-11-28 vs Memphis Grizzlies 10 (13.3) 7 (5.7) 0 (1.4) 0 (1.3)
2025-11-25 @ Los Angeles Lakers 18 (12.8) 5 (4.7) 1 (1.3) 4 (1.0)
2025-11-23 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 5 (12.6) 3 (4.9) 0 (1.2) 0 (0.9)
2025-11-22 @ Charlotte Hornets 10 (12.6) 7 (4.8) 0 (1.2) 1 (0.8)
2025-11-20 @ Orlando Magic 9 (13.0) 4 (4.7) 0 (1.1) 0 (1.2)
2025-11-17 @ Philadelphia 76ers 11 (12.4) 7 (4.8) 0 (1.4) 0 (1.1)
2025-11-16 @ Boston Celtics 17 (12.6) 2 (5.2) 0 (1.4) 1 (0.9)
2025-11-14 @ Dallas Mavericks 8 (13.2) 3 (5.6) 0 (1.5) 0 (1.3)
2025-11-12 vs Denver Nuggets 2 (14.1) 4 (5.2) 0 (1.5) 0 (1.4)
2025-11-10 vs Atlanta Hawks 9 (16.4) 7 (5.7) 0 (1.8) 1 (1.0)

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.