Maxime Raynaud

Sacramento Kings

C 7-1 250 lb R yr exp Stanford
7.0 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 14.23 5.36 5.5 +8.1%
Rebounds 8.66 2.64 2.78 +5.8%
Assists 1.57 1.0 0.97 +2.3%
3PM 0.36 0.52 0.49 +0.9%

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
2026-04-12 @ Portland Trail Blazers 21 (13.9) 9 (7.9) 2 (2.2) 3 (0.6)
2026-04-10 vs Golden State Warriors 23 (14.1) 9 (8.2) 4 (2.5) 2 (0.3)
2026-04-07 @ Golden State Warriors 17 (13.6) 7 (8.4) 1 (2.1) 0 (0.5)
2026-04-05 vs Los Angeles Clippers 11 (13.5) 15 (7.7) 2 (2.0) 0 (0.5)
2026-04-03 vs New Orleans Pelicans 28 (13.7) 9 (7.9) 4 (2.0) 0 (0.5)
2026-04-01 @ Toronto Raptors 6 (14.3) 8 (7.8) 0 (2.4) 0 (0.2)
2026-03-29 @ Brooklyn Nets 13 (14.7) 8 (7.9) 2 (2.1) 0 (0.8)
2026-03-28 @ Atlanta Hawks 18 (15.8) 10 (8.1) 0 (2.7) 2 (0.5)
2026-03-26 @ Orlando Magic 10 (15.7) 7 (8.0) 3 (2.2) 0 (0.5)
2026-03-24 @ Charlotte Hornets 16 (15.8) 7 (7.8) 0 (2.1) 1 (0.4)
2026-03-22 vs Brooklyn Nets 22 (15.4) 10 (7.9) 2 (2.3) 0 (0.6)
2026-03-19 vs Philadelphia 76ers 30 (14.1) 4 (7.9) 2 (2.4) 3 (0.3)
2026-03-17 vs San Antonio Spurs 32 (13.3) 9 (7.7) 3 (1.8) 2 (0.2)
2026-03-15 vs Utah Jazz 8 (14.8) 12 (7.7) 1 (2.4) 0 (0.3)
2026-03-14 @ Los Angeles Clippers 23 (13.8) 5 (7.9) 2 (2.2) 0 (0.2)
2026-03-11 vs Charlotte Hornets 4 (13.5) 6 (7.7) 2 (2.2) 0 (0.3)
2026-03-10 vs Indiana Pacers 18 (14.9) 11 (8.2) 2 (2.3) 0 (0.3)
2026-03-08 vs Chicago Bulls 26 (14.6) 11 (8.7) 2 (2.3) 0 (0.2)
2026-03-05 vs New Orleans Pelicans 10 (14.7) 5 (8.3) 1 (2.7) 0 (0.2)
2026-03-03 vs Phoenix Suns 22 (13.2) 10 (8.2) 4 (2.2) 0 (0.3)
2026-03-01 @ Los Angeles Lakers 16 (13.6) 13 (8.1) 1 (2.1) 0 (0.2)
2026-02-26 @ Dallas Mavericks 22 (12.2) 6 (8.1) 0 (1.9) 0 (0.2)
2026-02-25 @ Houston Rockets 11 (12.1) 8 (8.2) 2 (1.8) 0 (0.1)
2026-02-23 @ Memphis Grizzlies 10 (13.3) 13 (8.6) 2 (2.3) 0 (0.3)
2026-02-21 @ San Antonio Spurs 16 (12.5) 12 (8.5) 3 (1.7) 0 (0.3)
2026-02-19 vs Orlando Magic 17 (11.9) 14 (8.2) 4 (1.7) 0 (0.3)
2026-02-11 @ Utah Jazz 7 (13.0) 4 (7.7) 1 (1.9) 0 (0.3)
2026-02-09 @ New Orleans Pelicans 21 (12.5) 19 (8.0) 1 (1.7) 0 (0.4)
2026-02-07 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 14 (10.8) 7 (7.7) 0 (1.7) 0 (0.2)
2026-02-06 vs Los Angeles Clippers 12 (11.0) 5 (7.1) 2 (1.3) 0 (0.4)
2026-02-01 @ Washington Wizards 14 (10.4) 6 (7.4) 1 (1.6) 1 (0.5)
2026-01-30 @ Boston Celtics 14 (9.6) 14 (6.2) 1 (1.4) 1 (0.3)
2026-01-23 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 0 (11.1) 1 (7.1) 0 (1.7) 0 (0.2)
2026-01-21 vs Toronto Raptors 8 (11.7) 7 (7.3) 2 (1.8) 0 (0.3)
2026-01-20 vs Miami Heat 7 (12.2) 8 (7.5) 0 (1.8) 1 (0.3)
2026-01-18 vs Portland Trail Blazers 6 (11.8) 9 (6.7) 1 (1.7) 0 (0.2)
2026-01-16 vs Washington Wizards 4 (12.4) 8 (7.3) 5 (1.6) 0 (0.3)
2026-01-14 vs New York Knicks 10 (11.0) 4 (7.0) 0 (1.7) 0 (0.1)
2026-01-12 vs Los Angeles Lakers 11 (11.5) 4 (6.8) 1 (1.9) 1 (0.1)
2026-01-11 vs Houston Rockets 12 (9.1) 9 (6.2) 1 (1.6) 0 (0.2)
2026-01-09 @ Golden State Warriors 8 (11.4) 7 (7.3) 2 (1.7) 0 (0.2)
2026-01-06 vs Dallas Mavericks 14 (11.8) 9 (8.2) 1 (1.8) 0 (0.2)
2026-01-04 vs Milwaukee Bucks 6 (12.7) 8 (7.9) 1 (1.9) 0 (0.2)
2026-01-02 @ Phoenix Suns 6 (13.0) 5 (7.3) 2 (2.2) 0 (0.4)
2026-01-01 vs Boston Celtics 12 (13.1) 8 (8.0) 1 (1.9) 0 (0.3)
2025-12-30 @ Los Angeles Clippers 12 (13.3) 12 (8.0) 0 (1.9) 0 (0.4)
2025-12-28 @ Los Angeles Lakers 16 (14.4) 10 (6.4) 2 (1.9) 0 (0.3)
2025-12-27 vs Dallas Mavericks 19 (14.4) 6 (8.0) 2 (1.7) 1 (0.3)
2025-12-23 vs Detroit Pistons 8 (12.9) 8 (6.4) 2 (1.9) 0 (0.4)
2025-12-21 vs Houston Rockets 12 (13.4) 14 (6.7) 0 (1.7) 0 (0.3)
2025-12-20 vs Portland Trail Blazers 17 (14.1) 11 (6.7) 1 (1.8) 0 (0.4)
2025-12-18 @ Portland Trail Blazers 29 (12.7) 11 (6.6) 2 (1.8) 1 (0.4)
2025-12-14 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 8 (12.3) 6 (6.7) 0 (1.5) 0 (0.4)
2025-12-11 vs Denver Nuggets 15 (12.8) 9 (6.4) 1 (1.5) 1 (0.3)
2025-12-08 @ Indiana Pacers 13 (12.8) 8 (6.3) 3 (1.4) 0 (0.5)
2025-12-06 @ Miami Heat 12 (11.5) 10 (5.8) 1 (1.5) 0 (0.4)

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.