Trey Murphy III

New Orleans Pelicans

SF 6-8 206 lb 4 yr exp Rice University
0.7 Predictability score 60 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 22.22 6.09 6.16 -0.5%
Rebounds 5.63 2.1 2.13 +2.0%
Assists 3.82 1.53 1.51 +0.1%
3PM 3.32 1.49 1.49 -2.1%

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
2026-04-03 @ Sacramento Kings 13 (19.9) 4 (5.9) 4 (3.9) 1 (2.8)
2026-04-02 @ Portland Trail Blazers 19 (17.8) 8 (5.5) 2 (2.8) 1 (2.8)
2026-03-24 @ New York Knicks 16 (19.2) 6 (5.3) 2 (3.7) 4 (3.0)
2026-03-21 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 10 (20.4) 6 (5.6) 0 (4.4) 2 (3.2)
2026-03-19 vs Los Angeles Clippers 27 (19.9) 5 (5.3) 2 (4.2) 5 (3.1)
2026-03-18 vs Los Angeles Clippers 23 (19.7) 7 (5.5) 5 (4.4) 4 (3.0)
2026-03-16 vs Dallas Mavericks 17 (20.9) 7 (5.8) 7 (4.6) 2 (2.8)
2026-03-13 @ Houston Rockets 14 (19.3) 6 (5.1) 7 (3.1) 3 (2.9)
2026-03-11 vs Toronto Raptors 28 (20.2) 7 (5.4) 3 (4.0) 5 (3.1)
2026-03-08 vs Washington Wizards 24 (20.4) 5 (5.7) 4 (4.0) 4 (2.7)
2026-03-06 @ Phoenix Suns 22 (19.8) 2 (5.3) 4 (3.7) 4 (2.8)
2026-03-05 @ Sacramento Kings 21 (20.5) 7 (4.8) 4 (4.3) 4 (2.9)
2026-03-03 @ Los Angeles Lakers 21 (18.4) 8 (3.8) 4 (3.3) 3 (3.1)
2026-03-01 @ Los Angeles Clippers 16 (15.4) 2 (4.1) 3 (2.3) 4 (2.4)
2026-02-11 vs Miami Heat 19 (21.7) 4 (5.3) 6 (4.4) 2 (3.2)
2026-02-09 vs Sacramento Kings 21 (22.4) 2 (5.4) 7 (4.3) 5 (3.1)
2026-02-06 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 26 (21.2) 6 (4.9) 5 (3.7) 6 (3.0)
2026-02-04 @ Milwaukee Bucks 44 (19.4) 6 (5.0) 6 (4.2) 12 (2.6)
2026-02-02 @ Charlotte Hornets 27 (20.3) 1 (4.8) 4 (3.6) 3 (2.5)
2026-01-31 @ Philadelphia 76ers 19 (20.6) 9 (4.7) 2 (3.8) 3 (2.6)
2026-01-30 vs Memphis Grizzlies 8 (21.4) 1 (5.2) 2 (4.3) 0 (2.9)
2026-01-27 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 10 (19.9) 5 (4.9) 5 (3.5) 1 (2.7)
2026-01-25 @ San Antonio Spurs 17 (21.6) 6 (5.2) 9 (3.5) 3 (2.8)
2026-01-23 @ Memphis Grizzlies 32 (21.5) 3 (5.3) 3 (4.0) 2 (3.0)
2026-01-21 vs Detroit Pistons 17 (20.5) 4 (5.2) 2 (4.0) 2 (2.8)
2026-01-18 @ Houston Rockets 21 (22.0) 3 (5.4) 4 (3.7) 3 (3.1)
2026-01-16 @ Indiana Pacers 22 (22.1) 4 (6.2) 5 (4.0) 5 (3.0)
2026-01-14 vs Brooklyn Nets 34 (21.9) 9 (5.8) 5 (4.1) 5 (3.1)
2026-01-13 vs Denver Nuggets 31 (21.6) 5 (5.6) 2 (4.0) 4 (3.1)
2026-01-11 @ Orlando Magic 21 (22.5) 7 (5.5) 6 (3.8) 3 (3.4)
2026-01-09 @ Washington Wizards 35 (21.0) 8 (5.9) 4 (4.2) 7 (3.1)
2026-01-06 vs Los Angeles Lakers 42 (19.1) 5 (5.4) 3 (4.3) 6 (3.0)
2026-01-04 @ Miami Heat 27 (18.4) 8 (5.5) 5 (4.0) 7 (2.8)
2025-12-31 @ Chicago Bulls 15 (17.5) 6 (5.3) 5 (3.7) 3 (2.3)
2025-12-29 vs New York Knicks 21 (17.6) 6 (5.3) 2 (3.6) 5 (2.3)
2025-12-27 vs Phoenix Suns 24 (18.3) 6 (5.4) 1 (3.7) 6 (2.0)
2025-12-26 vs Phoenix Suns 19 (17.5) 3 (6.2) 3 (3.9) 1 (2.0)
2025-12-23 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 14 (18.3) 3 (5.9) 5 (3.3) 2 (2.1)
2025-12-22 vs Dallas Mavericks 11 (20.1) 5 (5.9) 4 (3.3) 1 (2.2)
2025-12-20 vs Indiana Pacers 17 (20.1) 6 (6.2) 4 (3.9) 2 (2.3)
2025-12-18 vs Houston Rockets 27 (20.9) 3 (5.7) 2 (3.5) 2 (2.3)
2025-12-14 @ Chicago Bulls 20 (21.0) 10 (6.5) 2 (4.4) 2 (2.5)
2025-12-11 vs Portland Trail Blazers 24 (21.1) 6 (6.5) 4 (4.4) 1 (2.3)
2025-12-08 vs San Antonio Spurs 32 (20.1) 3 (6.8) 4 (4.6) 2 (2.4)
2025-12-06 @ Brooklyn Nets 23 (19.1) 5 (6.5) 5 (4.3) 2 (2.1)
2025-12-04 vs Minnesota Timberwolves 21 (18.7) 7 (5.8) 8 (3.4) 0 (2.4)
2025-12-02 vs Minnesota Timberwolves 33 (17.3) 15 (5.0) 4 (3.4) 4 (2.5)
2025-11-26 vs Memphis Grizzlies 12 (19.1) 4 (5.5) 6 (3.5) 2 (3.1)
2025-11-24 vs Chicago Bulls 20 (19.3) 4 (5.9) 4 (3.0) 4 (2.9)
2025-11-22 vs Atlanta Hawks 19 (19.6) 9 (6.6) 4 (3.0) 4 (2.8)
2025-11-21 @ Dallas Mavericks 25 (18.6) 3 (6.0) 0 (3.4) 1 (2.7)
2025-11-19 vs Denver Nuggets 23 (18.5) 2 (6.0) 3 (3.1) 5 (2.7)
2025-11-17 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 18 (18.6) 5 (6.2) 1 (3.4) 4 (2.7)
2025-11-16 vs Golden State Warriors 20 (19.6) 8 (7.0) 2 (3.6) 2 (2.6)
2025-11-14 vs Los Angeles Lakers 35 (18.9) 7 (6.2) 0 (4.0) 3 (2.7)
2025-11-12 vs Portland Trail Blazers 22 (18.7) 5 (6.7) 5 (3.5) 3 (2.9)
2025-11-10 @ Phoenix Suns 21 (16.5) 10 (6.1) 4 (2.9) 2 (2.8)
2025-11-08 @ San Antonio Spurs 41 (14.1) 9 (5.0) 3 (2.2) 5 (2.7)
2025-11-05 @ Dallas Mavericks 11 (14.4) 9 (5.6) 5 (2.7) 1 (2.6)
2025-11-04 vs Charlotte Hornets 21 (15.2) 3 (6.2) 3 (3.4) 5 (2.6)

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.