Mario Hezonja projections

Mario Hezonja's rating today, where players like him usually go from here, and the players from the past who looked the most like him.

Ratings as of 2026-11-08. The typical path for each age comes from every season since 2005-06.

Mario Hezonja Cleveland · age 31

Overall
−0.4
Offense
−0.3
Defense
−0.1

Past seasons, and the next five

-6-4-20+2+4Todayage 32age 33age 34age 35age 36−1.2 in 5 seasons

Grey: his rating at the end of each past season. A hollow dot is a season under 500 minutes, so that rating rests on less.

Line: the typical path. Band: where 80% of players this age ended up. Rating is points per 100 possessions compared with an average player.

Still a rotation player
age 3282%age 3367%age 3452%age 3540%age 3629%

Share of players this age who were still playing 500+ minutes that season.

Why Mario Hezonja is rated −0.3

  • −0.3 means his teams score about 0.3 fewer points per 100 possessions with him than with an average player in his spot, after we account for who he plays with and against. That's the 217th best of the 337 players we rate.
  • Most of it is defense: +0.1 there (176th of 337), −0.3 on offense (240th of 337).
  • It's built on 150 minutes from this season and last, and the recent games count more. That isn't many minutes, so his rating can still move a lot.
  • He had no rating before this season, so this one comes only from his games so far.
  • He's playing about 20 minutes a game for Cleveland.

What if he plays better, or worse?

Slide his rating to where you think it should be. We replay Cleveland's season 2,000 times with him there and everyone else as they are.

Our rating: −0.3

Cleveland wins
46
Playoffs
87%
Title
1%

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Players who looked like him at this age

Closest on offense, defense and playing style, within a year of his age. Their next five seasons:

  • Garrett Temple 2016-17 · age 31Then−0.3+1−1.3+2−0.9+3−0.4+4+2.1+5−2.7
  • Rasual Butler 2009-10 · age 31Then−0.4+1−1.8+2−2.0+3out+4−1.1+5−0.9
  • Nicolas Batum 2018-19 · age 30Then−0.2+1+0.7+2+2.2+3+0.3+4+1.8+5+1.5
  • Brook Lopez 2017-18 · age 30Then−0.3+1+2.4+2+2.2+3+2.2+4+1.0+5+2.4
  • Aaron Brooks 2016-17 · age 32Then−0.5+1−2.0+2out+3out+4out+5out

Playing like him today

The current players closest to him in how they play and how good they are.

See Cleveland's odds and the rest of the roster

How the forecast works, and how often it's right

How it works: every season-end rating since 2005-06, and what the same players did one to five seasons later. The typical change only counts players still in the league, so the line is a little rosier than reality for older players; the rotation-player row shows how many dropped out. Our ratings, built from play-by-play data. Not affiliated with the NBA.