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PJ Hall

PJ Hall is a recovering two-way emergency center whose rebounding can translate in spot starts but whose path is blocked by four standard-contract bigs.

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2026-27 projection

GP MPG FG% FT% 3PM PTS REB AST STL BLK TO
18 6.0 .530 .760 0.2 3.0 2.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4

Nine-category and points: outside the top 250; a short-term streamer only if multiple centers sit. Dynasty: outside the top 220, with some deep-league appeal because he produced when forced into starts.

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Career record

Pre-NBA: Four years at Clemson (ACC), 2020-21 through 2023-24. Buried as a freshman (3.5 points in 10.0 minutes), then a four-year starter: 15.5 points and 5.8 rebounds in 2021-22, 15.3 and 5.7 on .535/.398/.786 in 2022-23, and a career-best 18.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.4 blocks in 28.9 minutes as a senior. College career line: 120 games, 14.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.1 blocks on .503 FG, .326 from three, .780 FT. Third-team All-ACC in 2023, first-team All-ACC in 2024. Draft: undrafted (2024); signed a two-way with Denver on July 10, 2024.

Season Age Team GP MPG PTS REB AST STL BLK 3PM FG% FT% TO
2024-25 22 DEN 19 3.5 1.7 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 .583 .750 0.1
2025-26 23 MEM 7 3.9 1.9 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.1 .556 .667 0.1
2025-26 23 CHA 12 15.6 6.1 5.5 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.2 .500 .808 1.3
2025-26 23 Total 19 11.2 4.5 3.9 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.2 .508 .793 0.8
Career — 38 7.4 3.1 2.6 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 .530 .788 0.5

Durability: Games played have been capped by contract status and depth rather than health — 19 NBA appearances in each of his two seasons, with the balance of the schedule spent in the G League or inactive. The exception is the right ankle fracture he suffered playing for the Greensboro Swarm; surgery on April 9, 2026 ended his season and kept him out of 2026 Summer League.

Trajectory: Two seasons of NBA data amount to one usable sample: the 12 games in Charlotte, where 15.6 minutes produced 6.1 points and 5.5 rebounds. That rebounding rate is the only NBA skill he has demonstrated at scale, and it came with 1.3 turnovers in limited minutes, which is the reason he is not trusted with more. The college three-point stroke (.398 as a junior) has not transferred — 0.2 makes per game across 38 NBA appearances. He enters 2026-27 on a two-way behind four standard-contract bigs, so the only route to relevance is the ankle healing clean and two of Kalkbrenner, Diabaté, Reid and Steinbach missing time simultaneously, which would push him back toward the 15-plus minutes where he produced.

Career sources: ESPN career stats · ESPN player profile · Wikipedia · G League profile

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