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Bones Hyland

Bones Hyland is a microwave-scoring reserve guard with an established Minnesota rotation role, squeezed but not erased by an offseason of backcourt additions.

Snapshot

2026-27 projection

GP MPG FG% FT% 3PM PTS REB AST STL BLK TO
62 13 .445 .800 1.1 6.2 1.3 1.9 0.4 0.1 0.8

Correction 2026-07-18 This file previously called Hyland an "emergency guard whose fantasy relevance requires multiple injuries ahead of him," projected 45 GP / 10 MPG / 4.6 PTS on .430 shooting, and set his ceiling at "20 minutes during a Ball absence." That ceiling sat barely above his actual 2025-26 baseline of 16.6 MPG and 8.5 PTS for this same team, and the .430 FG% was 23 points below what he shot (Minnesota Sports Fan). Ball, Dosunmu and Green joining the perimeter justifies a real cut from that baseline, but not a collapse to single digits. Reset to 13 MPG with the shooting marks moved toward what he actually shot.

Fantasy translation

Floor and ceiling

Floor: the perimeter additions squeeze him to genuine emergency status, with DNP-CDs and fewer than 40 games. Ceiling: he holds something near the 16-17 minutes he just played, and a Ball absence pushes him to 24 with double-digit points and two threes. His low rebounds and defensive stats keep even that ceiling format-sensitive.

Risk monitor

Minnesota can fill backup creation through Dosunmu and Edwards, so Hyland does not own a protected role, and he is on a one-year minimum with no guarantee past the deadline. Zyon Pullin gives the team a two-way point-guard alternative, though Pullin's 50-game two-way cap limits how much of Hyland's role he could actually absorb.

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Career record

Pre-NBA: VCU, two seasons (2019-21): 9.0 PPG on .434 3P as a freshman (A-10 All-Rookie), then 19.5 PTS / 4.7 REB / 2.1 AST as a sophomore — Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and First-team All-A-10 (2021). Draft: 2021, Round 1, Pick 26, Denver Nuggets.

Season Age Team GP MPG PTS REB AST STL BLK 3PM FG% FT% TO
2021-22 21 DEN 69 19.0 10.1 2.7 2.8 0.6 0.3 1.9 .403 .856 1.2
2022-23 22 DEN 42 19.5 12.1 2.0 3.0 0.7 0.3 2.2 .399 .866 1.6
2022-23 22 LAC 14 18.9 10.8 3.5 3.4 0.8 0.1 1.9 .401 .750 1.1
2023-24 23 LAC 37 14.6 6.9 1.5 2.5 0.7 0.1 1.2 .386 .783 1.2
2024-25 24 LAC 20 11.1 7.2 1.2 1.4 0.9 0.2 1.6 .391 .885 1.2
2024-25 24 MIN 4 4.3 1.3 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 .667 — 0.8
2025-26 25 MIN 71 16.6 8.5 1.8 2.6 0.6 0.2 1.6 .453 .780 1.0
Career — — 257 16.9 9.2 2.1 2.6 0.7 0.2 1.7 .411 .832 1.2

Durability: No significant injury ledger; the thin GP seasons (37 in 2023-24, 24 in 2024-25) were rotation exile in LA — traded to Atlanta at the 2025 deadline, waived, then rescued on a Minnesota two-way — not health. 71 games in 2025-26 is the availability signal.

Trajectory: The record shows a bench microwave who scored double digits per game as a Denver first-rounder (All-Rookie 2nd Team in 2022), washed out of the Clippers rotation on sub-.40 shooting, and rebuilt his value in Minnesota with the most efficient season of his career (.453 FG, .388 3P in 16.6 MPG over 71 games). In 2026-27 he competes for the fourth-guard minutes behind Ball, Edwards and Dosunmu, with roughly 11-13 healthy-night minutes while DiVincenzo is out. He becomes fantasy-relevant only during a lead-guard absence, when a 24-minute run makes him a points-and-threes streamer; he holds no standing roster value.

Career sources: ESPN career stats · StatMuse 2025-26 season averages · Wikipedia

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