2026-27 projection
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 8.0 | .440 | .750 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
- 9-cat: 280+; points: two-way shooting; dynasty: 280-400.
- Role: two-way spacer outside Utah's healthy rotation.
- 2025-26 baseline: 14 games, 20.4 minutes, 11.9 points and 2.6 threes on .513 FG and .468 from three; the shooting sample is only 79 field-goal attempts. ESPN Utah stats, accessed 2026-07-18
Fantasy thesis
Utah signed Hinson to a two-way contract February 9, and the NBA movement log shows no later conversion or waiver. His one scalable skill is shooting; weak rebounds and defensive stats make him role-dependent. NBA movement data, accessed 2026-07-18
Ceiling: converted after Utah opens a standard slot, then becomes a threes streamer. Floor: spends most of the year with Salt Lake City.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Six years in college. Two at Ole Miss (2018-19: 31 GP, 8.3 PTS, 2.9 REB; 2019-20: 10.1 PTS, 4.6 REB, 1.4 AST), then a transfer to Iowa State where he missed the entire 2020-21 season with a medical condition and never appeared for the program. He resurfaced at Pittsburgh for two seasons: 15.3 PTS and 6.0 REB as a junior (second-team All-ACC), then 18.5 PTS, 4.4 REB and 0.5 STL on .421 from three as a senior, setting a Pitt record with 110 made threes and earning first-team All-ACC. Full shooting splits for the Ole Miss and junior seasons are not verified here. Draft: undrafted (2024). Signed and waived by the Lakers and Golden State before the 2024-25 season, then spent that year with Santa Cruz, where he scored 44 points with 10 threes on March 28, 2025. He opened 2025-26 with Rip City Remix.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | — | UTA | 14 | 20.4 | 11.9 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 | .513 | .750 | 0.4 |
| Career | 14 | 20.4 | 11.9 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 | .513 | .750 | 0.4 |
He shot .468 from three on roughly 78 attempts across those 14 games — a real rate on a sample far too small to trust. Utah signed him to a two-way on February 9, 2026; he made his first NBA start on February 28 against New Orleans, replacing John Konchar, and scored a career-high 30 in a 147-101 win over Memphis on April 11.
Durability: No NBA availability issues. The one significant absence in his history is the lost 2020-21 season at Iowa State to an unspecified medical condition, five years ago.
Trajectory: A 6-7 stretch forward who did exactly one thing in college — take and make a very large number of threes — and then did that same thing efficiently in 14 NBA games. Everything else in the line is inert: 2.4 rebounds and 0.5 combined stocks in 20 minutes give him no secondary category and no defensive argument for staying on the floor. He is on a two-way behind Utah's standard wings, and at his age the developmental runway is short; this is a specialist who either shoots his way into a standard contract or doesn't. He becomes a threes streamer if Utah converts him and a wing injury cluster opens 20-plus minutes. The honest read on .468 is that it regresses toward his .421 senior mark, which is still good enough to be useful in the right role.
Career sources: ESPN career stats · StatMuse 2025-26 season averages · Wikipedia · Deseret News: meet the Jazz's two-way players
Open questions
- Does Utah preserve Hinson's two-way slot all season?
- How much of his 46.8% NBA three-point shooting survives a larger sample?