Player Card - Wesley Cardenas

WESLEY

CARDENAS

6-9 / 230 LBS

32 YEARS OLD

OHIO STATE

ROUND 1 - PICK 3

13 YEARS

CURRENT RATING

POTENTIAL RATING

8.3

Points
Per Game

1.3

Assists
Per Game

5.6

Rebounds
Per Game

0.8

Blocks
Per Game

0.5

Steals
Per Game

A dunking machine... Solid free throw shooter... Must cut down some on turnovers, but makes good decisions... Excellent rebounder... He runs the floor very well for his size.... Physically overpowering type of player

Could become a good shooter but probably never a great shooter... Defensively he needs to move his feet better and keep his hands active on the ball

Loyalty

High

Motivation

Very High

Consistency

High

Greed

High

Play For Winner

High

Durability

Tough

Work Ethic

Good

Personality

Good Guy

Playing Time

Not Too Concerned

2038-2039 : $14,537,001

2039-2040 : $15,627,276

2040-2041 : $16,717,551

2041-2042 : N/A

2042-2043 : N/A

Bird Years : 5

Extension Eligible : NO

Option Eligible : NO

Points : 45

Assists : 7

Rebounds : 18

Blocks : 5

Steals : 5

Double Doubles : 191

Triple Doubles : 0

All Star Games : 0

Titles Won : 0

Player of the Game : 81

Player of the Week : 0

Player of the Month : 0

Rookie of the Month : 0


+ Injured with a sprained wrist (11/1/38)
Signed by the Mavericks as a free agent for a deal worth $46,881,828 over 3 years (7/25/38)
+ Injured with a strained calf (1/29/38)
+ Injured with a torn MCL (11/28/35)
Signed by the Mavericks as a free agent for a deal worth $86,252,872 over 4 years (7/17/35)
+ Injured with a sore wrist (12/14/34)
+ Injured with a strained hamstring (12/3/33)
+ Injured with a sore shoulder (11/19/33)
+ Injured with a bruised biceps (10/27/33)
Signed by the Mavericks as a free agent for a deal worth $42,468,342 over 3 years (7/28/33)
+ Injured with a broken ankle (3/28/33)
Pacers trade C Wesley Cardenas, SF Lew Reyes for 76ers PG Dan McRae, 2032 2nd round pick(PHI) (2/7/32)
+ Injured with a sprained wrist (1/8/32)
+ Injured with a sore hand (2/26/31)
+ Injured with a sore foot (11/5/30)
Signed by the Pacers as a free agent for a deal worth $87,793,102 over 4 years (7/24/30)
Signed a 1 year tender offer with the Pacers worth $9,969,873(7/28/29)
+ Injured with a sore back (1/17/28)
Had rookie Option picked up by the Pacers For $9,498,737 (9/30/27)
Recalled from Fort Wayne of the development league (2/11/27)
Assigned to Fort Wayne of the development league (12/8/26)
+ Injured with a sore knee (11/22/26)
Recalled from Fort Wayne of the development league (11/21/26)
Assigned to Fort Wayne of the development league (11/19/26)
Recalled from Fort Wayne of the development league (11/18/26)
Assigned to Fort Wayne of the development league (10/4/26)
Had rookie Option picked up by the Pacers For $7,514,824 (9/30/26)
Knicks trade PF Obi Toppin, C Wesley Cardenas for Pacers PF Domantas Sabonis, 2026 2nd round pick(IND) (2/7/26)
+ Injured with a sore knee (1/9/26)
Assigned to Westchester of the development league (11/13/25)
Recalled from Westchester of the development league (11/12/25)
Assigned to Westchester of the development league (10/19/25)
Recalled from Westchester of the development league (10/17/25)
Assigned to Westchester of the development league (10/4/25)
Drafted by the Knicks with pick #3 in round 1 of the 2025 draft


2034 - NBA All-League 3rd Team
2026 - Sophomore Game Reserve
2024 - Big 10 Player of the Year
2024 - Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year
2024 - Big 10 Freshman of the Year
2024 - Big 10 All-Conference 1st Team
2023 - Ranked #10 nationally by WSSN

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PPG	APG	RPG	DRPG	ORPG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	Points	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	3PA	3P%	Assists	DRebs	ORebs	Steals	Blocks	TOs	DQ	PER	TS%	EFF
2038	NBA Season	29	8	22.5	8.3	1.3	5.6	4.1	1.6	0.5	0.8	1.2	240	80	184	.435	80	97	.825	5	.000	38	118	45	14	22	34	1	14.4	.529	11.1
2037	Dallas	73	73	25.3	10.2	1.6	6.2	3.9	2.2	0.8	0.8	1.2	741	260	557	.467	221	268	.825	10	.000	117	287	162	57	56	86	3	17.5	.549	13.6
2036	Dallas	73	73	25.2	15.4	1.1	6.9	4.5	2.4	0.9	0.8	1.7	1125	437	754	.580	251	324	.775	9	.000	77	329	174	65	57	126	4	24.7	.627	18.0
2035	Dallas	20	20	27.4	15.8	1.4	9.5	5.6	3.9	0.6	1.0	1.8	315	126	229	.550	63	87	.724	2	.000	27	112	77	12	20	35	2	24.6	.589	20.1
2034	Dallas	80	80	27.6	16.1	1.3	8.6	6.2	2.5	1.0	0.8	2.0	1285	479	879	.545	327	404	.809	6	.000	106	492	196	81	67	158	3	23.8	.608	19.9
2033	Dallas	70	70	26.6	18.2	1.3	8.3	6.1	2.2	1.1	0.7	2.2	1274	465	820	.567	344	442	.778	8	.000	88	426	157	75	49	157	7	26.8	.628	20.8
2032	Philadelphia	74	74	29.8	21.7	1.3	9.2	5.3	3.9	0.8	0.8	2.0	1606	640	1039	.616	326	413	.789	5	.000	96	390	288	61	61	145	5	30.5	.658	25.3
2031	Philadelphia	27	27	27.7	19.7	1.1	6.6	5.1	1.5	1.0	0.8	2.4	533	213	356	.598	107	131	.817	1	.000	30	137	41	27	22	64	3	26.0	.644	20.7
2031	Indiana	53	52	31.9	19.8	1.5	7.2	4.5	2.7	1.1	0.8	2.2	1052	420	695	.604	212	270	.785	6	.000	77	237	144	56	45	117	4	24.5	.646	21.9
2030	Indiana	77	61	29.9	16.8	1.3	7.2	4.6	2.7	1.0	0.7	1.7	1293	479	852	.562	335	420	.798	1	.000	100	351	205	75	57	131	1	22.7	.624	19.4
2029	Indiana	79	79	27.5	17.1	1.1	8.3	5.3	3.0	0.7	0.9	1.7	1351	490	888	.552	371	461	.805	5	.000	86	420	237	55	68	132	2	25.4	.619	20.2
2028	Indiana	70	18	17.9	10.6	0.7	5.4	3.5	1.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	745	294	524	.561	157	202	.777	2	.000	47	246	129	36	33	67	2	24.4	.608	12.8
2027	Indiana	44	0	7.9	4.1	0.3	2.6	1.8	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.5	181	79	132	.598	23	31	.742	0	.000	12	80	36	3	5	22	0	20.8	.621	5.3
2026	Fort Wayne	33	33	28.6	20.5	1.2	8.4	5.5	2.9	0.5	0.6	2.6	676	247	387	.638	182	202	.901	8	.000	39	180	96	18	21	85	0	28.8	.710	23.8
2026	Indiana	24	2	14.3	6.0	0.6	3.6	2.4	1.2	0.2	0.1	1.2	143	56	102	.549	31	34	.912	3	.000	15	58	29	4	2	28	0	14.9	.611	7.3
2025	Fort Wayne	31	25	23.6	13.3	1.5	6.5	3.9	2.6	0.3	0.4	1.5	412	180	269	.669	52	64	.813	5	.000	45	120	80	10	13	48	0	24.4	.693	17.1
2025	Indiana	24	2	9.0	2.5	0.5	1.6	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.3	60	27	52	.519	6	8	.750	1	.000	12	24	15	2	5	8	0	11.4	.540	3.5
2025	New York	1	0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	0	1	.000	2	2	1.000	0	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	.532	2.0
2024	Ohio State	32	32	30.6	13.7	2.9	8.5	4.9	3.6	3.8	1.8	1.7	439	134	326	.411	171	211	.810	2	.000	94	156	115	121	57	54	0	25.9	.524	21.8
CAREER	PRO	818	639	24.7	14.6	1.1	6.9	4.5	2.4	0.8	0.7	1.6	11946	4545	8064	.564	2856	3594	.795	64	.000	928	3708	1935	623	569	1310	37	23.9	.619	17.3
CAREER	DL	64	58	26.2	17.0	1.3	7.4	4.7	2.8	0.4	0.5	2.1	1088	427	656	.651	234	266	.880	13	.000	84	300	176	28	34	133	0	26.9	.704	20.6

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PPG	APG	RPG	DRPG	ORPG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	Points	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	3PA	3P%	Assists	DRebs	ORebs	Steals	Blocks	TOs	DQ	PER	TS%	EFF
2037	Dallas	14	14	20.7	9.1	1.1	5.0	3.3	1.7	0.4	0.4	1.2	128	41	85	.482	46	53	.868	1	.000	16	46	24	6	6	17	1	17.7	.591	11.3
2036	Dallas	5	5	20.2	11.4	1.0	3.6	3.0	0.6	1.0	0.4	1.0	57	19	36	.528	19	21	.905	0	.000	5	15	3	5	2	5	0	22.1	.630	12.6
2035	Dallas	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	.000	0.0
2032	Philadelphia	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	.000	0.0
2030	Indiana	10	10	34.7	21.8	1.9	8.7	4.8	3.9	0.7	0.3	2.7	218	83	142	.585	52	58	.897	0	.000	19	48	39	7	3	27	0	24.4	.651	24.2
2029	Indiana	11	11	23.3	12.7	0.9	8.0	5.3	2.7	0.9	1.0	1.7	140	52	115	.452	36	39	.923	1	.000	10	58	30	10	11	19	2	21.5	.530	15.8
2028	Indiana	6	6	22.2	15.2	1.2	6.7	4.8	1.8	0.8	0.7	2.0	91	38	63	.603	15	25	.600	1	.000	7	29	11	5	4	12	2	25.8	.615	16.7
2026	Indiana	4	0	6.8	4.0	0.3	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	16	7	7	1.000	2	2	1.000	0	.000	1	3	1	1	0	2	0	26.4	1.015	5.0
CAREER	PRO	50	46	23.1	13.0	1.2	6.1	4.0	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.6	650	240	448	.536	170	198	.859	3	.000	58	199	108	34	26	82	5	22.1	.607	15.1

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