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Ryan Kalkbrenner

Charlotte Hornets
Number #11
Position C
Age 24
Height 7-1
Weight 256LBS
Wingspan 90.0
Draft 2025 R2 Pick 34
Nationality USA
Born Jan 17, 2002
College / Team Creighton

Key Insights

2025-26
Something goes wrong when he and Miles Bridges share the floor
Miles Bridges

Charlotte Hornets are 15.0 points per 100 possessions worse with him and Miles Bridges on the floor together than when that pair sits.

-7.0 net rating together vs +8.0 apart, over 766 shared minutes. 99th percentile of 1864 qualifying duos, 2025 (both players rotation regulars).
That group is better with almost anyone else in his place

Alongside Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller and Kon Knueppel, that four is +5.7 per 100 possessions with him as the fifth and +22.6 with Moussa Diabate instead.

106 minutes with him, 509 with Moussa Diabate. 98th percentile of 183 four-man cores with 2+ tested fifths, 2025.
His efficiency falls away when Brandon Miller is on the floor
Brandon Miller

He shoots 68.4% true shooting beside Brandon Miller, against 81.8% without him.

124 attempts together, 171 apart. 97th percentile of 4366 true-shooting shifts among qualifying pairs, 2025.
Kon Knueppel creates his shots for him instead of him making them
Kon Knueppel

74% of his makes are assisted with Kon Knueppel out there, against 62% without him.

145 makes together, 77 apart. 89th percentile of 4018 assisted-rate shifts among qualifying pairs, 2025.
His teammates tend to play worse when he is on the floor

His teammates play worse with him on the floor: the median one of the 11 who qualify is 9.9 points per 100 possessions worse beside him than without him.

2 of 11 qualifying teammates are better with him. 73rd percentile of 5032 teammate splits around one player, 2025.
He crashes the glass harder with Sion James beside him
Sion James

He pulls down 9.8 rebounds per 75 possessions next to Sion James, against 8.4 without him.

1600 possessions together, 1541 apart. 87th percentile of 4366 rebound-rate shifts among qualifying pairs, 2025.

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Combine & Bio Data
DOB Jan 17, 2002
Birth Country USA
Draft 2025 (R2 / P34)
College Creighton
Wingspan 90.0
Standing Reach 112.0
Hand Length 9.25