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Pavle Backo

Age today19y 2mBorn2007 Height 210 cm 6'11" PositionC NationalitySerbia Plays as Post ScorerInterior Scorer Signed Not checked NCAA 5 seasonsclock ends 2031-09-01 Last game 2026-05-10 6 months ago Sample 1,544′ · 73 GP Teams in windowMega BG / Mega SM / OKK Beograd / Serbia
97Prospect score
#3 of 989 born 2007
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12 of 16 rules fired.

The findings below come from a deterministic rule engine — every number is a value in the mart, cited beneath the sentence it supports.

This player's opening paragraph is different. He has 5 published scouting reports (Eurohopes, The Center Hub), and the paragraph is written from them rather than from a rule. It is the only generated prose on this page. Findings marked " are also a scout's opinion, not a measurement, and carry their outlet and date instead of a mart path. The originals are linked under "What the scouts wrote" below — read them before you rely on the summary.

Rule findings are never removed to agree with a scout. Where the two point opposite ways, the finding says so.

Backo is scouted as a skill-and-IQ big rather than an athletic one, and every report says so in its own words. One compares his frame to Nikola Jokic — massive, with length, strength and a sturdy build — and credits quick reactions, good basketball IQ and an excellent feel for the game that compensate for limited mobility. The June 2026 report puts it most sharply: "his above-average IQ is his best tool to camouflage his lack of athleticism", with elite footwork and body usage letting him operate in the paint against other bigs.

Conditioning is the recurring criticism and it is not incidental. Scouts describe him as chubby and not yet muscular, with poor conditioning and a motor that needs work, warning it will take time before he can handle physically demanding leagues. He relies on touch and size rather than power, and does not lift off the floor. The June 2026 note that he looked slimmer than the previous summer is the one sign of movement. A second outlet adds a consistency concern — stretches where the shot doesn't fall and his impact wanes — and rates his handle as needing development.

Written from 5 published reports (Eurohopes, The Center Hub) — not from the model. The score and every finding beside it are unaffected.

Strengths (8)
+ Playing 6.9 years younger than the typical regular at his level — the strongest age-relative signal in the model.mart.prospect.months_younger_than_level = 83.0
+ Improving and climbing at the same time: adjusted production up 5.2 while his level rose 31 points on the Level Index. Holding production while moving up is a stronger signal than improving at the same tier.mart.prospect.delta_composite = 5.22, delta_level = 30.6
+ Elite rebounder for his cohort: 12.3 per 40, 94th percentile once the level is adjusted for.mart.prospect.treb40 = 12.31, adj_rebounding = 12.887
+ Real rim deterrent: 2.5 blocks per 40.mart.prospect.blk40 = 2.48
+ Shoots it: 36.3% from three on 3.2 attempts per 40.mart.prospect.fg3_pct = 36.3, fg3a40 = 3.17
+ Already tested at Kosarkaska Liga Srbije (Level Index 77) — senior basketball, not a youth bracket.mart.prospect.top_level = 76.64
" Skill and feel are the calling card — elite footwork, body usage and above-average IQ let him operate in the paint against other bigs.Eurohopes — Albert Juncà, Jun 2026; Artau Pascual
" Offensive versatility for a seven-footer: can play from the post or stretch the floor depending on what the team needs.Eurohopes — Artau Pascual, May 2025; The Center Hub
Weaknesses (4)
− Loose with the ball: 3.5 turnovers per 40 against 2.4 assists (0.67 ratio).mart.prospect.tov40 = 3.53, ast_to = 0.67
" Conditioning and motor are the standing criticism — "poor conditioning", and scouts warn it will take time before he can handle physically demanding leagues.Eurohopes — Artau Pascual, Aug 2025 / May 2025
" Lacks athleticism outright — relies on touch and size rather than power moves, and does not lift off the floor.Eurohopes — Artau Pascual, May 2025; Albert Juncà, Jun 2026
" Consistency: stretches where the shot doesn't fall and his impact wanes; handle needs development.The Center Hub
Read this with care (2)
!At least one of his competitions has too few cross-level links for a confident strength coefficient, so his level adjustment is weaker evidence than the number implies.mart.prospect.any_level_low_confidence = true
!His competitions carry birth dates for only 76% of players, so his cohort comparison is against an incomplete field.mart.prospect.comp_dob_coverage = 75.9
Context (4)
· Reads statistically as a post scorer — listed C, 210 cm (6'11").mart.prospect.primary_role = 'Post Scorer', height_cm = 210
· Seen across 5 competitions in the window (fiba-u18-euro-a, int-aba, int-aba-u19, int-angt, rs-jls, rs-kls) — his cross-level observations are also what the league-strength model is fitted on.mart.prospect.n_competitions = 5
· Well sampled: 1544 minutes over 73 games.mart.prospect.minutes = 1544
" One sign of movement: he looked slimmer in June 2026 than the previous summer, described as impressive physical improvement.Eurohopes — Albert Juncà, Jun 2026
Score breakdown ? Score breakdown

Every number here is a percentile within the 2007 cohort — 989 players who cleared the sample floor. 50 is the middle of his own age group, not of basketball.

Weighted 32 / 24 / 16 / 12 — Production, Level, Age vs level, Skill markers. Physical and Confidence scale the whole score instead, by up to 10% and 6%; they can lower it, never raise it. Move the weights on the board →
Production ? Production

How much he produced, once you strip out how easy his competition was and how old he is. Points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks in one number, per 40 minutes, then shrunk toward the average if we have seen little of him.

For him: age + level adjusted.

 100
Level ? Level

The best competition he has genuinely held a role in — weighted by how big that role was, plus a little credit for the strongest competition he has appeared in at all.

For him: strongest competition with a reliable sample · coefficient low-confidence.

 97
Age vs level ? Age vs level

How young he is for the company he keeps. Months younger than the typical regular where he has held a real role, plus a little credit for the gap at the strongest competition he has appeared in at all — the same shape as Level, because reaching an ACB floor at seventeen counts even for two minutes.

For him: 83 months younger · incl. 1′ at int-aba, 8.9 yr younger there.

 92
Skill markers ? Skill markers

True shooting, three-point volume x accuracy, assist-to-turnover, free-throw rate, and steals plus blocks — the markers that tend to survive a move up a level. Ranked against others in his position group and birth year.

For him: TS · 3P vol×acc · A/TO · FTr.

 99
Physical ? Physical

His height as a percentile among players of the same POSITION and age — 206 cm is average for a centre and exceptional for a wing. It can only subtract, and only below the median: average height for your position costs nothing, and the compression grows to at most 10% for the genuinely undersized.

For him: within C his age.

 68
Confidence ? Confidence

How much of him we have actually seen — minutes, share of his team's games, and how many separate competitions. This is a statement about our data, not a judgement about the player.

For him: how much we have seen — 1,544′ · 73 GP · estimated profile.

 95
Rate profile ? Rate profile

Each family is his level- and age-adjusted rate, percentiled against every player born in 2007 who cleared the sample floor — the same 989 players the score breakdown uses.
Scoring Rebounding Playmaking Defence Efficiency Usage
Scoring 98
Rebounding 94
Playmaking 49
Defence 91
Efficiency 95
Usage 93
Career Adj: his 38.7 vs a 2007 median of 23.0 ? Career

One row per competition-season, because "how good is he" is only answerable per level.

Lvl is the fitted Level Index band. Adj is his composite production translated to the FIBA youth Division A baseline at age 20 — the number that makes a Lithuanian U18 line and an ACB line comparable.

Reading Adj. A per-40 composite (points + 0.7·rebounds + assists + steals + blocks − 0.7·turnovers) after the competition effect and the age effect have been removed, so two rows compare directly however far apart their levels are. For scale, the median among ranked 2007-born players is 23.0; his own window figure is 38.7 after sample shrinkage.

 Game log ↓
Season Competition LvlAdj Obs TeamAgeGPMINMPG PPGRPG APG PTS/40REB/40AST/40STLBLKTOV TS%3P%3PA/40USGOREB%DREB% +/−
2025-2026 Kosarkaska Liga Srbije 2 42.1 33.8 OKK Beograd 18.5 24 470 19.6 12.3 4.5 1.1 25.1 9.1 2.2 0.4 2.4 3.8 61.0 36.7 4.2 25.8 5.9 20.4 7.6
2025 FIBA U18 EuroBasket Division A U18 3 43.0 38.5 Serbia 18.1 6 128 21.3 16.7 5.8 0.5 31.2 10.9 0.9 0.6 2.2 5.9 71.1 46.2 4.1 33.4 12.3 20.9 12.3
2025-2026 ABA League U19 U19 4 45.1 47.0 Mega SM 18.6 5 114 22.8 19.4 7.2 1.4 34.0 12.6 2.5 1.8 2.8 4.2 61.7 33.3 4.2 30.9 13.5 17.6 4.6
2025-2026 Juniorska Liga Srbije U19 4 26.8 30.4 Mega SM 18.8 3 74 24.7 12.3 5.0 2.0 20.0 8.1 3.2 1.6 2.2 3.2 60.4 50.0 5.4 21.3 3.6 19.6 12.7
2025-2026 ABA League 1 — — Mega BG 18.8 1 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 — — 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2024-2025 Adidas Next Generation Tournament U18 4 39.9 36.8 Mega BG 17.6 7 166 23.7 13.4 7.3 1.9 22.6 12.3 3.1 3.1 1.4 3.1 63.6 25.0 2.9 22.9 12.1 20.5 0.0
2024-2025 ABA League U19 U19 4 54.7 52.5 Mega SM 17.5 5 75 15.0 13.6 6.2 1.2 36.3 16.5 3.2 2.1 1.6 3.2 82.8 0.0 1.1 25.4 32.8 15.4 2.6
2024-2025 Juniorska Liga Srbije U19 4 41.2 41.4 Mega SM 17.5 23 517 22.5 14.1 8.8 1.4 25.1 15.6 2.5 1.9 3.1 2.9 68.2 36.0 1.9 23.0 14.8 28.8 9.0
2023-2024 Adidas Next Generation Tournament U18 4 — — Mega BG 16.8 4 18 4.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 4.4 8.9 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 20.0 0.0 2.2 11.7 11.6 12.4 0.0
2023-2024 Juniorska Liga Srbije U19 4 45.1 41.7 Mega SM 16.6 20 156 7.8 5.1 3.2 0.5 25.9 16.4 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.3 65.1 9.1 2.8 23.7 22.1 23.9 6.7
2022-2023 Juniorska Liga Srbije U19 4 34.3 26.9 Sloboda U. 15.5 19 663 34.9 15.1 10.1 0.6 17.3 11.6 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.7 57.6 35.1 4.5 19.3 8.8 22.8 -4.3
2022-2023 Kosarkaska Liga Srbije 2 — — Sloboda U. 15.5 1 1 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 49.7 0.0 116.6 0.0
Game log 25 of 118 shown ? Game log

Every game he played, newest first — the window and everything before it.

Age is his exact age that day, not his age this season. St marks a start; a p beside it means the source rows for that game do not sum to the reported score.
DateCompTeam OpponentResultAgeMINPTS FG3PFTORDRREB ASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/−St
2026-05-10 rs-jls Mega SM Dynamic BG 86–75 18.83 3521 8/154/71/2 044 313 13 13 ●
2026-05-09 rs-jls Mega SM Partizan BG 90–72 18.83 219 4/91/20/0 246 110 23 4 ●
2026-05-08 rs-jls Mega SM Borac CA 89–60 18.83 187 2/40/13/4 055 211 32 21 ●
2026-04-26 int-aba Mega BG @ Borac CA 98–89 18.79 10 0/00/00/0 000 000 00 0
2026-04-25 rs-kls OKK Beograd @ Vojvodina NS 100–75 18.79 1910 3/61/23/4 101 203 13 12 ●
2026-04-23 int-aba-u19 Mega SM Crvena zvezda 120–78 18.78 2519 9/151/40/2 167 223 32 2
2026-04-22 int-aba-u19 Mega SM Cedevita Ol 94–82 18.78 2726 8/151/39/9 415 310 13 7
2026-04-21 int-aba-u19 Mega SM Partizan BG 109–65 18.78 1512 6/90/10/1 033 110 11 2
2026-04-18 rs-kls OKK Beograd Tamis PN 98–89 18.77 2315 6/102/31/2 246 301 44 15
2026-04-11 rs-kls OKK Beograd @ Vrsac 103–94 18.75 155 2/40/01/2 033 101 13 4
2026-04-04 rs-kls OKK Beograd Radnicki KG 108–97 18.73 229 3/61/22/2 246 100 12 11
2026-03-29 rs-kls OKK Beograd @ BKK Radnicki 103–106 18.72 136 2/30/12/2 112 000 31 4 ●
2026-03-14 rs-kls OKK Beograd @ Joker S. 115–85 18.68 1917 8/131/10/0 134 210 14 14 ●
2026-03-09 rs-kls OKK Beograd Dynamic VP 112–113 18.66 1415 7/111/20/0 033 001 21 13 ●
2026-02-28 rs-kls OKK Beograd @ Sloboda U. 67–89 18.64 1811 4/81/22/4 000 010 22 3 ●
2026-02-15 rs-kls OKK Beograd Mladost ZE 86–95 18.60 138 3/40/12/2 011 100 31 7
2026-02-11 rs-kls OKK Beograd Gajdobra 92–84 18.59 1912 5/122/60/0 044 101 01 11
2026-01-19 rs-kls OKK Beograd Zlatibor 74–91 18.53 207 3/131/30/0 101 000 02 -4
2026-01-05 rs-kls OKK Beograd @ Tamis PN 86–101 18.49 2421 7/121/26/6 459 210 24 0 ●
2025-12-27 rs-kls OKK Beograd Vrsac 107–94 18.46 1913 5/71/12/4 134 200 24 11 ●
2025-12-21 rs-kls OKK Beograd @ Radnicki KG 102–111 18.45 1814 5/102/42/3 022 111 42 9 ●
2025-12-15 rs-kls OKK Beograd BKK Radnicki 75–82 18.43 178 4/70/20/0 134 000 20 0
2025-12-06 rs-kls OKK Beograd @ Metalac VL 96–87 18.41 1614 5/80/04/4 022 202 04 0
2025-12-01 rs-kls OKK Beograd Joker S. 104–89 18.39 2415 5/111/24/4 31114 113 22 26
2025-11-29 int-aba-u19 Mega SM Spartak 109–73 18.39 1919 8/141/12/2 5510 014 31 4 ●
Development standing in the 2007 cohort ? Development

Each point is his level- and age-adjusted production over the twelve months ending that quarter, placed against everyone born in 2007 who also had 150+ minutes in their own trailing year. 100 is the top of his age group.

A rising line is a player pulling away from his own age group; a flat one at a higher level is still progress.

It is built from the same fitted coefficients as the Prospect Score's largest component, applied to the games played up to each quarter — not a separate model, and not a reconstruction of the Score itself, which exists only for today.

Recent form is a rolling 10-game composite per 40 over his last games — raw output, not translated, because form is about what he is doing now.
0 25 50 75 100 2022 Q4 — 89 · adj 32.0 · #10 of 86 · 304′/9 in the trailing year 2022 Q4 Q1 — 93 · adj 33.8 · #19 of 248 · 594′/17 in the trailing year Q1 2023 Q2 — 94 · adj 34.4 · #16 of 263 · 663′/19 in the trailing year 2023 Q2 Q3 — 93 · adj 34.4 · #20 of 258 · 663′/19 in the trailing year Q3 2023 Q4 — 94 · adj 35.8 · #22 of 340 · 359′/10 in the trailing year 2023 Q4 Q1 — 100 · adj 45.2 · #3 of 372 · 192′/17 in the trailing year Q1 2024 Q2 — 100 · adj 45.2 · #2 of 325 · 156′/20 in the trailing year 2024 Q2 Q3 — 99 · adj 45.2 · #4 of 326 · 156′/20 in the trailing year Q3 2024 Q4 — 99 · adj 43.3 · #5 of 418 · 455′/33 in the trailing year 2024 Q4 Q1 — 99 · adj 42.0 · #5 of 493 · 531′/26 in the trailing year Q1 2025 Q2 — 99 · adj 42.3 · #4 of 430 · 758′/35 in the trailing year 2025 Q2 Q3 — 99 · adj 42.4 · #5 of 364 · 886′/41 in the trailing year Q3 2025 Q4 — 99 · adj 41.0 · #5 of 371 · 741′/34 in the trailing year 2025 Q4 Q1 — 99 · adj 41.6 · #5 of 378 · 676′/32 in the trailing year Q1 2026 Q2 — 99 · adj 41.2 · #5 of 291 · 786′/38 in the trailing year 2026 Q2
SeasonLevelAdj StandingRankSample
2025-2026 2 40.9 99 #4/420 658′/32
2024-2025 3 42.4 99 #5/537 886′/41
2023-2024 4 45.1 99 #4/397 156′/20
2022-2023 4 34.4 92 #26/326 663′/19
Recent form rolling 10 games, raw per 40
2025-11-29 last 25 games · latest 35.6 2026-05-10
Level ladder strongest first ? Level ladder

Every competition he has played a reliable sample in, strongest first. The bar is how strong the competition is — its Level Index, 0 to 100 — not how much he played; his total minutes there are on the right.

Moving up this ladder while holding production is the trajectory signal.
Competition levelMinutes
2 Kosarkaska Liga Srbije · 77 470′
3 FIBA U18 EuroBasket Division A · 64 128′
4 Adidas Next Generation Tournament · 56 166′
4 ABA League U19 · 51 189′
4 Juniorska Liga Srbije · 46 1,336′
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