Something some of you might find interesting, particularly minimus.
There's a statistical search I've been running in recent years to try and identify good prospects. Filter is as follows:
Min% > 40 (does the player play more than 40% of available minutes, so are they not an end of bench guy whose stats might be inflated)
BPM > 8
DBPM > 5
STL% > 3
BLK% > 2
The idea behind it is to try and identify great to elite defenders that are also producing offensively. It isn't perfect, as I'm sure no one has heard of DeAndre Williams or Michael Hughes but it did also pick up Tari Eason and Jamal Shead (I will be proven right on him, just wait).
This season there are 4 players hitting this mark:
Joshua Jefferson, JR, Iowa State
Collin Murray-Boyles, SO, South Carolina
Miles Byrd, SO, San Diego State
Carter Bryant, FR, Arizona
Jefferson is a transfer up from St Mary's, so the fact he's increased his production against better competition is intriguing. CMB is looking like a similar player to Randle, although with significantly better defence (he's still only listed at 6-7 though). Byrd is a rangy 6-7 wing who plays an impactful and low mistake brand of basketball.
The real interesting one in all of this is Carter Bryant. He's 6-8, athletic with what looks like a good wingspan. He's widely considered under utilised at the moment at Arizona (42% Min%, 16% USG) but is efficient offensively (62% TS) while flashing 3 level scoring skills and has the defensive stats (5.8 BLK%, 3.4 STL%). Watching him play, he just looks like an NBA player with the way he moves out there and while his TOV% is higher than I'd like, I don't think he's a dumb player. He is in many ways what we hoped Minott could be.
Unfortunately there's not much in the way of videos out there for him but I'll throw in a highlight video below if anyone wants to watch. I expect he'll be one of those guys that's mocked in the late 1st early 2nd range right up until pre-draft where he rockets up boards. And from everything I've seen so far he seems like someone the Wolves tend to like in a prospect.
