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Carter BryantSan Antonio Spurs · #11

Forward · 6'8", 215 lb · Arizona · 1st season

Carter Bryant is a forward the San Antonio Spurs selected 14th overall in the 2025 NBA draft out of Arizona. A rookie building his NBA foundation in 2025-26 — full profile with projected role and outlook.

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Analysis by Beau Thoutt · Balladex · Updated Jul 20, 2026

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San Antonio Spurs · #11 · Forward

Carter Bryant

Season avg4.2 pts · 2.5 reb · 0.7 ast · .408 fg

Career avg4.2 pts · 2.5 reb · 0.7 ast · .408 fg

Live win probabilitySpurs 66%

Balladex model · projected 118–115 · 98.8 pace

Tonight's projectionmodel

9.0pts

4.9reb

2.3ast

66%win

Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head

Carter Bryant

San Antonio Spurs · Forward

Jamal Shead

Toronto Raptors · Strong defender

Category breakout

Head-to-head history

Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.

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Scouting report

Carter Bryant — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

Two-way wing prospect · Impact 46

Carter Bryant is a forward the San Antonio Spurs selected 14th overall in the 2025 NBA draft out of Arizona. A rookie building his NBA foundation in 2

Offense

Defense

Feel / IQ

Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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A+

Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Carter Bryant stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬

44%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #300 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

46Impact index

84Star score

Career scoring average4.2 ppg

Seasons in the index1

Accolades on file1

#14 2025 Draft pick

Stat explorer

Carter Bryant — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

4.2 PPG

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Playmaking

0.7 APG

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Rebounding

2.5 RPG

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Shooting

.335 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Carter Bryant

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27 confidence

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Everything it reads

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1 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age — — applied per stat

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 71 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Carter Bryant career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2025-26	71	11.5	4.2	2.5	0.7	.408	.335
Career	71	11.5	4.2	2.5	0.7

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

Alex Karaban 99%Caleb Wilson 99%Danny Wolf 99%Hannes Steinbach 99%Joshua Jefferson 99%

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the San Antonio Spurs built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

63–19proj record

#2conf seed

+8.6net rtg

118.8off rtg

110.3def rtg

99%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Victor Wembanyama, Luke Kornet.

How his role moves

Projected 63–19, 2nd in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

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Role player tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

1 accolades

#14 2025 Draft pick

Act IV

The Ballad of Carter Bryant

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

The beginning

Carter Bryant is a 2025 first-round rookie forward for the San Antonio Spurs.

San Antonio Spurs

Turning pro

Drafted 14th overall, 2025 as a Forward.

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In June of 2025, an NBA team called his name 14th overall, and a wing out of Arizona learned he was headed to the one franchise that has never once been in a hurry to make anyone a star.

Chapter

San Antonio doesn't rush its young. It teaches the extra pass, the closeout, the value of a season spent learning to defend before learning to be famous. For a forward at the start of everything, there are worse rooms to grow up in.

Chapter

The story hasn't been written yet. In this city, that's not a warning — it's a promise. The system waits for you to be ready.

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Bryant's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Carter Bryant's defense 🥶▶ Carter Bryant Highlights: The Most Dangerous Player Nobody Is Watching ▶ Carter Bryant IMPRESSED The Spurs Bench In Game 3 🔥

Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 220 lbs
College: Arizona
Experience: 1st Season
Draft: 14th overall, 2025
Born: Arizona
Jersey: #11

Beyond the game

Bryant joins the San Antonio Spurs as part of the 2025 rookie class.

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The person

A 2025 first-round rookie forward out of Arizona.

Young

Developing

Arizona

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FAQ

Carter Bryant — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Carter Bryant, answered.

Where was Carter Bryant drafted?

Carter Bryant was selected 14th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2025 NBA draft, out of Arizona.

Are Bryant's stats on this page real?

The identity and draft facts are real; the 2025-26 stat line and role ratings are Balladex projections, clearly labeled, since he is a first-year player.

Carter Bryant career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Carter BryantSan Antonio Spurs · #11

Carter Bryant — the report card

Where Carter Bryant stands

Carter Bryant — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Carter Bryant

Carter Bryant career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the San Antonio Spurs built to win?

The Ballad of Carter Bryant

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Chapter

Off the court

Carter Bryant — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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