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Collin Murray-BoylesToronto Raptors · #30

Forward · 6'7", 245 lb · Columbia, South Carolina · Age 21 · 1st season

Collin Murray-Boyles is a 6-foot-7 physical, high-motor power forward for the Toronto Raptors, drafted 9th in 2025 out of South Carolina. A strong, defense-first forward known for effort, passing, and interior play rather than shooting, he averaged 16.8 points and 8.3 rebounds as a sophomore and became a rotation contributor as a rookie.

MVP race · #181Forward rank · #83Balladex Impact · 58
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Collin Murray-Boyles
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Toronto Raptors · #30 · Forward
Collin Murray-Boyles
Season avg8.5 pts · 5.0 reb · 1.9 ast · .579 fg
Career avg8.5 pts · 5.0 reb · 1.9 ast · .579 fg
Live win probabilitySpurs 66%
Balladex model · projected 118–115 · 98.8 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
8.7pts
5.1reb
2.0ast
34%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Collin Murray-Boyles
Toronto Raptors · Forward
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Stephon Castle
San Antonio Spurs · Solid 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

Collin Murray-Boyles — the report card

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

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Energy Rookie Forward · Impact 58
Collin Murray-Boyles is a 6-foot-7 physical, high-motor power forward for the Toronto Raptors, drafted 9th in 2025 out of South Carolina. A strong, de
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Average scorer
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Rebounding
Average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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Perimeter D
Strong on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Collin Murray-Boyles 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
1
Nikola Jokić DEN
29%
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Luka Doncic LAL
20%
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
12%
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Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
4%
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Victor Wembanyama SAS
3%
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Anthony Edwards MIN
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Tyrese Maxey PHI
2%
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Jamal Murray DEN
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Balladex Consensus: #229 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
58Impact index
111Star score
Career scoring average8.5 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file2
No. 9 Draft pick (2025) · 1× 2nd-team All-SEC (2025)
Stat explorer

Collin Murray-Boyles — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
8.5 PPG
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Playmaking
1.9 APG
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Rebounding
5.0 RPG
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Shooting
.340 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Collin Murray-Boyles

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
real
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 21 — applied per stat
curve
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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: 57 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Collin Murray-Boyles career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2025-265721.98.55.01.9.579.340
Career5721.98.55.01.9
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
in 2026 pace
why
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.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Toronto Raptors built to win?

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

48–34proj record
#7conf seed
+2.8net rtg
115off rtg
112.1def rtg
85%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Jakob Poeltl, Jamal Shead.
How his role moves
Projected 48–34, 7th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
58 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
No. 9 Draft pick (2025) · 1× 2nd-team All-SEC (2025)
Act IV

The Ballad of Collin Murray-Boyles

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

Jun 10, 2005

The beginning

A physical, high-motor power forward — defense, effort, and passing for the Raptors.

Toronto Raptors

Turning pro

Drafted 9th overall, 2025 as a Forward.

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A physical, high-motor power forward — defense, effort, and passing for the Raptors.

Chapter

From Columbia, Murray-Boyles was Second-team All-SEC at South Carolina before Toronto drafted him 9th in 2025.

Chapter

A defense-first forward, he averaged 16.8 points and 8.3 rebounds as a sophomore.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Day-To-Day · INJURY_STATUS_DAYTODAYMurray-Boyles (finger) won't play in Sunday's Summer League game against the Nuggets, Zulfi Sheikh of sportsnet reports.
Height
6' 7"
Weight
245 lbs
College
South Carolina
Experience
1st Season
Draft
9th overall, 2025
Born
Columbia, South Carolina
Age
21
Jersey
#30
Beyond the game

Murray-Boyles comes from a close, accomplished family — a contractor father, an attorney mother, and two older brothers who played college basketball — and are devoted South Carolina fans. He describes himself as a high-effort, unselfish, defense-first player: 'I hang my hat on how hard I play and my unselfishness. I love to play defense.'

His on-court identity is physical, versatile defense and connective passing — a strong, 245-pound forward who guards multiple positions, reads the game as an intelligent passer, and finishes efficiently inside (a high field-goal percentage). His limited perimeter shooting is the developmental swing skill, but his motor, defense, and feel give him a high-floor role for Toronto.

The person

A physical, high-motor, defense-first forward — versatile defense, effort, and passing feel.

Defense-firstElite instincts and versatility guarding multiple positions.
High motorEffort and unselfishness are his calling cards.
Connective passerAn intelligent passer and interior finisher.
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FAQ

Collin Murray-Boyles — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Collin Murray-Boyles, answered.

What is Collin Murray-Boyles known for?
Physical, versatile defense, high effort, and connective passing — a defense-first forward who guards multiple positions and finishes efficiently inside.
Where did Collin Murray-Boyles play college basketball?
Two seasons at South Carolina, where he was Second-team All-SEC as a sophomore, before Toronto drafted him 9th in 2025.
What does Collin Murray-Boyles need to develop?
Perimeter shooting — his limited range is the swing skill that would elevate his defense-first, high-floor game.
Collin Murray-Boyles 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.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
70%
1 seasons
Last 3 seasons
70%
25 games missed
Games missed
25
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
steady
Availability by season
57
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is steady70% of games over the last three seasons, low of 70% in 2025-26.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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