After Chet Holmgren's injury for many weeks, added to those of Isaiah Hartenstein and Jaylin Williams, we wondered if the Thunder was going to bring in a new interior to strengthen itself in this sector, because the “small ball” had since become obligatory in Oklahoma City.
A question that can now be answered in the affirmative, because Branden Carlson has just been recruited by Oklahoma City. A 25-year-old center, who was not drafted in June after his five-year course at the University of Utah, where he averaged 12.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.7 blocks (51% shooting, 35% on 3-pointers and 73% on free throws).
Able to spread the game and endowed with good blocking instincts, in a profile reminiscent (relatively speaking) of Chet Holmgren, Branden Carlson has signed for one year in theOklahoma.
He passed through Toronto in the preseason, before not being retained by the Raptors, but being drafted by their G-League franchise (for 14.3 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.7 blocks on average over three games).
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 13 | 33.1 | 49.2 | 30.7 | 89.4 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 27.9 |
| Jalen Williams | 13 | 32.0 | 50.2 | 39.3 | 78.9 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 20.3 |
| Chet Holmgren | 10 | 26.5 | 50.5 | 37.8 | 77.6 | 1.6 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 16.4 |
| Luguentz Dort | 13 | 28.0 | 47.3 | 44.9 | 85.7 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 11.8 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 13 | 21.6 | 47.7 | 46.5 | 88.9 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| Isaiah Joe | 13 | 21.9 | 41.2 | 36.6 | 75.0 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 9.2 |
| Cason Wallace | 13 | 25.2 | 40.9 | 28.6 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 6.5 |
| Ajay Mitchell | 13 | 15.7 | 51.8 | 46.2 | 85.7 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 5.4 |
| Ousmane Dieng | 13 | 13.0 | 35.1 | 26.5 | 77.8 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| Alex Caruso | 11 | 19.6 | 30.9 | 21.9 | 71.4 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
| Kenrich Williams | 3 | 11.6 | 55.6 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| Alex Reese | 1 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Dillon Jones | 12 | 7.0 | 27.6 | 6.3 | 50.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| Adam Flagler | 6 | 2.5 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Malevy Leons | 6 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Alex Ducas | 4 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
