Player The Burgeoning 3&D American Sign Language Consulate of Carter Bryant

[SpursBills]

Give the guy a couple years - Spurs drafted a raw player on the basis of athleticism, character, and shooting signal, so can't really be surprised when he comes into the league raw his first season.

Peyton Watson is decent example of this type of development curve - I'd argue he was a worse prospect in every way compared to Carter Bryant - same height, similar wingspan, lighter, less athletic, worse college metrics. Similar STL%/BLK%, even fewer minutes played, similar rebounding, even worse AST:TO, worse shooting signal. His NBA offensive numbers are probably juiced a little bit being on the same team as Jokic, but it's year 4 and he's well on his way to becoming a net positive player in his age 23 season.

If you look at Danny Green and Shane Battier, two of the best off-ball wings of the past 20 years, Battier didn't even start his career until his age 23 season while Green similarly made a negligible impact until his age 23-24 season. Not saying he's going to be as good as those guys, just illustrating that 3 years is a huge amount of time in a player's early career. If he's still looking clueless in 2-3 years I'll be worried, but until then I'm not going to lose sleep over it especially this season. In an ideal world, CB shows just enough by year 3 that the Spurs can lock him up to a cheaper extension, then have team control on a value contract for 5 years (4th year rookie + 4 year extension) while Wemby is in his age 25-30 seasons.

 

[onechance87]

Should of stayed and played in austin instead of sitting on the bench in boston

 

[spursfanfromafar]

Frankly CB isn't looking clueless..it is a more a case of clumsy execution, that too mostly on offense. On defense, he seems already informed about positioning, and using his athleticism well. Which is why the coaching staff has kept him in the roster and not in the G league.

 

[BatManu20]

Kid's gonna be alright. Just a little raw right now. Needs seasoning and experience. Just barely turned 20. Expecting him to breakout in year 3 tbh. If he hasn't by then, then we can start to have some conversations.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2010147314082689309

 

[O_V]

CB has already played against the best players in the world and he hasn't been awful. He's hard working and attentive. As I've said he's far ahead of schedule compared to any swing the Spurs have ever developed.

 

[Bopper]

Bold prediction - Carter Bryant will be in the running for most improved player in 2027-28 season. By then he will have a clear opportunity for big minutes and his role will be defined and focused to energy generation, perimeter defense, and 3 pt shooting. Future starting PF to complement a Wemby, Fox, Castle, Harper, Vassell, Kornet, Julian rotation.