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SMILODON Notes: On a Wing and a Prayer

If the past couple weeks have taught us anything, it is the importance of wing depth. With the Wolves holding a pick likely to fall in the 16-25 range, top prospects Mikal Bridges & Miles Bridges (no relation) are unlikely to be available, but there are several interesting forwards the Wolves could still pick. I have briefly evaluated four of them based on some limited scouting and SMILODON, my simple statistical projection system. As the season is still ongoing and my scouting remains incomplete, all opinions herein subject to change before June.

Troy Brown, Kevin Knox, Keita Bates-Diop, DeAndre Hunter

Troy Brown

Brown has the best SMILODON projection of any of these players, and should, at the least, have a long career as a role player.