When it comes to defensive prowess in this year’s draft, you’d be hard-pressed to try and find a player who is on the same level as Washington’s Matisse Thybulle.
Thybulle boasts a prolific collegiate career. He was twice named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and earned the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award this past season. His 126 steals broke Jason Kidd‘s Pac-12 single-season record, and he also surpassed Gary Payton as the Pac-12’s all-time steals leader with 330. In addition, he’s the the first player in Division 1 history to record at least 100 steals and 80 blocks in a single season, and for the year averaged 2.