Luka Garza

Minnesota Timberwolves

Birthdate:

12/27/1998 (26)

Position:

C

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Hang Back Big

Height:

6'10"

Weight:

243

Wingspan:

7'1.5"

Positional Size:

C+

Hometown:

Washington, D.C.

Luka Garza Stats

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Season	GP	MPG	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2022	32	12.2	2.1 - 4.6	44.9	0.5 - 1.5	32.7	1.2 - 1.9	62.3	3.1	0.6	0.3	0.2	1.7	0.6	5.8
2023	28	8.7	2.3 - 4.1	54.3	0.5 - 1.4	35.9	1.5 - 1.9	78.8	2.3	0.6	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.5	6.5
2024	25	4.9	1.4 - 3	48	0.4 - 1.3	28.1	0.7 - 1	72	1.2	0.2	0.2	0	1	0.2	4
2025	37	5.8 ↓	1.4 - 2.8 ↓	49.0 ↑	0.3 - 1 ↓	27.8 ↓	0.6 - 0.9 ↓	69.7 ↓	1.4 ↓	0.3 ↓	0.2 –	0.1 –	0.8 ↓	0.3 ↓	3.6 ↓
Career	122	7.9	1.8 - 3.6	48.9	0.4 - 1.3	31.4	1 - 1.4	70.2	2	0.4	0.2	0.1	1.2	0.4	4.9

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2022	389	53.5	33.3	41.5		2.2	27.7	2.7	5.1	9		-0.1
2023	243	65.2	33.6	44.8	57.4	5.1	37	3.5	5.5	16	0.2	0.1
2024	122	57.6	42.7	33.3	46.3	3.7	40.3	1.6	2.8	2	0.05	0
2025	214	57	34.6	31.7	43.2	3.2	33.9	1.9	2.2	2	0.12	0

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2022	389				-1.2	-0.6	-1.8				-0.5	-2	-2.5
2023	243	0.7	-1.3	-0.6	0.2	-1.4	-1.3				2.2	-2.6	-0.4
2024	122	0.4	-1.9	-1.5	0.5	-1.5	-1.1	-0.5	-1.6	-2	0.6	-2.7	-2.1
2025	214	0.2 76%	-1.4 9%	-1.2 39%	0.3	-1	-0.7	-0.1	-1.9	-2	-0.3	-2	-2.3

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	57%	56
SQ	43.2	28
FTr	31.7%	81
3PAr	34.6%	35
ORB	1.1	87
cTOV	7.4%	65
Load	33.9	75
Creation	3.2	61
Portability	2.2	26
Passer Rating	1.9	10
CraftedOPM	0.2	76

Stat	Value
Deflections	3.7	91
raDTOV	0.3	78
DRB	0.8	74
Rim Defense	4.8	13
Rim Frequency	40.5	76
BLKpct	1.3	44
Versatility	2	22
rPF	2.09	4
CraftedDPM	-1.4	8

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 214 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	Cam Whitmore	89
2	Tari Eason	89
3	Keldon Johnson	87
4	Andrew Wiggins	87
5	Bennedict Mathurin	85
6	Jabari Walker	84
7	Marvin Bagley III	84
8	Jonathan Isaac	83
9	Jonathan Kuminga	83
10	Kelly Oubre Jr.	82

defense

	Player	Score
1	Keon Johnson	84
2	Ronald Holland II	84
3	Guerschon Yabusele	82
4	Jake LaRavia	82
5	Justin Edwards	82
6	Kelly Oubre Jr.	81
7	LaMelo Ball	81
8	Ziaire Williams	81
9	Kelly Olynyk	80
10	Scoot Henderson	80

overall

	Player	Score
1	Cam Whitmore	82
2	Kelly Oubre Jr.	82
3	Ronald Holland II	82
4	Bennedict Mathurin	81
5	Tari Eason	80
6	Jabari Walker	80
7	Kyle Filipowski	80
8	Keldon Johnson	79
9	Justin Edwards	79
10	Jared Rhoden	79

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.