Luka Garza

Minnesota Timberwolves

Birthdate:

12/27/1998 (26)

Position:

C

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

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	39	5.6 ↓	1.3 - 2.7 ↓	49.5 ↑	0.3 - 0.9 ↓	27.8 ↓	0.6 - 0.9 ↓	68.6 ↓	1.4 ↓	0.3 ↓	0.2 –	0.1 –	0.7 ↓	0.3 ↓	3.5 ↓
Career	124	7.8	1.8 - 3.6	49.0	0.4 - 1.3	31.4	1 - 1.4	69.9	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	219	57.3	34.3	33.3	42.5	3.3	33.9	1.8	2.9		0.13	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	219	0.2 77%	-1.4 9%	-1.2 41%	0.3	-1	-0.7	-0.1	-1.9	-2	-0.4	-1.9	-2.3

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	57.3%	58
SQ	42.5	27
FTr	33.3%	85
3PAr	34.3%	34
ORB	1.1	87
cTOV	8%	54
Load	33.9	75
Creation	3.3	63
Portability	2.9	33
Passer Rating	1.8	10
CraftedOPM	0.2	77

Stat	Value
Deflections	3.6	89
raDTOV	0	49
DRB	0	48
Rim Defense	5.4	11
Rim Frequency	38.9	66
BLKpct	1.3	43
rPF	2	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 219 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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1	Cam Whitmore	89
2	Tari Eason	89
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4	Keldon Johnson	87
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6	Andrew Wiggins	86
7	Jabari Walker	84
8	Jonathan Isaac	83
9	Jonathan Kuminga	83
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	Player	Score
1	Pete Nance	84
2	Keon Johnson	84
3	LaMelo Ball	84
4	Scoot Henderson	84
5	Jake LaRavia	81
6	Jordan Poole	81
7	Lester Quinones	81
8	Bronny James	81
9	Ja'Kobe Walter	81
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1	Bennedict Mathurin	82
2	Cam Whitmore	81
3	Jake LaRavia	79
4	Scoot Henderson	79
5	Kyle Filipowski	79
6	Stephon Castle	79
7	De'Aaron Fox	78
8	Keldon Johnson	78
9	Oshae Brissett	78
10	Ronald Holland II	78

*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.