Collin Murray-Boyles and the stocks a 9-cat build is short of

Steals and blocks are the two categories a categories drafter runs out of first, because the men who supply both are rare and most of them are centers who hurt you somewhere else. Collin Murray-Boyles is the exception the Toronto rotation is about to give more of to anyone paying attention.

He averaged 0.9 steals and 0.9 blocks in 21.9 minutes as a rookie. Our projection has him at 27.0 minutes, 1.1 steals and 1.3 blocks, with a 60% field goal percentage on low volume, which is exactly the shape of player who props up a build without asking for anything back.

Every player in this story is on the fantasy basketball rankings and the 2026-27 projections, and the NBA depth charts show where each one stands in his team’s rotation tonight.