With the Wizards now 10 games into the 2024-25 season, here's a look at some statistical trends beginning to emerge for their three rookies; Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington and Kyshawn George...

ALEX SARR

Rim protection

Sarr has been as-advertised when it comes to blocking and contesting shots, as defense was his biggest selling point as a draft prospect. He is fifth in the NBA in blocks per game (2.3), sixth in total blocks (23) and fourth in block percentage (8.3). Sarr became the first NBA rookie to have multiple blocks in six or more straight games to begin their career since Shawn Bradley in 1993-94. 

In addition to the blocks, Sarr is eighth in the NBA in contested shots per game (9.6). And among players 7-feet or taller, he is tied for the third-most contested threes per game (2.3) with Victor Wembanyama. Sarr covers a lot of ground.

Screen setting

Sarr has been a fairly effective screen-setter so far this season. He leads the Wizards in screen assists per game at 3.8, just ahead of Jonas Valanciunas (3.7). Sarr is also tied for the 12th-most screen assists among all players this season (38) and he's 14th in points created on those plays (88). 

That is all notable for a few different reasons. One, he's just getting used to the NBA and how the game is officiated. Two, his offensive game is very perimeter-oriented, meaning he doesn't run a ton of traditional big man pick-and-rolls. Per Synergy, he isn't even in the top 50 in pick-and-roll plays as the roll man. And lastly, Sarr is doing this long before he has had a chance to add muscle and fill out his frame, which will only help him set better screens in the future.

BUB CARRINGTON

Versatility

Carrington has been unusually well-rounded for a rookie so far. The 6-foot-4 combo guard had 13 points, five rebounds and five assists against the Spurs on Wednesday night, marking his fourth game already of at least 10 points, five rebounds and five assists. Per Stathead, that's the most for a Wizards rookie since John Wall, who had 31 such games in 2010-11. Before that, you would have to go back to Juwan Howard who did it 10 times in 1994-95. 

For further context, Bradley Beal who would later average 5.0-plus rebounds and assists for an entire season, only did it twice as a rookie. Carrington, in fact, has four of the five total 10-5-5 games by rookies this season. The only other rookie to do it is Jonathan Mogbo of the Raptors, who has one game that qualifies. 

Lots of touches

Helping Carrington's cause to put up those numbers is the fact he has the ball in his hands a lot. He leads all rookies with 62.8 touches per game, according to Second Spectrum. The Wizards actually have three of the top four rookies in that category with George in second at 47.9 touches per game and Sarr in fourth at 43.8 per game. Carrington is the leader far and away with 14.9 more touches than George to lead the 2024-25 rookie class. Regardless, all three being up there tells you everything you need to know about the Wizards' focus on developing young players.

Carrington is averaging more touches than everyone on the Wizards except for Jordan Poole and gets the ball more often than many stars around the league like Kyrie Irving (62.5), Stephen Curry (61.5) and Victor Wembanyama (57.9). That reflects Carrington's role as an on-ball playmaker, but also while he has the ball often, he shares it, too. Despite ranking second in touches on the Wizards, he passes the most and his usage rate is eighth among their rotation players.

KYSHAWN GEORGE

Ton of threes

One standout stat for George at the University of Miami last season was not just that he made threes at a high percentage, he also took a ton of them relative to his total field goal attempts. George only attempted 6.1 shots per game in college and 4.2 of them were threes, a 3-point attempt rate of 68.9%. Well, so far in the NBA he's taking an even higher percentage of his shots from three.

George is taking 69.1% of his shots from beyond the arc (6.5 of 9.4), which leads the Wizards by a decent margin. Second is Corey Kispert at 61.6%. None of their other regular rotation players are above 50%. Believe it or not, only two qualified players in franchise history have ever taken a higher percentage of their shots from three; Davis Bertans (89.5% in 2020-21, 77.4% in 2019-20) and Garrison Mathews (83.5% in 2020-21). George is on pace to average the seventh-most 3-point attempts per game (6.5) among all rookies in NBA history.

Deflections

Sarr may get most of the attention among the rookies on the defensive end, but George is quietly standing out as a disruptor. He is the only player on the team with at least 10 steals and 10 blocks so far this season and a big reason for that is his ability to generate deflections. George leads the Wizards in that category at 2.9 deflections per game. Bilal Coulibaly is not far behind at 2.5. George, though, is leading the 2024-25 rookie class in deflections and is also tied for 22nd in the league among all players (min. 5 GP).

Watch the Wizards' rookies battle the Atlanta Hawks in their first game of the NBA Cup this Friday night at 7:30 p.m. on Monumental Sports Network and the Monumental+ app.