Tyler BilodeauBronze Tier

Tyler Bilodeau, a four-year forward who spent two seasons at Oregon State before two at UCLA, was one of the Big Ten's most efficient high-volume scorers as a stretch four, shooting 46.4% from three on real volume in his senior season (40% for his career) with a 60.9% effective field goal mark. The natural comps are Dean Wade and Cam Johnson: not delusional, but accurate functional descriptions of what he does well. He spaces the floor, understands how to use his size at the three-point line, and makes smart decisions about when to catch and shoot versus when to move. The questions are real and they are about defense, but they are rooted more in physical limits than in effort, since at 6'7" with average foot speed he is a tweener who is undersized for a four and not quick enough to guard wings. Whether an NBA team believes the shooting outweighs that will determine whether he gets drafted.

Name: Tyler Bilodeau

Badge Tier: Bronze

Team: UCLA Bruins (Big Ten)

Position: PF

Draft Age: 22.18 (Born April 17, 2004)

Height/Weight: 6'7.25" barefoot · 228 lbs (combine)

Wingspan: 7'0.75" · Standing Reach: 8'11" (combine)

2025-26 Season Stats (UCLA, 31 GP):

17.6 PPG · 5.6 RPG · 1.1 APG

51.8% FG · 46.4% 3PT (career high, real volume) · 87.3% FT

60.9% eFG · 23.3 PER · led UCLA in scoring

Career: 50.6% FG · 40.0% 3PT · 80.7% FT

Honors: Two-time Third-Team All-Big Ten (2025, 2026) · led the Bruins in scoring both UCLA seasons · Washington Mr. Basketball (2022, high school)

Path: Oregon State (2022-24) to UCLA (2024-26)

Combine: One of 73 invitees to the 2026 NBA combine; measured 6'7.25" barefoot, did not complete athletic testing.

Draft: Projected late second round; Sam Vecenie (The Athletic) has him 50th to Toronto.

Senior with no eligibility. Defensive and size limitations are the primary obstacle to a higher projection.

Bilodeau's spatial awareness is his entire offensive case. At 6'7", he reads the floor as a stretch four who understands spacing, screen-usage timing, and catch positioning at a sophisticated level. His career-high 46.4% from three on real volume reflects a player who identifies and takes open looks accurately; he catches in rhythm, his feet are set, and his release is clean. His mid-range spatial processing is equally developed. The Dean Wade parallel fits here: both understand where the open shot exists before the play begins, which is how a non-explosive forward generates efficient looks.

Fits best as a stretch four in systems that value shooting and spacing above athleticism. His 46.4% three-point shooting gives him a legitimate perimeter threat from the forward spot, though at 6'7" his size is functional rather than ideal. Best fit is alongside a dominant ball-handler or post player who draws enough defensive attention to generate clean catch opportunities. His size and lateral limitations make him a liability in switch-heavy schemes, where he is caught between guarding wings and bigs. The Toronto projection (50th overall, Sam Vecenie) makes conceptual sense: a patient organization with developmental infrastructure and shooting need.

This is the primary obstacle to Bilodeau's NBA viability, and it is more about physical fit than effort. He competes and plays with toughness, mixing it up with bigger post players, but at 6'7.25" he is undersized for a four and does not have the lateral quickness to guard NBA wings, which leaves him as a tweener without a clear position to defend. UCLA played small around him, finishing near the bottom of the Big Ten in rebounding and blocks, which compounded the issue. At the NBA level, where every defender has to hold up somewhere on the floor, that positional squeeze is the real question. His shooting gives teams a reason to look past it, but only if they can scheme around the defensive limitations.

Currently tracks as a pure stretch four whose value is spacing and shooting rather than creation or defensive versatility. No meaningful offensive drift is expected; his role is defined. The defensive question shapes his range: if he can hold up well enough in a scheme that protects him, he drifts toward a Dean Wade type rotation piece who stays on the floor for his shooting. If the size and quickness limitations cannot be schemed around, he drifts toward a G League scoring option. What stabilizes him is the shooting and the efficiency; what defines his range is whether his defense is playable rather than whether his effort improves, since the limitation is physical.

Moderate risk, dominated by one concern: whether his defense is playable at his size. His offensive profile is settled and real, and the shooting is the floor-raiser. At 22 he is a normal-age four-year senior, so the developmental runway is typical rather than a sharp negative. The risk is physical and positional, an undersized four without the foot speed to guard wings, rather than a question of effort. No behavioral flags.

Bilodeau's coachability shows up in his development arc. He went from a role player at Oregon State to UCLA's leading scorer in both of his seasons there, improved his three-point shooting from a 40% career baseline to a 46.4% senior mark, and chose to return for his senior year to keep developing rather than leave early. That is the profile of a player who applies coaching, at least offensively, and earns trust within a program. He is a two-time Third-Team All-Big Ten selection under Mick Cronin. The open question is whether his ceiling on defense is a matter of coaching at all, given that the limitations there are largely physical.

Elite shot quality within a catch-and-shoot and spot-up framework. His 46.4% from three on real volume is genuinely impressive for a power forward, and his 87.3% senior free-throw mark reinforces that the touch is real. His 51.8% FG and 60.9% effective field goal rate reflect conservative, correct shot selection. The shooting held up across two different systems, Oregon State and UCLA, which speaks against it being scheme-dependent. His offensive profile is the clearest and most translatable part of his evaluation.

Bilodeau's cognitive profile is shooting-specific and excellent within that context. His efficiency as a high-volume scorer at 6'7" reflects a player who processes shot quality, defensive attention, and spacing at a sophisticated level. His mid-range and interior decisions are conservative and correct; he does not force looks he cannot convert. On defense, the bigger limitation is physical rather than cognitive, but his reads and positioning are also only adequate, so the processing edge that defines his offense does not carry over to that end.

Stretch forward with polished shooting and real defensive and size limitations. A four-year developer (two seasons at Oregon State, two as UCLA's leading scorer), he projects as a depth piece whose shooting efficiency creates a narrow but real NBA pathway despite measuring undersized for a four. His archetype trajectory mirrors stretch fours who found rotation roles through consistent shooting and fundamental soundness despite below-average athleticism and size.

Bilodeau's Jazz score is moderate and tied entirely to shooting improvisation and spatial manipulation. His ability to create clean three-point looks through movement timing, screen usage, and positional reads is Jazz expression in a shooter's context. He manipulates defensive positioning through his gravity: his 46.4% from three forces defenders to close out, creating driving lanes and passing windows he exploits through intelligent off-ball reads. Jazz Neutral.