6-8 UCLA forward with stretch-big upside, but limited game reps
In the 2025-26 season, Evan Manjikian is a redshirt junior forward for UCLA at 6-8, 235 pounds, with a tiny but intriguing sample: he scored 1.5 points per game in two freshman appearances, including a made three on his first collegiate shot, and has since been buried by injuries and missed seasons. His best differentiator is his size-plus-shooting profile for a walk-on-turned-roster piece, but the real question is availability; he missed the full 2024-25 season and was also sidelined late in 2025-26 with an undisclosed issue. That makes him more of a developmental fit than an immediate rotation lock.
