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Brandon Clarke

Memphis Grizzlies · Starter
OFF74DEF81
Elite interior finisher & rebounder
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Memphis Grizzlies
Western · Southwest · proj. 37-45 (▼9)
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A bouncy, undersized energy big who lives above the rim and finishes everything inside, with a knack for timely shot-blocking. He sat out 2025-26 with no usable sample to rate, but at his best he's one of the league's most efficient interior finishers off the bench.

8.3
PPG
5.1
RPG
1
APG
0.8
SPG
0.6
BPG
GP 64MPG 18.9FG% 62.13P% 5.9FT% 70.1TS% 63.8USG% 15.3PER 17.6BPM +0.8VORP 0.9EPM +0.8
2024-25 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2024-25 form
Inside finishing97
Rebounding95
Rim protection91
Perimeter defense90
Scoring80
Playmaking68
Shooting56

Skill ratings are 2024-25 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2019-20 to 2025-26 · 7 seasons
10.2
PPG
5.5
RPG
1.3
APG
309
GAMES
Points 3,144Win Shares 24.6Starts 50Best season 2021-22 · 10.4 ppg
Games played, last three seasons29%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 27 → 29
▬Steady

Brandon, at 29, has held steady — 1.4 → 1.2 wins of value over the window.

2026-27 forecast▲ 3.8 wins (+2.6)
Assumes a normal season; he played 2 games last year. Age takes about 0.3 wins off at 30. Range 2.1–5.6 wins.
Production (BPM)+1.0 → -4.9-5.926-27 forecast +0.5
Only 20 minutes last season, too few to call a trend.
2023-24: +1.0 · 6 games2024-25: +0.8 · 64 games2025-26: -4.9 · 2 games2026-27: +0.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.4 → 1.2-0.226-27 forecast 3.8
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 1.4 · 6 games2024-25: 2.9 · 64 games2025-26: 1.2 · 2 games2026-27: 3.8 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $9.5M vs $12.5M salary−$3.0M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$12.5M salary2023-24: $3.4M · 6 games2024-25: $6.4M · 64 games2025-26: $3.1M · 2 games2026-27: $9.5M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $12,500,000 cap hit · through '27. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$12,500,000Guaranteed
9% of the club’s payroll
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$9,508,000 /yr
Surplus−$2,992,000
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.