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Bruce Brown

Denver Nuggets · Reserve
12th best of 15 on DEN
OFF65DEF77
Elite rebounder & perimeter defender
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Denver Nuggets
Western · Northwest · proj. 56-26 (▲+2.8)
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A versatile, defense-first connector who returned to the team he won a ring with. He scored just 7.9 a night but did the little things — guarding multiple spots (70th percentile on the perimeter), moving the ball, hitting the corner three at 38.5%. A glue guy and free agent whose worth is in the role-player margins, not the box score.

7.9
PPG
3.9
RPG
2.1
APG
1
SPG
0.2
BPG
GP 82MPG 24.4FG% 47.53P% 38.5FT% 76.2TS% 56.2USG% 14.5PER 10.8BPM -2.4VORP -0.2
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rebounding92
Perimeter defense84
Rim protection74
Inside finishing71
Scoring68
Shooting67
Playmaking64

Skill ratings are 2025-26 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

2018-19 to 2025-26 · 8 seasons
8.7
PPG
4.2
RPG
2.4
APG
539
GAMES
Points 4,694Win Shares 22.9Starts 272Best season 2021-22 · 9.0 ppg
Games played, last three seasons77%

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

Bruce, at 29, has held steady — 0.1 → 0.8 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Aging better than the curve — holding his level longer than most.
2026-27 forecast▬ 0.6 wins (-0.2)
Age takes about 0.3 wins off at 30. Range 0.0–1.4 wins.
Production (BPM)-3.3 → -2.4+0.926-27 forecast -3.1
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -3.3 · 67 games2024-25: -3.8 · 41 games2025-26: -2.4 · 82 games2026-27: -3.1 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)0.1 → 0.8+0.726-27 forecast 0.6
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 0.1 · 67 games2024-25: 0.4 · 41 games2025-26: 0.8 · 82 games2026-27: 0.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $2.3M
Unsigned, so there is no 2026-27 salary to measure against. This is roughly what his play would fetch on the open market.
2023-24: $1.6M · 67 games2024-25: $2.1M · 41 games2025-26: $2.5M · 82 games2026-27: $2.3M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: through '26. 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
UFA FREE AGENT

contract expired

Cap hit—
Cap hold on his old club$2,100,000
Est. market value$2,279,591 /yr

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.