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Branden Carlson Portland Trail Blazers · #10

Center · 7'0", 220 lb · South Jordan, UT · Age 27 · 2nd season

Branden Carlson is a center for the Portland Trail Blazers who has played 74 games over 2 seasons, averaging 5.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 2025-26.

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MVP race · #323Center rank · #67Balladex Impact · 50

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Analysis by Beau Thoutt · Balladex

◆ Rated

Portland Trail Blazers · #10 · Center

Branden Carlson

Season avg5.8 pts · 3.0 reb · 0.7 ast · .527 fg

Career avg4.9 pts · 2.4 reb · 0.6 ast · .491 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

5.8pts

3.0reb

0.7ast

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Scouting report

Branden Carlson — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Center · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Branden Carlson is a center for the Portland Trail Blazers who has played 74 games over 2 seasons, averaging 5.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.7 assists

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

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Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Branden Carlson stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬

43%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #372 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

50Impact index

23Star score

Career scoring average4.9 ppg

Seasons in the index2

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Branden Carlson — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

5.8 PPG

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Playmaking

0.7 APG

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Rebounding

3.0 RPG

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Shooting

.360 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Branden Carlson

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27 50% confidence

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pts

3.5–9.5

3.5

reb

2.1–4.9

0.8

ast

-0.3–1.9

12.7

min

proj

health

.504

fg%

~base

.353

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 5.8 → projected 6.5 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season+0.7 PPG

Everything it reads

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2 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age 27 — applied per stat

curve

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 32 / 42 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Branden Carlson career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2024-25	32	7.7	3.8	1.7	0.4	.443	.333
2025-26	42	11.6	5.8	3.0	0.7	.527	.360
Career	74	9.9	4.9	2.4	0.6

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Portland Trail Blazers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

43–39proj record

#9conf seed

+0.6net rtg

113.6off rtg

113def rtg

54%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Donovan Clingan, Jrue Holiday.

How his role moves

Projected 43–39, 9th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Branden Carlson

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1999-06-14

The beginning

Branden Carlson is a center for the Portland Trail Blazers.

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Branden Carlson is a center for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Chapter

He has played 74 games over 2 seasons (2024-26), averaging 9.9 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2025-26 he played 42 games, averaging 5.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 11.6 minutes.

Where things stand

Where Carlson goes from here.

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Carlson's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Highlights landing soon

Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 7' 0"
Weight: 220 lbs
College: Utah
Experience: 3rd Season
Born: South Jordan, UT
Age: 27
Jersey: #10

Beyond the game

Branden Carlson is from South Jordan, UT, born 1999-06-14, listed at 7'0" and 220 lb. He has 3 seasons of NBA service. This background is assembled from league records; the colour that fills a page like this comes later, from a human.

The person

A center on 9.9 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth11.6 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 36.0% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

FAQ

Branden Carlson — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Branden Carlson, answered.

What position does Branden Carlson play?

Branden Carlson is a center for the Portland Trail Blazers.

How many NBA games has Branden Carlson played?

74 regular-season games over 2 seasons, averaging 9.9 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Branden Carlson played?

2 seasons (2024-26).

How tall is Branden Carlson?

7'0", 220 lb

Branden Carlson career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.