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Brandon Williams Golden State Warriors · #12

Q: Was Brandon Williams drafted?

No — he went undrafted in 2021 and reached the NBA through 10-day, two-way and G League deals.

Q: Where did Brandon Williams play college basketball?

The University of Arizona from 2018 to 2020, including a redshirt year after knee surgery.

Q: How did he earn a standard NBA contract?

After strong two-way and G League production with Dallas, the Mavericks signed him to a standard multi-year deal in April 2025.

Q: What is his role with the Mavericks?

A bench scoring guard and secondary playmaker who provides depth off the bench.

Guard · 6-1, 190 lb · Los Angeles, California · Age 27 · 4th season

Brandon Williams is a 6-foot-1 Dallas Mavericks point guard who went undrafted out of Arizona in 2021 and fought through the G League and two-way contracts before earning a standard NBA deal with Dallas in April 2025 as a shifty bench scoring guard.

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Analysis by Beau Thoutt · Balladex · Updated Jan 1, 2026

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Golden State Warriors · #12 · Guard

Brandon Williams

Season avg13.0 pts · 2.9 reb · 3.9 ast · .472 fg

Career avg10.7 pts · 2.4 reb · 3.2 ast · .454 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

13.0pts

2.9reb

3.9ast

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Scouting report

Brandon Williams — the report card

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

C-

Fill-In Lead Guard · Impact 54

Brandon Williams is a 6-foot-1 Dallas Mavericks point guard who went undrafted out of Arizona in 2021 and fought through the G League and two-way cont

C-

Offense

Defense

Feel / IQ

Playmaking

Average creator

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Scoring

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

Average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Average late

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C+

Athleticism

Strong tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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A-

Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Brandon Williams 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 DEN▬

31%

Luka Doncic LAL▬

19%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬

Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬

Victor Wembanyama SAS▬

Anthony Edwards MIN▬

Jamal Murray DEN▬

Tyrese Maxey PHI▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #234 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

<1%MVP odds

54Impact index

110Star score

Career scoring average10.7 ppg

Seasons in the index4

Accolades on file3

Undrafted Earned standard deal · 31 Career-high points

Stat explorer

Brandon Williams — every number, three levels deep

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

Scoring

13.0 PPG

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Playmaking

3.9 APG

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Rebounding

2.9 RPG

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Shooting

.232 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Brandon Williams

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 59% confidence

14.6

pts

11.8–17.4

3.1

reb

1.9–4.3

4.4

ast

3.3–5.5

23.7

min

proj

health

.470

fg%

~base

.272

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 4-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 13.0 → projected 14.6 PPG

Minutes / role

+0.9

Development (his trend)

+0.4

Age curve

+0.0

Live context

+0.3

Net vs last season+1.6 PPG

Everything it reads

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4 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

+ctx

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 17 / 33 / 66 → games & confidence

health

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

Brandon Williams career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2021-22	24	26.7	12.9	3.1	3.9	.372	.292
2023-24	17	6.6	3.2	0.8	1.0	.370	.200
2024-25	33	14.8	8.3	1.8	2.3	.521	.400
2025-26	66	22.2	13.0	2.9	3.9	.472	.232
Career	140	19.3	10.7	2.4	3.2

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

Cam Thomas 97%Dennis Schroder 97%Jalen Green 97%Jeremiah Fears 97%Jordan Poole 97%

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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 Golden State Warriors built to win?

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

40–42proj record

#10conf seed

-0.5net rtg

113.8off rtg

114.4def rtg

31%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Draymond Green, De'Anthony Melton.

How his role moves

Projected 40–42, 10th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

54 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

3 accolades

Undrafted Earned standard deal · 31 Career-high points · G League Standout scorer

Act IV

The Ballad of Brandon Williams

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

November 22, 1999

The beginning

A shifty, score-first lead guard who took the long road, Brandon Williams turned 10-day deals, two-way contracts and G League production into a standard NBA roster spot in Dallas.

Golden State Warriors

Turning pro

Drafted Undrafted, 2021 as a Guard.

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Brandon Williams scored his way off the two-way bubble and onto an NBA roster.

Chapter

An Arizona guard who went undrafted in 2021, he bounced through the G League and a Portland stint on 10-day and two-way contracts.

Chapter

He landed in Dallas on two-way deals in December 2023 and kept producing, including a 31-point night against Memphis.

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Williams's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Brandon Williams ERUPTS For Season-High 45 PTS & 11 AST Double-Double In Legends Win

Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 190 lbs
College: Arizona
Experience: 5th Season
Draft: Undrafted, 2021
Born: Los Angeles, California
Age: 27
Jersey: #12

Off the Court

Williams's public profile centers on his self-made basketball journey; verified personal details beyond his Los Angeles roots and Arizona career are limited.

In October 2025 he was arrested at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and charged with marijuana possession found in his luggage; he issued a public apology for being a distraction. Reported factually here, with the legal disposition not confirmed.

The person

Resilient, shifty and score-minded, Williams embodies the grind of a two-way player who refused to wash out.

Bucket-GetterScore-first combo guard and proven G League scorer.

Shifty HandleCreates in the pick-and-roll despite undersized frame.

PersistentClimbed from 10-day and two-way deals to a standard NBA contract.

Verified profiles & sources

Wikipedia Basketball-Reference NBA.com

FAQ

Brandon Williams — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Brandon Williams, answered.

Was Brandon Williams drafted?

No — he went undrafted in 2021 and reached the NBA through 10-day, two-way and G League deals.

Where did Brandon Williams play college basketball?

The University of Arizona from 2018 to 2020, including a redshirt year after knee surgery.

How did he earn a standard NBA contract?

After strong two-way and G League production with Dallas, the Mavericks signed him to a standard multi-year deal in April 2025.

What is his role with the Mavericks?

A bench scoring guard and secondary playmaker who provides depth off the bench.

Brandon Williams 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.