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Brandon WilliamsDallas Mavericks · #10

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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Dallas Mavericks · #10 · 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 probabilityMavericks 56%
Balladex model · projected 118–116 · 100 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
14.4pts
3.2reb
4.5ast
56%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Brandon Williams
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Ausar Thompson
Detroit Pistons · Elite stopper
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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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.

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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
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Offense
D
Defense
C
Feel / IQ
C
Playmaking
Average creator
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C
Scoring
Average scorer
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F
Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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F
3PT / spacing
Below average spacing
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C
Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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F
Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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C
Clutch
Average late
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C+
Athleticism
Strong tools
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C
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
1
Nikola Jokić DEN▬
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL▬
20%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬
12%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬
4%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS▬
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN▬
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI▬
2%
8
Jamal Murray DEN▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #240 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.

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Scoring
13.0 PPG
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Playmaking
3.9 APG
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Rebounding
2.9 RPG
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F
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
47
gp
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
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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
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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
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2021-222426.712.93.13.9.372.292
2023-24176.63.20.81.0.370.200
2024-253314.88.31.82.3.521.400
2025-266622.213.02.93.9.472.232
Career14019.310.72.43.2
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
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.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Dallas Mavericks built to win?

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

28–54proj record
#12conf seed
-5.1net rtg
110.4off rtg
115.4def rtg
1%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Daniel Gafford, Dereck Lively II.
How his role moves
Projected 28–54, 12th 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.

Dallas Mavericks

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

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 1"
Weight
190 lbs
College
Arizona
Experience
4th Season
Draft
Undrafted, 2021
Born
Los Angeles, California
Age
27
Jersey
#10
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.

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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
WikipediaBasketball-ReferenceNBA.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.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
43%
4 seasons
Last 3 seasons
47%
130 games missed
Games missed
188
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
24
21-22
17
23-24
33
24-25
66
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady — 47% of games over the last three seasons, low of 21% in 2023-24.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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