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.
Model lines Williams at 12.9 pts (range 10.2–15.6) vs a 13 line — roughly a coin flip to clear it (49%).
Biggest edge: venue — home floor — small boost.
Brandon Williams scored his way off the two-way bubble and onto an NBA roster.
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.
He landed in Dallas on two-way deals in December 2023 and kept producing, including a 31-point night against Memphis.
In April 2025 the Mavericks rewarded him with a standard multi-year contract — a hard-earned graduation from the fringes of the league.
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.
Brandon Tory Williams was born November 22, 1999 in Los Angeles. A four-star recruit out of Crespi Carmelite, he played at the University of Arizona (2018-2020), redshirting a year after knee surgery.
His pro path ran through the G League — Westchester, College Park and Osceola — with an NBA debut for Portland in December 2021 on 10-day and two-way deals.
He joined Dallas on two-way contracts starting in December 2023 and earned a standard multi-year NBA deal in April 2025, backing up the Mavericks' guard rotation as a bench scorer.
Sources: Wikipedia, Basketball-Reference, NBA.com.
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.
Resilient, shifty and score-minded, Williams embodies the grind of a two-way player who refused to wash out.
Score-First Guard
Williams is a shifty combo guard who scores efficiently inside the arc and makes pick-and-roll shots, with a proven bucket-getting track record at the G League level.
Shooting & Size Limits
An undersized 6-foot-1 frame and an inconsistent three-point shot (career around .28) cap his ceiling and challenge him defensively.
Secondary Playmaking
He can run an offense in stretches (career 3-plus assists), giving Dallas depth as a bench ball-handler and scoring spark.
Per game
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 66 | 22.2 | 13.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 | .472 | .232 |
Source: Basketball-Reference.
Where he sits in history
Hardware
A bench scoring guard who earned his roster spot the hard way.
Williams graduated from two-way status to a standard Dallas contract in April 2025 and provides depth scoring and playmaking off the bench. Exact contract terms and the on-court impact of his October 2025 arrest are not confirmed; his role remains that of a rotation spark guard.
Contract
A self-made bench scorer whose journey is the story — a rotation guard who clawed his way into the league.
No — he went undrafted in 2021 and reached the NBA through 10-day, two-way and G League deals.
The University of Arizona from 2018 to 2020, including a redshirt year after knee surgery.
After strong two-way and G League production with Dallas, the Mavericks signed him to a standard multi-year deal in April 2025.
A bench scoring guard and secondary playmaker who provides depth off the bench.