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Walter Clayton Jr.Memphis Grizzlies · #4
Walter Clayton Jr. is a guard the Utah Jazz selected 18th overall in the 2025 NBA draft out of Florida. A rookie building his NBA foundation in 2025-26 — full profile with projected role and outlook.
MVP race · #292Guard rank · #130Balladex Impact · 44
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Memphis Grizzlies · #4 · Guard
Walter Clayton Jr.
Season avg6.8 pts · 2.0 reb · 3.2 ast · .398 fg
Career avg6.8 pts · 2.0 reb · 3.2 ast · .398 fg
Live win probabilityLakers 66%
Balladex model · projected 119–116 · 98.8 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
10.2pts
3.1reb
3.5ast
34%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Walter Clayton Jr.
Memphis Grizzlies · Guard
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Austin Reaves
Los Angeles Lakers · Average defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report
Walter Clayton Jr. — 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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Young lead/combo guard · Impact 44
Walter Clayton Jr. is a guard the Utah Jazz selected 18th overall in the 2025 NBA draft out of Florida. A rookie building his NBA foundation in 2025-2
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OffenseF
DefenseD
Feel / IQD
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 Walter Clayton Jr. 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
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Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬
44%
2
Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬
23%
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬
19%
4
Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬
6%
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Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks▬
3%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #299 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
44Impact index
85Star score
Career scoring average6.8 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file1
#18 2025 Draft pick
Stat explorer
Walter Clayton Jr. — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
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Scoring
6.8 PPG
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Playmaking
3.2 APG
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Rebounding
2.0 RPG
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Shooting
.308 3P%
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The engine
How the model sees Walter Clayton Jr.
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 confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
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1 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 — — applied per stat
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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: 45 → games & confidence
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The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified
Walter Clayton Jr. career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
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| 2025-26 | 45 | 18.0 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 3.2 | .398 | .308 |
| Career | 45 | 18.0 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 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
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 Memphis Grizzlies built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
27–55proj record
#13conf seed
-5.4net rtg
112.7off rtg
118.1def rtg
1%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: Zach Edey, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
How his role moves
Projected 27–55, 13th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
44 of 99
Role player tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
1 accolades
#18 2025 Draft pick
Act IV
The Ballad of Walter Clayton Jr.
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
Walter Clayton Jr.
Memphis Grizzlies
Turning pro
Drafted 18th overall, 2025 as a Guard.
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Walter Clayton Jr. arrived in the NBA as the 18th pick of the 2025 draft, joining the Utah Jazz out of Florida.
Chapter
Year one is about carving a role: the ratings and stat line here are Balladex projections for a first-year guard still finding his footing.
Where things stand
A first-year guard finding his NBA footing.
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Jr.'s story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
Off the court
Measurables ESPN
Day-To-Day · INJURY_STATUS_DAYTODAYClayton (knee) won't play in Sunday's Summer League title game against the Warriors, Drew Hill of The Daily Memphian reports.
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 195 lbs
- College
- Florida
- Experience
- 1st Season
- Draft
- 18th overall, 2025
- Born
- Florida
- Jersey
- #4
Beyond the game
Jr. joins the Utah Jazz as part of the 2025 rookie class.
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The person
A 2025 first-round rookie guard out of Florida.
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Developing
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Verified profiles & sources
FAQ
Walter Clayton Jr. — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Walter Clayton Jr., answered.
Where was Walter Clayton Jr. drafted?
Walter Clayton Jr. was selected 18th overall by the Utah Jazz in the 2025 NBA draft, out of Florida.
Are Jr.'s stats on this page real?
The identity and draft facts are real; the 2025-26 stat line and role ratings are Balladex projections, clearly labeled, since he is a first-year player.
Walter Clayton Jr. 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.
