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Walter Clayton Jr. Memphis Grizzlies · #4

Guard · 6'4", 195 lb · Florida · 2nd season

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.

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Analysis by Beau Thoutt · Balladex · Updated Jul 20, 2026

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Memphis Grizzlies · #4 · Guard

Walter Clayton Jr.

Season avg9.7 pts · 2.1 reb · 5.7 ast · .366 fg

Career avg7.8 pts · 2.0 reb · 4.1 ast · .387 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

9.7pts

2.1reb

5.7ast

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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.

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

Offense

Defense

Feel / IQ

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

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: #320 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

91Star score

Career scoring average7.8 ppg

Seasons in the index2

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.

C-

Scoring

9.7 PPG

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Playmaking

5.7 APG

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Rebounding

2.1 RPG

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Shooting

.307 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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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 — — 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 / 24 → games & confidence

health

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

Walter Clayton Jr. career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2025-26 (Utah)	45	18.0	6.8	2.0	3.2	.398	.308
2025-26 (Memphis)	24	25.0	9.7	2.1	5.7	.366	.307
Career	69	20.4	7.8	2.0	4.1

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

Ben Saraf 100%Christian Anderson Jr. 100%Drake Powell 100%Hugo González 100%Cameron Carr 99%

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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 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

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 195 lbs
College: Florida
Experience: 2nd Season
Draft: 18th overall, 2025
Born: Florida
Jersey: #4

Beyond the game

Jr. joins the Utah Jazz as part of the 2025 rookie class.

The person

A 2025 first-round rookie guard out of Florida.

Young

Developing

Florida

Verified profiles & sources

ESPN

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.

Walter Clayton Jr. Memphis Grizzlies · #4

Walter Clayton Jr. — the report card

Where Walter Clayton Jr. stands

Walter Clayton Jr. — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Walter Clayton Jr.

Walter Clayton Jr. career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Memphis Grizzlies built to win?

The Ballad of Walter Clayton Jr.

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Where things stand

Off the court

Walter Clayton Jr. — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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