Branden Carlson goes from 3.8 to 5.8 points per game in 2024-25→2025-26: his best stretch in 2 seasons.

Reading · Trend

Branden Carlson

Portland Trail Blazers · C

Observed

5.8

Points per game · 2025-26

3.8

Points per game · 2024-25

3.0

Rebounds per game · 2025-26

0.7

Assists per game · 2025-26

11.6 min

Minutes per game · 2025-26

Games · 2025-26

Career · 2024-25–2025-26 · 2 seasons

▸ See evidence · 2 pieces of evidence

2024-25: 32 games · 3.8 pts · 1.7 reb · 0.4 ast · 7.7 min
2025-26: 42 games · 5.8 pts · 3.0 reb · 0.7 ast · 11.6 min

Revision 171502a2 · house data

Other readings of Branden Carlson

Measured

Branden Carlson sits in the 59th percentile among the league's forwards and centres in blocks (2025-26).

Percentile · Blocks · 2025-26

Against 172 league forwards and centres with ≥ 20 games and ≥ 15 min

Measured

With Carlson on the floor his team is 28.3 points worse per 100 possessions than without him (2025-26).

-28.3

On/off difference · per 100 possessions · 2025-26

Real lineups of 2025-26 · 172 min with him · 1,761 min without

Observed

Branden Carlson: 5 tracking signals with a league rank in 2025-26; the highest, paint touches (#100 of 414).

2.6

Paint touches · 2025-26

Optical tracking · 2025-26 · ranks among players with ≥ 30 games

Forecast

Branden Carlson: projected impact 0.4 in 2026-27 (band -3.9–4.7, BPM scale).

0.4

Projected impact · 2026-27

Season 2026-27 · current model · computed 2026-09-20

Observed

Branden Carlson passes most to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (1.86 passes per game) in 2025-26; 5 teammates with ≥ 1 pass per game.

1.86

Most frequent connection · Passes per game · 2025-26

Passes made per game · 2025-26 · regular season

Observed

Branden Carlson in 2025-26: 186 field goal attempts with location, 1.22 points per attempt; 47 % come from at the rim (73.6 % made).

1.22

Points per attempt · 2025-26

2025-26 · 186 field goal attempts with location · validated NBA geometry

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