2025-26 Season
MALAKI BRANHAM
2025-26 Season
MALAKI BRANHAM
Branham produces at an average rate for a 10-minute workload.
About this model: Net Impact can't measure floor spacing, help defense rotations, or playmaking gravity — so wings and guards are slightly undervalued vs bigs. How Net Impact works
TEAM COMPARISON
of 18 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 227 Forwards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Malaki Branham spent the first twenty games of the season fighting for his professional life on the fringes of the rotation, alternating between vital sparks and disastrous cameos. His lowest moment arrived on 12/06 vs ATL. During that game, a complete inability to stay in front of quicker guards and total offensive invisibility resulted in a catastrophic -12.1 impact score. Even when he found the basket, hidden defensive costs often dragged him down. Despite scoring nine points on 12/21 vs SAS, poor screen navigation surrendered all his offensive value to leave him with a -1.8 impact. Yet, Branham occasionally found ways to tilt the math without filling the box score. On 01/11 vs PHX, he posted absolute zeroes in points, rebounds, and assists over four minutes, but still scrapped his way to a +2.0 impact through pure rotational energy. When he finally combined that hustle with decisive closeout attacks, like his eight-point, +6.8 impact performance on 12/02 vs PHI, he looked like a player who actually belongs on an NBA court.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Boom-or-bust player. Branham's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~4 points per game.
Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 67% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.
Average defender. Branham doesn't hurt you defensively, but he's not making opponents uncomfortable either.
Flat trajectory all season — first-half impact -1.2, second-half -0.3. No major shifts, which fits with the overall steadiness.
Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 4 games. Longest cold streak: 11 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 39 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.
ON OFFENSE: WHO GUARDED HIM
His shooting stats against each primary defender this season
ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED
How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.
SEASON STATS
GAME LOG
28 games played