{"id":695060,"date":"2026-04-03T01:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/695060\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T01:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:53:35","slug":"grizzlies-brandon-clarke-gets-arrested-on-drug-fleeing-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/695060\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies’ Brandon Clarke gets arrested on drug, fleeing charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new Memphis Grizzlies player has gotten himself into trouble this week.<\/p>\n

Grizzlies big man Brandon Clarke was arrested and booked in Cross County, Ark., according to a report by The Memphis Commercial Appeal<\/a>. Jail records from the Cross County Sheriff\u2019s Office showed that Clarke was booked on Apr. 1 on charges of trafficking a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n

The Memphis Commercial Appeal also notes that Clarke was hit with two more charges as well \u2014 fleeing in a vehicle exceeding the speed limit and improper passing. You can read their full report on the situation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Clarke, 29, is a former first-round pick by the Grizzlies in 2019 who is in his seventh career NBA season. He was an All-Rookie selection in 2020 and averaged five straight years of double-digit points per game to begin his pro basketball career.<\/p>\n

But Clarke has been set back by a multitude of injuries in recent years, appearing in just 72 total games over the last three seasons. This season, the 6-foot-8 Clarke made only two appearances for Memphis before effectively being ruled out for the remainder of the season in March due to a persistent calf strain.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Grizzlies are having a very poor 2025-26 season in other regards as well. They have long been eliminated from playoff contention at a rotten 25-51 (12th in the West) and have also had superstar players recently taking public shots at them<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Memphis Grizzlies player has gotten himself into trouble this week. Grizzlies big man Brandon Clarke was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,2710,294,293,177,4070,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-695060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brandon-clarke","10":"tag-grizzlies","11":"tag-memphis","12":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","13":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116338282001905701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}