{"id":509903,"date":"2026-08-14T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=509903"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:14:00","slug":"brandon-clarkes-final-nba-contract-year-will-not-be-paid-following-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/brandon-clarkes-final-nba-contract-year-will-not-be-paid-following-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Clarke&#8217;s final NBA contract year will not be paid following death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2020\" data-end=\"2264\">New details have emerged regarding <strong data-start=\"2055\" data-end=\"2075\">Brandon Clarke&#8217;s<\/strong> contract following his tragic passing. According to <em data-start=\"2128\" data-end=\"2149\">Front Office Sports<\/em>, the <strong data-start=\"2155\" data-end=\"2176\">Memphis Grizzlies<\/strong> officially terminated Clarke&#8217;s contract on July 3, roughly seven weeks after his death.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2266\" data-end=\"2541\">Clarke had one season remaining on his four-year, $50 million contract signed in 2022, with a salary of <strong data-start=\"2370\" data-end=\"2387\">$12.5 million<\/strong> for the 2026-27 campaign. However, because the contract was not insured in the event of death, that final season&#8217;s salary will not be paid to his estate.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2543\" data-end=\"2743\">His full 2025-26 salary, however, will still be honored. The remaining semi-monthly payments will continue through October 16 and will be paid to his estate according to the original payment schedule.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2745\" data-end=\"2936\">Sources also told <em data-start=\"2763\" data-end=\"2784\">Front Office Sports<\/em> that Clarke had a life insurance policy, although it remains unclear whether the circumstances surrounding his death could affect any potential payout.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2938\" data-end=\"3291\">On August 7, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled that Clarke died from <strong data-start=\"3019\" data-end=\"3065\">the combined effects of heroin and cocaine<\/strong>, classifying the death as accidental. The report also cited the combined effects of multiple prescription medications as a significant contributing factor, with the full medical report expected to be released at a later date.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3293\" data-end=\"3324\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"3293\" data-end=\"3324\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/brandon-clarkes-nba-contract-death\/\">Front Office Sports<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final season of the Grizzlies forward&#8217;s deal was not insured for death, meaning his estate will not receive the remaining $12.5 million salary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":509902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[21],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-509903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-rumors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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