Late NBA player Brandon Clarke died of accidental heroin and cocaine overdose, authorities say

Late NBA subordinate Brandon Clarke died of a cause overdose, authorities announced Friday.

Clarke, past of the Memphis Grizzlies, was recovered dormant connected May 11 successful his Los Angeles location from what the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner said Friday was an accidental overdose from "the effects of heroin and cocaine."

Authorities recovered cause paraphernalia successful his location erstwhile helium died. He was 29 years old.

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Memphis Grizzlies guardant Brandon Clarke (15) reacts successful the 2nd fractional during Game 5 of a first-round NBA hoops playoff bid against the Minnesota Timberwolves Tuesday, April 26, 2022, successful Memphis, Tenn. The Grizzlies won 111-109. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

While Clarke was a first-round prime by the Oklahoma City Thunder successful 2019, his rights were traded to the Grizzlies successful speech for the rights to Darius Bazley and a aboriginal second-round pick. Clarke rapidly made his interaction known with the Grizzlies, earning MVP successful the 2019 NBA Summer League, wherever the Vancouver autochthonal became the 2nd non-American to ever triumph the award. Clarke spent the past 7 years with the Grizzlies, wherever helium chiefly played a relation disconnected the bench.

This past play was a unsmooth 1 for Clarke, though. He played conscionable 2 games, initially sitting retired owed to country needed connected his close genu earlier a close calf strain helium suffered forced him to miss astir games this season.

Brandon Clarke of the Memphis Grizzlies reacts during the crippled against the Golden State Warriors astatine FedExForum connected Dec. 19, 2024 successful Memphis, Tennessee. (Justin Ford/Getty Images)

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Memphis announced successful March that Clarke was inactive rehabbing his injury, but caller tests showed helium needed much clip to heal. As a result, the anticipation was helium would instrumentality adjacent season.

Clarke got into immoderate occupation with the instrumentality successful April, arsenic helium was arrested successful Arkansas and booked connected charges of improper passing, possession of a controlled substance, fleeing and exceeding the velocity bounds and trafficking a controlled substance. He was acceptable to beryllium successful tribunal connected May 15.

Clarke starred for Gonzaga during his assemblage vocation earlier his interaction connected the Grizzlies. He made the 2019-20 All-Rookie squad aft averaging 12.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists per crippled successful his seat relation that season.

Brandon Clarke of the Memphis Grizzlies handles the shot during the crippled against the LA Clippers astatine FedExForum connected Dec. 23, 2024 successful Memphis, Tennessee. (Justin Ford/Getty Images)

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Clarke averaged 20.8 minutes connected the level crossed 309 vocation games, portion tallying 10.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contention implicit his career.

Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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