{"id":1860461,"date":"2026-04-02T00:35:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1860461"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:35:51","slug":"grizzlies-forward-brandon-clarke-jailed-on-substance-speeding-charges-in-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1860461","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke jailed on substance, speeding charges in Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Article_ContentContainer__jBNW3 article-content-container bodytext1\">\n<p>Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke was arrested and booked on four charges, including trafficking a controlled substance, on Wednesday in Cross County, Ark., according to the Cross County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the trafficking charge, Clarke, 29, is facing charges of improper passing, possession of a controlled substance and fleeing in a vehicle or conveyance while speeding. Booking information on the Cross County Sheriff\u2019s website did not indicate whether those charges are misdemeanors or felonies. There was also no indication of what the controlled substance was. Cross County is approximately one hour west of Memphis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper article-treatment\">\n<div class=\"ad-slug-container\">\n<p class=\"ad-slug\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mid1\" data-position=\"mid1\" class=\"ad place-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Grizzlies coach Tuomas Iisalo said he was \u201caware of the reports\u201d before his team\u2019s game against the New York Knicks on Wednesday night, but did not offer further comment. Clarke\u2019s agent, Mark Bartelstein, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from <em>The Athletic<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke, who has played in Memphis since 2019, is the Grizzlies\u2019 longest-tenured player alongside star Ja Morant. Clarke missed the start of the season due to a knee injury. He returned in December for two games, but then suffered a calf injury. The Grizzlies ruled him out for the remainder of the season last week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 <em>The Athletic<\/em>\u2019s Joe Vardon contributed to this report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke was arrested and booked on four charges, including trafficking a controlled substance, on Wednesday in Cross County, Ark., according to the Cross County Sheriff\u2019s Office. In addition to the trafficking charge, Clarke, 29, is facing charges of improper passing, possession of a controlled substance and fleeing in a vehicle or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,241],"class_list":["post-1860461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nytimes-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1860461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1860461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1860461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1860461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}